Narsipatnam
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| Coordinates | 17°40′N 82°37′E / 17.67°N 82.62°ECoordinates: 17°40′N 82°37′E / 17.67°N 82.62°E |
| Country | India |
| State | Andhra Pradesh |
| District(s) | Visakhapatnam |
| Population | 32,483 (2001[update]) |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+05:30) |
| Area |
• 58 metres (190 ft) |
Narsipatnam (Telugu: నర్సీపట్నం; also called as Narasipattanam) is a census town in Visakhapatnam district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.
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[edit] Geography
Narsipatnam is located at 17°40′N 82°37′E / 17.67°N 82.62°E[1]. It has an average elevation of 58 metres (190 feet).
[edit] Demographics
As of 2001[update] India census[2], Narsipatnam had a population of 32,483. Males constitute 49% of the population and females 51%. Narsipatnam has an average literacy rate of 66%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 74%, and female literacy is 58%. In Narsipatnam, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.
[edit] Notable Facts
- Narsipatnam railway station is called 'Narsipatnam Road', located on Howrah-Chennai main railway line.
- The Area Hospital, Andhra Pradesh Vaidya Vidhana Parishad has 100 bed in-patients facility.[3]
- Narsipatnam bus depot has 95 RTC buses and 25 Hired buses serving around 120,000 thousand people daily to the nuke and corner of the villages. Now a reguler service to Hyderabad directly operating with new Super Luxury Bus.
- Alluri Sita Rama Raju a famous freedom fighter from Andhra Pradesh did his freedom struggle from this place.
- About 2 Km from the Narsipatnam's Bus Stand, a hill known as kalyanagiri is present. This area is called Baligattam. A streamlet "Uththaravahini" (uttar-north, vahini -flow) separates BalighaTTham from the main Town. There are famous temples of goddess lakshmi and Lord shiva on route this hill. The lord Shiva's temple is 1000 yr old ancient temple built by local rulers on top of the hill. 30 yrs old Lakshmi's temple(Lakshmi panchayathana Alayam) and the Planetary Deity's temple (navagraha alayam) is maintained by the spiritual guru Her Holiness Sri PadmavatiMayi( 77 yrs old). Many disciples of her visit these temples on every Hindu festival. Smartha Vaidika tradition of Hinduism is followed in these temples. Hanumantha Sharma is the temple priest of MahaLakshmi Temple.Thousands of tribal people visit these temples on shiva rathri. One can feel a very strong sense of tranquility in these temples because they are surrounded by thick forest. Many troops of Gray langurs are often spotted near these temples.
- Mother College of Education
- Avanthi Engineering college
- An Rak Alluminium Constructing its refinery is about 15 km from town
- Nakkapalli is village famous for Hanndicrafts is 24 km from Narsipatnam . A beautiful beach called Revupolavaram is Located here. It's around 40 Km from Narsipatnam . Recently, this has been a significant port for exports. one US based company started to exports their products to various countries by this port.
- Jawahar Ideal School is the first private school started in 1971 by Mr. Francis Eleti in Narsipatnam Town.
[edit] Legislative Assembly
Narsipatnam is an assembly constituency in Andhra Pradesh. There are 1,50,139 registered voters in Narsipatnam constituency in 1999 elections. Don BosCos English Medium School ,Sarada English Medium School are one of the best and oldest schools in the Narsipatnam. Narsipatnam is also known as NRPM.
- Narsipatnam is one of the beautiful cities in Andhrapradesh.There are four theaters in Narsipatnam Kanya,sai sri-kanya,kanya mini,sri kanya.
List of Elected Members:[4]
- 1967 - S.S.Raju.[5]
- 1978 - Bolem Gopatrudu
- 1989 - Raja Sagi Krishnamurthy Raju
- 1983, 1985, 1994, 1999 and 2004 - Chintakayala Ayyanna Patrudu
- 2009 - Bolem Muthyala Papa
[edit] Panchayats
There are 12 village panchayats in Narsipatnam mandal.[6] -->*Narsipatnam ( municipality)
- Balighattam (Now Narsipatnam municipality)
- Peda Boddepalle (Now Narsipatnam municipality)
- Amalapuram (village and panchayat)
- Chettupalle (village and panchayat)
- Dharmasagaram (village and panchayat)
- Gabbada (village and panchayat)
- Guramdora palem (village and panchayat)
- Neelampeta (village and panchayat)
- Ordinary Laxmipuram (village and panchayat)
- Vemulapudi (village and panchayat)
- Yerakannapalem (village and panchayat)
[edit] References
- ^ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Narsipatnam
- ^ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. http://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
- ^ APVVP.Hospitals
- ^ Election Commission of India.A.P.Assembly results.1978-2004
- ^ Election Commission of India.A.P.Assembly results.1967
- ^ Details of Andhra Pradesh till Village Panchayat Tier
