Nidadavole

నిడదవోలు Nidadavolu
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నిడదవోలు Nidadavolu Location of నిడదవోలు Nidadavolu in Andhra Pradesh and India
Coordinates	16°55′N 81°40′E
Country	India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District(s)	West Godavari
Population	43,211 (2001)
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)
Area • Elevation	• 12 metres (39 ft)
Codes • Pincode • 534301 • Vehicle • AP37

Nidadavole (Telugu: నిడదవోలు, also known as Nidadavolu) is a town , railway junction, assembly constituency and a municipality in West Godavari district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. In Tretayuga it was called Niravadyapuram. A major canal from River Godavari passes through the town. The town is famous for a multitude of temples on the bank of the canal for which the bank is well known as "Chinna Kaasi Revu".

Temples with historical background like Golingeswaraalayam, Anjaneyaalayam, Someswaraalayam, Madanagopala Swamy Aalyam and the village deity (grama devata) Nangalamma Aalayam are spread in the centre of the town. There is a narration that Nangalamma wouldn't stay at her in-laws house which is located at Chinna Kaasi Revu and always goes back to her mother's place (Poori Gudi). Sri Kotasattemma Aalayam is also a very famous temple which is located in a village called Timmarajupalem, 2 KM away from the heart of the town. Besides this we can also find large number of Masjids, Churches/prayer halls and a Jain temple which testifies for unity in diversity.

It was an important town prior to 1970, was a hub of commercial activities, transport(both road and canal), rice mills, etc.,. It was a revenue division in the district. Its decline started after the construction of road cum rail bridge at Rajahmundry and Siddantham bridge at Ravulapalem due to its topographical position, It lost its glory and neighbouring towns like Tanuku, Tadepalligudem emerged as nerve centers in the district of West Godavari as NH5 ran through them.

History

It was a fort surrounded by water bodies (Jaladurgam) of Eastern Chalukyan kings. Chalukya Bhima, the builder of Draksharama Bhimeswara temple won this land from Rastrakutas, the then ruling dynasty. Veerabhadra Chalukya ,a ruler of this place married Rani Rudrama Devi, a prominent ruler and warrior princess of Kakatiya dynasty. It had 108 siva temples, many of them were totally destroyed by Md. Bin Tughlaq in 1323. Even today one can find the 6 feet destroyed sculptures of that age. A beautiful Nandi of 13th century placed in Sri Golingeswara temple was discovered in School building construction. It has history erstwhile Rajahmundry's.Today nidadavole history based on naidu's<naidus community very specialy to the year kapu <naidu's> celebrate the function of 'kapu vanasamaradana" only coming on the naidus , "ranga prasad garu" kapu tiger his great person but his die in2012feb.

Climate

Nidadavole city falls in the hot humid region of the country. The climate of the city is hot in the summers and it is pleasant during the winter. The hottest day falls in the month of May with shift to June during some years.

Main shops

• A.K.Stores Biscuit stall, Ganapathi center, P.P.Road, nidadavole.

Places of worship

• Sri Kota Sattemma Ammavari Temple, Thimmaraju Palem
• Andhra Evangilical Luthern Church(AELC),CHURCHPET
• Anjaneya swami temple
• Bethany Prayer House near ABS Townhall
• Bethelahem church
• Cluster of temples at Chinna Kasi Revu, etc.
• Durga Devi Temple, station road
• G.D.M.Church
• Krupadhara Lutheran Church, Churchpeta
• Eternal Life Ministries, Churchpeta (Bro. M. Karuna Kumar)
• Ganesh temple,Pedda gandhi bomma centre
• Gayatri Devi Temple at China Kasi Revu
• Gayatri Temple
• Golingeswara swami temple
• Jain Temple
• Namgalamma temple
• Ravivaripalem godavari
• RCM Church
• Samisragudem sivalayam
• Someswara swami temple
• Sri Madana Gopala Swamy Temple
• Sri Sai Ganesh Ramalayam temple
• Sri Vasavi kanyaka paremeswari temple at chinna kasi revu
• Sri Venkateswara Swami temple
• Young Men for Christ in India(YMCI),Youth ministry,which is organised for youth

Centers

• Basivireddy peta
• Ganapathi center
• Gandhinagar
• Jyothi colony
• Nanaglamma Gudi center
• Nehru Bomma Center (opposite signal operated level crossing)
• Paatimeeda (Ganesh Chowk) center
• Pedda Gandhi bomma center
• Potti Sree Ramulu bomma center
• Railway station center
• Subbaraju Peta
• Venkateswara Theatre center (Bus stand center)
• Vidya nagar

Transport

Nidadavole is an important railway junction in West Godavari district. A branch line goes to Tanuku from the main line between Vijayawada and Visakhapatnam. Recently it has been upgraded to computerised ticketing service and reservation facilities. Almost all express services between Vijayawada and Visakhapatnam stop here.

The Nidadavole overbridge of length 700 mts was constructed between 1990 and 1992 it was never officially opened till date and is being used since 1992 without any lighting.

Before the road and train networks were in place, transport was dependent on water. During that period Nidadavole Wharf became quite famous as the junction provided main line rail services to other parts of the country. After rapid development of road network, the prominence of water transport faded. Nidadavole Wharf is located opposite to Nehru bomma.

Haulage companies such as S.R.M.T.Ltd (Sri Ramadas Motor Transport Ltd) are the principal mode of public goods transport between towns in this area.

Geography

Distance to other cities from Nidadavole:

City	Distance
Hyderabad	406km
Rajahmundry	25km
Tanuku	28km
Eluru	78km
Tadepalligudem	24km
Palakollu	49km
Kakinada	79km
Bhimavaram	55km
Narsapur	59km
Delhi	1897km
Mumbai	1106km
Kolkata	1142km
Chennai	591km
Bangalore	795km
Vijayawada	135km
Vishakapatnam	215km
Warangal	323km
Guntur	172km
Khammam	201km
Machilipatnam	155km
Tirupati	547km

Hospitals

• Amma Hospital
• Amrutha Hospital
• Children's Hospital
• Dr. Jyothi Hospital near kalva gattu
• Dr.Sri Ram Murthy Hospital
• Govt Hospital
• karim super specialty hospital ,near tvs showroom compound,patimeeda
• Murty Hospital - ENT specialist
• Poornima Nursing Home
• Smt Rajeswari Ramakrishnana Lions Eye Hospital
• Surya Nursing Home
• Susrutha Nursing Home
• Vemulapalli dental clinic,dr.raju's hospital compound,patimeeda

Development

After the opening of Nidadavole Overbridge in 1992, major traffic diverted towards Ganesh Chowk, Patimeeda. This effected businesses near the train station, bus station and Nehru bomma center.

At the moment Nidadavole is lagging behind in development. Towns near Nidadavole like Rajahmundry, Tanuku , Tadepalligudeum are rapidly developing when compared to Nidadavole.

Education

Schools

• Akshya talent school
• Bharathi Public School
• D.S.O.M.H.School
• L.L.R.M.H.School
• Montessori Public school
• N.T.R M high school
• Nagarjuna school sankarapuram
• Paradise digi school
• Rajeev school nidadavolu
• Ravindra Bharathi
• Sasi English Medium School
• St Ambrose High School (for Boys)
• St Ann's English Medium High School
• St Ann's Telugu Medium High School
• Takkari baba elemantary school
• Vaishnavi IIT olampiyad
• Vidya Deep school
• Vignan Vidyalaya
• ZPH school for Girls

Colleges

• Govt.Junior College for Boys
• Govt.Junior College for Girls
• Perousia Jr college
• S.V.D Degree College for Girls
• S.V.R.K Govt.Degree College for Men
• Vikas degree college Samisragudem
• Vikas junior college Samisragudem
• Nagajurna junior college sankarapuram

I T I

• Sanjay Gandhi Memorial ITI

B.Ed College

• Nagarjuna College for Education
• Sruthi college of Education

Training Institutes

• Prem Institute of Career Education

Panchayats

There are 16 village panchayats in Nidadavolu mandal.

Brahamangudem	village and panchayat
D Muppavaram	village and panchayat
Gopavaram	village and panchayat
Kalavacharala	village and panchayat
Kamsalapalem	village and panchayat
Korupalli	village and panchayat
Pandalperu	village and panchayat
Pendayala	village and panchayat
Purushothapalli	village and panchayat
Ravimetla	village and panchayat
Ravivaripalem	village
Samsrigudem	village and major panchayat
Singavaram	village and panchayat
Tadimalla	village and panchayat
Timmarajempalem	village and panchayat
Unakaramilli	village and panchayat
Vijjeswaram	village and panchayat
Jeedigunta	village and panchayat
Katakoteswaram	village and panchayat
Korumamidi	village and panchayat
Sankarapuram	village

Industries

• Nandina Steels
• Krishna Industrial Chemicals(KIC)

References

• http://www.andhrapradeshschools.co.in/west_godavari/schools-list-4.html