Ramachandrapuram, East Godavari

For other uses, see Ramachandrapuram.

రామచంద్రాపురము Ramachandrapuram
—  town  —
రామచంద్రాపురము Ramachandrapuram Location of రామచంద్రాపురము Ramachandrapuram in Andhra Pradesh and India
Coordinates	16°51′N 82°01′E
Country	India
State	Andhra Pradesh
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)

Ramachandrapuram (Telugu: రామచంద్రాపురము) is a village and a municipality in East Godavari district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located about 20 km from Kakinada and about 10 km from Mandapeta. The famous temple of Lord Shiva at Draksharamam is located about 5 km from here. The present MLA of this constituency is Pilli Subhash Chandra Bose from Hasanbada ( 2004 to 2009 and 2009–present).

Geography

Ramachandrapuram is located at 16.85°N 82.02°E / 16.85; 82.02. It has an average elevation of 10 metres (32 feet).and the present municipal chair person of this town is Panthagada.jeevana jyothi

Ramachandrapuram mandal consists of the following villages:

1. Ramachandrapuram
2. Ambikapalli Agraharam
3. AnnayaPeta
4. Adapa vari savaram
5. Bhimakrosupalem
6. Chodavaram
7. Draksharamam / Draksharama
8. HasanBada
9. Jagannayakulapalem
10. Kandulapalem
11. Kapavaram
12. Narasaraopeta
13. Oduru
14. Tadipalli
15. Thotapeta
16. Utrumilli
17. Vegayammapeta
18. Velampalem
19. Vella
20. Venkatayapalem
21. Vunduru
22. Yanamadala
23. Yerupalli
24. Tamarapalli
25. Malapadu

Demographics

As of 2001 India census, Ramachandrapuram had a population of 41,279. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Ramachandrapuram has an average literacy rate of 70%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 74%, and female literacy is 66%. In c, 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Ramachandrapuram is an agricultural area, with number of Educational Institutions.

Main crops  : Rice and sugarcane . Number of Rice Mills, Sarvaraya Sugars, Artos Soft Drinks, Artos Breweries are main industries.

Notable Educational Institutions in Ramachandrapuram:

1. Krittiventi Perraju Pantulu National School is more than 100 years old, which was established from the donations given by Krittiventi Perraju Pantulu.

2. In the year 1966 popular congress leader Vundavilli Satyanarayana Murty (Rayavaram Munsiff)collected donations from many people and established VSM College. At the time of establishment, it was called as "Ramachandrapuram College", which was later rechristened as VSM college. VSM college offers a number of courses at undergraduate and postgraduate level. It recently started engineering courses also.

3. KITS engineering college

4. Agriculture polytechnic college

5. Modern Educational Institutions.