Veeraghattam

Veeraghattam వీరఘట్టం
—  village and mandal  —
Veeraghattam Location of Veeraghattam in Andhra Pradesh and India
Coordinates	18°41′00″N 83°36′00″E
Country	India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District(s)	Srikakulam
Subdistrict(s)	Veeraghattam
Parliamentary constituency	Araku
Assembly constituency	Palakonda
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)
Codes • Pincode • 532 460

Veeraghattam or Viraghattam (Telugu: వీరఘట్టం) is a town and a Mandal in Srikakulam district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India.

Veeraghattam mandal is bordered by Vangara, Regidi Amadalavalasa, Palakonda and Seethampeta mandals of Srikakulam district and Vizianagaram district.

Veeraghattam town is located between Palakonda and Parvathipuram.

Geography

Viraghattam is located at 18.6833°N 83.6000°E / 18.6833; 83.6000. It has an average elevation of 83 meters (275 feet).

Demographics

According to Indian census, 2001, the demographic details of Veeraghattan mandal is as follows:

• Total Population: 63,882 in 14,939 Households
• Male Population: 31,739 and Female Population: 32,143
• Children Under 6-years of age: 8,001 (Boys - 3,998 and Girls - 4,003)
• Total Literates: 30,550

Features

• Kodi Rammurthy was born in Veeraghattam.
• Karri Narayana Rao Member of 4th and 5th Lok Sabha represented Bobbili. Born in Santha Narsipuram village, Veeraghattam mandalam.
• Veeraghattam is located near River Vatttigedda.
• Veeraghattam has a Govt Intermediate college, Government higher education school etc.,
• Village losts its charm over last 2 decades. Growth is almost negligible.
• Residing mandals grown up quite faster compared to Veeraghattam Mandal.
• Best part of Veeraghattam is it has well diversified communities, castes, and religions. A place for unity in Diversity.
• Good number of people are working in overseas.
• Christianity is developing in a faster phase.
• Good number of Engineers, Doctors,Chartered Accountants were borne in this place but most of them are working in Cities.
• People love movies, spending time with family members and gossipping.
• This place been neglected by Politicians and resulted underdevelopment development.
• Its been more than 20 years struggling to construct Bus complex in this Town.
  • • • VEERAGHATTAM Z.P.H School Celebrated 60 Years Anniversary*****
• In this mandal the highest educational and geographical area is Talavaram village.

veeraghattam village is having sathya sai devotiees

Panchayats

There are 26 panchayats in Veeraghattam mandal.

• Adaru (village and panchayat)
• Bitiwada (village and panchayat)
• Chalivendri (village and panchayat)
• Chdimi (village and panchayat)
• Chittipudivalasa (village and panchayat)
• Dasamanthuram (village and panchayat)
• Gadagamma (village and panchayat)
• Hussenpuram (village and panchayat)
• Kambara (village and panchayat)
• Kattula Kaviti (village and panchayat)
• Kimmi (village and panchayat)
• Kottugummada (village and panchayat)
• Kummari Gunta (village and panchayat)
• Nadimikella (village and panchayat)
• Nadukuru (village and panchayat)
• Neelanagaram (village and panchayat)
• P.V.R.Puram (village and panchayat)
• Panasa Nandivada (village and panchayat)
• Regulapadu (village and panchayat)
• Santha Narsipuram (village and panchayat)
• Talavaram (village and panchayat)
• Tettangi (village and panchayat)
• Tudi (village and panchayat)
• Vanduva (village and panchayat)
• Veeraghattam (village, panchayat and mandal headquarters)
• Vikrampuram (village and panchayat)