Naupada is a village located in

Santha Bommali Santhabommali is a village in Srikakulam district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Demographics Indian census The decennial Census of India has been conducted 16 times, as of 2021. While it has been undertaken every 10 years, beginning i ...

mandal of

Srikakulam Srikakulam is a city and the headquarters of Srikakulam district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. census,. it has a population of 165,735. There are many other places of Buddhist Tourism such as Salihundam, Kalinga Patnam, Dabbaka Vaa ...

district near to major town palasa,

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, India. It is famous for salt fields and called the "Salt Bowl of Andhra Pradesh". It is better known for its railway junction station.

Geography

Naupada is located at 18.5667N 84.3E. It has an average elevation of 5 metre (19 ft).

Transport

Naupada railway station Naupada railway station (station code:NWP), located in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, serves Naupada in Srikakulam district. It is a junction station with a branch line to Gunupur in Rayagada district of Odisha which was built by Maharaja ...

is 2 km from Naupada village. It is a railway junction on the Howrah-Chennai main line and express trains halt here. Naupada-Gunupur branch line was converted in 2011 from

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References

External links

History of Naupada-Gunupur railway
Villages in Srikakulam district {{Srikakulam-geo-stub