Palakonda is a town in

Parvathipuram Manyam district Parvathipuram Manyam district is a district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. With Parvathipuram as its administrative headquarters, it became functional from 4th April 2022. The district was formed from Parvathipuram revenue division fr ...

of the

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Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh (, abbr. AP) is a state in the south-eastern coastal region of India. It is the seventh-largest state by area covering an area of and tenth-most populous state with 49,386,799 inhabitants. It is bordered by Telangana to the ...

. It is a

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and the mandal headquarters of Palakonda

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Palakonda revenue division Palakonda revenue division (or Palakonda division) is an administrative division in the Parvathipuram Manyam district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is one of the two revenue divisions in the district with seven mandals under its admi ...

Geography

Palakonda is located at . It has an average elevation of 44 meters (147 feet).

Demography

According to the

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, Palkonda Taluk was in Vizagapatnam district with a total area of . The cultivated land is irrigated by the

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. The Agency area contains about of

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. The population in 1901 was 215,376 compared with 201,331 in 1891. There were two towns Palkonda and Razam and 334 villages. The Agency area had population of about 11,000 people, chiefly Savaras living in 106 villages. The greater part of Taluk was held on Ryotwari and belongs to Rajas of Bobbili and Vizianagram. It was within Ganjam District of Orissa state till 1950 when Srikakulam district was formed.

Government and politics

Palakonda Nagar panchayat is a civic body constituted in the year 2013. It is spread over an area of . The present municipal commissioner of the town is B. Ramu.

Assembly constituency

Palakonda is an assembly constituency in Andhra Pradesh reserved for

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. There were 120,726 registered voters in this constituency in 1999 elections. Now from 2009 onwards the Assembly Constituency reservation changed to S.T. List of elected members:Election Commission of India.1978-2004 results.Palakonda
** GENERAL SEAT *1951 – Sri Palavalasa Sangam Naidu ** RESERVED FOR SCHEDULE CASTE *1978 – Sri Kambala Rajaratnam *1983 – Sri Gonipati Syamala Rao *1985 – Sri Tale Bhadrayya *1989 – Smt Amrutha Kumari P.J. *1994 – Sri Tale Bhadrayya *1999 - Smt Amrutha Kumari P.J. *2004 – Sri Kambala Jogulu ** RESERVED FOR SCHEDULE TRIBE *2009 – Sri Nimmaka Sugreevulu *2014 – Smt Viswasarai Kalavathi

References

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