Singupuram is a
census town
In India and some other countries, a census town is designated as a town that satisfies certain characteristics.
India
In India, a census town is one which is not statutorily notified and administered as a town, but nevertheless whose population ...
in the Indian state of
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 ...
.
Geography
It is located 11 kilometers(km) east of the district headquarters of
Srikakulam district
Srikakulam district is one of the twenty-six districts of the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, located in the Uttarandhra region of the state, with its headquarters located at Srikakulam. It is one of the si ...
, 9 km from
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 ...
and 100 km from the State capital
Visakhapatnam
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.
Demographics
According to the 2011 census of India, Singupuram had a population of 12,273 with 2,774 households.
Healthcare
A Primary Health Centre (PHC) is located there along with four to five private hospitals.
Transport
National Highway 16
Route 16, or Highway 16, can refer to:
International
* Asian Highway 16
* European route E16
* European route E016
Australia
- Thompsons Road (Victoria)
- South Australia
Canada
;Parts of the Trans-Canada Highway:
*Yellowhead H ...
bypasses the town and is a part of the
Golden Quadrilateral
The Golden Quadrilateral ( hi, स्वर्णिम चतुर्भुज, Svarnim Chaturbhuj; abbreviated GQ) is a national highway network connecting several major industrial, agricultural and cultural centres of India. It forms a ...
highway network. Srikakulam is the nearest city to Singupuram, approximately 7 km southwest of Singupuram. Road connectivity is also present from Srikakulam to Singupuram.
SH37 connects Singupuram town with
Parvathipuram,
Veeraghattam,
Palakonda
Palakonda is a town in Parvathipuram Manyam district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a nagar panchayat and the mandal headquarters of Palakonda mandal in Palakonda revenue division
Geography
Palakonda is located at . It has an a ...
,
Kalingapatnam
Kalingapatnam is a village in Srikakulam district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located in Gara mandal of Srikakulam revenue division. It has one of the major beach sand deposits of the state. In medieval era it was famous for th ...
.
Education
Colleges
* Gurajada Education
* Vaishnavi engineering college
* SISTAM engineering college
Schools
* ZPHS
* M.P.P School
* Kgvb Srikakulam
* Sarada Vidyaniketan
* Kv singupuram
* Shiva Sivani Public School
* Vidatri vidyalayam
* Keshava Reddy School
* Gayatri school
* Kendriya Vidyalayam
Politics
Two days before polling in the 2004 elections,
Kinjarapu Yerran Naidu
Kinjarapu Yerran Naidu (23 February 1957 – 2 November 2012) was an Indian politician.
Early life
Yerran Naidu was born on 23 February 1957, in a farmer's family in Nimmada, a remote village in the Srikakulam district of north coastal And ...
survived an assassination attempt by
Naxalites (
Maoists
Maoism, officially called Mao Zedong Thought by the Chinese Communist Party, is a variety of Marxism–Leninism that Mao Zedong developed to realise a socialist revolution in the agricultural, pre-industrial society of the Republic of Chi ...
) who attempted to bomb his vehicle in Singupuram.
Following his re-election, he was made the party leader in the
Lok Sabha
The Lok Sabha, constitutionally the House of the People, is the lower house of India's bicameral Parliament, with the upper house being the Rajya Sabha. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by an adult universal suffrage and a first-past ...
.
Gallery
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References
Cities and towns in Srikakulam district
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