Veeraghattam is a town(Mandal) located 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 ...

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Indian state India is a federal union comprising 28 states and 8 union territories, with a total of 36 entities. The states and union territories are further subdivided into districts and smaller administrative divisions. History Pre-indepen ...

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 located in Veeraghattam

mandal A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluka, or taluk) is a local unit of administrative division in some countries of South Asia. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administr ...

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 admin ...

Geography

Veeraghattam is located near the Vattigedda river and Eastern Ghats. It has an average elevation of . Eastern Ghats near Veeraghattam

Demographics

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, Veeraghattam (fondly called Veeragottam) had a population of 14,315; of which half of them are from the Bhogi descent. The total population constitute, 6,911 males and 7,404 females —a sex ratio of 1071 females per 1000 males. 1,427 children are in the age group of 0–6 years, of which 741 are boys and 686 are girls. The average literacy rate stands at 70.89% with 8,638 literates, significantly higher than the district average of 61.70%. Owing to the tropical climate, agriculture and small scale business is the major occupation of the maximum population. There is no railway transport to this location, the nearest railway station is Parvatipuram Town at a distance of 27 km.

Notables

* Kodi Rammurthy *

Karri Narayana Rao Karri Narayana Rao, better known as K. Narayana Rao Master of Arts, M.A., Master of Law, M.L. was an Indian lawyer and parliament member. He was elected to the 4th and 5th Lok Sabha from Bobbili (Lok Sabha constituency), Bobbili constituency and ...

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Lok Sabha representing Bobbili, was born in Santha Narsipuram village.

References

{{Authority control Villages in Parvathipuram Manyam district