Tadepalligudem

Coordinates: 16°48′54″N 81°31′34″E / 16.815°N 81.526°E / 16.815; 81.526
Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Tadepalligudem
City
UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
534101, 534102
Telephone code+91–08818
Vehicle registrationAP 37

Tadepalligudem is a city in

. Tadepalligudem is one of the biggest City in West Godavari district [3]

Geography

Tadepalligudem is located at 16°50′00″N 81°30′00″E / 16.8333°N 81.5000°E / 16.8333; 81.5000.[4] It has an average elevation of 34 metres (114 feet).

Demographics

As of 2011 Census of India, the city had a population of 130,348. The total population constitute, 65,045 males and 65,305 females — a sex ratio of 1022 females per 1000 males - higher than the national average of 940 per 1000.[5] 9,048 children are in the age group of 0–6 years, of which 4,662 are boys and 4,386 are girls—a ratio of 941 per 1000. The average literacy rate stands at 83.10% (male 86.60%; female 79.71%) with 78,557 literates, significantly higher than the national average of 73.00%.[3][6]

The urban agglomeration had a population of 135,032 of which males constitute 67,028 and females constitute 68,004 — a sex ratio of 1024 females per 1000 males - and 9,061 children are in the age group of 0–6 years. There are a total of 78,656 literates with an average literacy rate of 83.11%.[3]

Civil Administration and Politics

Tadepalligudem Municipality was formed in the year 1958. It is a Selection–Grade Municipality, which is spread over an area of 50.71 km2 (19.58 sq mi) and has 40 election wards.[1] The present municipal commissioner of the city is Dr. A. Samuel.[7] and the present chairman is Vacant.

Kottu Satyanarayana is the present MLA of Tadepalligudem Assembly constituency, who is also deputy chief minister and holds the portfolio of Endowment Department.

The major political parties that are active in Tadepalligudem was TDP and Janasena with constituency inchages Valavala Babji and Bolisetti Srinivas respectively.

Famous politicians like Pydikondala Manikyala Rao, Chintalapati Murty Raju,Indukuri SubbaRaju Freedom Fighter Communist Leader, Eli Anjaneyulu was elected as MLA several times from Tadepalligudem Constituency.

Education

Central Institutes Map of Andhra Pradesh (click on the map to enlarge)

The primary and secondary school education is imparted by government, aided and private schools of the School Education Department of the state.

NIT in the country, for which the foundation stone was laid in the town on 20 August 2015.[10][11]

Transport

The town has a total road length of 207.30 km (128.81 mi).

Howrah-Chennai main line. It is one of the thirteen A – category stations located in Vijayawada railway division of South Central Railway zone. Almost all the trains passing through Tadepalligudem have stoppages here.[14] Tadepalligudem has an airport which is currently not in use, built by the British to accommodate military aircraft during World War II. In 1942. The Government of Andhra Pradesh proposed an airport in Tadepalligudem along with five other cities. Rajahmundry Airport is the nearest airport.[15] Tadepalligudem railway station is selected under amrit bharat upgradation scheme,the station goy funds of 27 crores[16]

Climate

Tadepalligudem experiences hot and humid climate due to its proximity to the shore of Bay of Bengal. It has an average annual temperature of 28.2 °C (82.8 °F). May is the hottest and December is the coolest month of the year. Temperature crosses 40 °C (104 °F) in summer.[17] July receives most precipitation and annually the city receives an average rainfall of 992 mm (39.1 in).[18]

Climate data for Tadepalligudem, Andhra Pradesh
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 29.1
(84.4)
31.7
(89.1)
34.5
(94.1)
36.7
(98.1)
38.6
(101.5)
36.9
(98.4)
32.4
(90.3)
32.0
(89.6)
32.2
(90.0)
31.4
(88.5)
29.8
(85.6)
28.8
(83.8)
32.8
(91.1)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 18.9
(66.0)
20.3
(68.5)
22.6
(72.7)
25.8
(78.4)
27.9
(82.2)
27.2
(81.0)
25.4
(77.7)
25.3
(77.5)
25.3
(77.5)
24.3
(75.7)
21.3
(70.3)
18.8
(65.8)
23.6
(74.4)
Average rainfall mm (inches) 3
(0.1)
6
(0.2)
6
(0.2)
14
(0.6)
40
(1.6)
123
(4.8)
229
(9.0)
186
(7.3)
170
(6.7)
166
(6.5)
40
(1.6)
9
(0.4)
992
(39)
Source: en.climate-data.org

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Municipalities, Municipal Corporations & UDAs" (PDF). Directorate of Town and Country Planning. Government of Andhra Pradesh. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 January 2016. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  2. ^ "Andhra Pradesh (India): Districts, Cities, Towns and Outgrowth Wards - Population Statistics in Maps and Charts". citypopulation.de.
  3. ^ a b c d "District Census Handbook - West Godavari" (PDF). Census of India. pp. 22–23, 42, 54. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
  4. ^ "Maps, Weather, and Airports for Tadepallegudem, India". fallingrain.com.
  5. ^ "Sex Ratio". The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
  6. ^ "Chapter–3 (Literates and Literacy rate)" (PDF). Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
  7. ^ "Key Contacts | Tadepallegudem Municipality". tadepallegudem.cdma.ap.gov.in.
  8. ^ "School Education Department" (PDF). School Education Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 December 2015. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  9. ^ "The Department of School Education - Official AP State Government Portal | AP State Portal". www.ap.gov.in. Archived from the original on 7 November 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  10. ^ "About the Institute". NIT Warangal. Archived from the original on 29 July 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  11. ^ "NIT-Warangal allots 60 seats for A.P. students for this year". The Hindu. Visakhapatnam. 4 July 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  12. ^ "Details of Roads in each ULB of Andhra Pradesh". Commissioner and Directorate of Municipal Administration. Municipal Administration and Urban Developmemt Department - Government of Andhra Pradesh. Archived from the original on 1 August 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
  13. ^ "Bus Stations in Districts". Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation. Archived from the original on 22 March 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  14. ^ "Divisional info" (PDF). Indian Railways. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  15. ^ Y. Mallikarjun. "Praful Patel foresees aviation sector recovery by 2011". The Hindu.
  16. ^ "PM to lay foundation stone for 18 railway stations under Amrit Bharat Scheme". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  17. ^ "Severe heat continues to sizzle West Godavari". The Hans India. 27 April 2017. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  18. ^ "Climate: Tadepalligudem – Climate graph, Temperature graph, Climate table – Climate-Data.org". en.climate-data.org. Retrieved 11 May 2016.

External links