| Avanigadda | |
| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Map Alt: | Dynamic map |
| Pushpin Map: | India Andhra Pradesh |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Andhra Pradesh, India |
| Coordinates: | 16.0197°N 80.92°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Andhra Pradesh |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Krishna |
| Subdivision Type3: | Mandal |
| Subdivision Name3: | Avanigadda |
| Government Type: | Gram Panchayat |
| Governing Body: | Avanigadda Gram panchayat |
| Leader Title1: | MLA |
| Leader Name1: | Mandali Buddha Prasad |
| Leader Title2: | MP |
| Leader Name2: | Vallabhaneni Balashowry |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 13.39 |
| Elevation M: | 57 |
| Population Total: | 23737 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Telugu |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code: | 521121 |
| Area Code: | +91-08671 |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | Lok Sabha constituency |
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | Machilipatnam |
| Native Name: | అవనిగడ్డ |
Avanigadda is a town in Krishna district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is the mandal headquarters of Avanigadda mandal in Machilipatnam revenue division.[3] pin code of Avanigadda is 521121[4] .Nearby places are Repalle, Puligadda,Koduru and Nagayalanka.Hanuman temple is famous in Avanigadda . అవనిగడ్డ కు కొత్తపేట, మోదుమూడి,పులిగడ్డ మొదలైనవి సమీప గ్రామాలు.
Avanigadda is located on the banks of the Krishna River. It is located 30 km away from the delta of Krishna River and Bay of Bengal.
Due to its proximity to the Bay of Bengal, Avanigadda and its surrounding villages are prone to cyclones and floods. It is devastated by 1977 Andhra Pradesh cyclone which had a velocity over 200 kmph. A memorial, at the point of furthest advance of the Storm surge was built near this village in memory of the people who died in the storm.
The main religious destinations in town are temples such as Sri Addanki Nancharamma Temple at Viswanadhapalli, Sri Lankamma Ammavari Temple and Sri Lakshmi Narayana Swamy Temple.[5]
Other tourism attractions are Penumudi–Puligadda Bridge,[6] Srikakulam Srikakulandhra Vishnu Temple,[7] Mopidevi Sri Subrahmanyeswara Swamy Temple and Hamasaladeevi beach.[8]
Buddha Prasad Mandali, who was also MLA of Avanigadda Andhra Pradesh Assembly in JSP government,[9] has lost to Simhadri Ramesh Babu in 2024 elections.
Repalle is the nearest town from Avanigadda which is 10 km away. State-run APS RTC has a bus depot in this village and runs busses to nearest towns and Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam and Hyderabad, among other places. APS RTC runs Palle Velugu, Express, Deluxe, Super Luxury, Indra and Night Rider class of busses. [10]
Private players also run their services from Avanigadda to major cities, and compete with the state run APSRTC, by plying busses to the places where the state-run transport corporation doesn't. Although the town lacks direct rail connectivity, it is still a popular choice of transport. The nearest railway station (Repalle railway station) lies 10 km away, in Repalle.