| Jaggayyapeta | |
| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Pushpin Map: | India#India Andhra Pradesh |
| Pushpin Relief: | yes |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Andhra Pradesh, India |
| Coordinates: | 16.892°N 80.0976°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Andhra Pradesh |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Coastal Andhra |
| Subdivision Type3: | District |
| Subdivision Name3: | NTR |
| Governing Body: | Jaggayyapet Municipality |
| Leader Title1: | Member of Legislative Assembly |
| Leader Name1: | Udaya Bhanu Samineni |
| Leader Title2: | Member of Parliament |
| Leader Name2: | Kesineni Srinivas (Nani) |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 23.50 |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [2] |
| Elevation M: | 55 |
| Population Total: | 53530 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Footnotes: | [3] |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Officials |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Telugu |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code Type: | PIN |
| Postal Code: | 521 175 |
| Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
| Area Code: | +91–8654 |
| Registration Plate: | AP–16, AP-39, AP-40 |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | Lok Sabha constituency |
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | Vijayawada |
| Blank2 Name Sec1: | Vidhan Sabha constituency |
| Blank2 Info Sec1: | Jaggayyapet |
Jaggayyapeta, also spelled “Jaggaiahpet”, is a census town in Krishna district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, located just southwest of the border with Telangana. It is also the mandal headquarters of Jaggayyapeta mandal of Nandigama revenue division.[4] [5] The town is located on the banks of the Paleru River which is a tributary of the Krishna River.
Jaggaiahpeta was governed by a ruler, by name Sri Rajah Vasireddy Venkatadri Nayudu. It is said that he founded two towns, namely, Jaggayyapeta, named after his father Jaggayya, and Achampeta, named after his mother Atchamma.
Government records suggest the founder of the town was Venkatadri Nayudu, who developed and renamed the village of Betavolu to Jaggayyapeta. The region was then infested with robbers and hence the old village was called Dongala Betavolu (Robbers' Betavolu). For some time, Jaggayyapeta was mentioned in Government records with Betavolu written in brackets. This region has an ancient history, the innocent-looking mound 'Dhanam Bodu', lying east of Jaggayyapeta, has in it the remains of an ancient stupa, which has been lying there for 2,000 years. Jaggayyapeta became a municipality in 1987 and Sreeram Badari Narayanarao was elected as 1st municipal chairman.
The archaeological excavations around the town of Jaggayyapeta have found Buddhist stupas dating back to 200 BC.[6] [7] Sculptures and scriptures of Neolithic, Megalithic and medieval periods are also found around the town.[8]
Civic administration
The municipality of Jaggayyapeta was formed in the year 1988. It is a II–Grade Municipality with 32 wards spread over an area of 23.5km2.
The town’s mango orchards are abundant with Banginapalli and Totapuri varieties, which are even exported to foreign countries.[9] [10] It is one of the major industrial corridors in the Krishna district. The region’s cement plants are located in and around Jaggayyapeta. It has more than 10 cements plants around and there are more than 100 gold merchants in the town.
Jaggayyapeta is located near to NH 65, which connects Pune and Machilipatnam. The Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation operates buses from Jaggayyapeta bus station which also has a bus depot.[11] [12] The town has a total road length of 109km (68miles).[13]
The primary and secondary school education is imparted by government, aided and private schools, under the School Education Department of the state.[14] [15] The medium of instruction followed by different schools are English and Telugu.