Jangareddygudem Explained

Jangareddygudem
Native Name Lang:te
Settlement Type:Town
Pushpin Map:India Andhra Pradesh
Pushpin Label Position:Right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Andhra Pradesh, India
Coordinates:17.1167°N 81.3°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Andhra Pradesh
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Eluru
Subdivision Type3:Constituency
Subdivision Name3:Chintalapudi
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:11
Population Total:48994
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 Type:PIN
Postal Code:534 447,534455
Area Code Type:Telephone code
Area Code:+91–8821
Registration Plate:AP-39

Jangareddygudem (JRG) is a municipality in newly formed Eluru district which is previously in West Godavari district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.

Demographics

Census of India, the city had a population of 48,994. The total population constitute, 23,997 males and 24,997 females —a sex ratio of 1042 females per 1000 males, higher than the national average of 940 per 1000.[3] 5,082 children are in the age group of 0–6 years, of which 2,605 are boys and 2,477 are girls—a ratio of 951 per 1000. The average literacy rate stands at 80.09% (male 83.61%; female 76.75%) with 35,169 literates, significantly higher than the national average of 73.00%.[4]

Geography

Jangareddygudem is an upland agency area. Its average elevation is 74 meters above sea level. It is not prone to any floods or damp soils.

Civic services

Tobacco Board[5]

The Tobacco Farmers bring their crop to the Tobacco Board for auction, in which Tobacco Board authorized companies participate to buy tobacco from farmers with the Board acting as middle man facilitating the auction by providing all facilities to farmers and traders from Crop development, Cultivation, Production, Loans etc and payment processing through banks.[6] Tobacco Board is an arm of Ministry of Commerce, Govt of India. The process of electronic auctioning of tobacco was first introduced in India (First across globe on FCV Tobacco) at the Jangareddygudem Tobacco Board.[7] A Government hospital, established way back in 1980s, has been recently renovated as a spacious with multi-specialty services.

Transport

The town has a total road length of 72km (45miles).[8] Jangareddygudem bus depot is owned and operated by APSRTC. It operates bus services to most of the surrounding destinations and other districts.[9] State Highway 42 connects the town with Palakollu and State Highway 44 with Eluru.[10]

The nearest airport to Jangareddigudem is Rajahmundry Airport which is 65km away.

Education

The primary and secondary school education is imparted by government, aided and private schools, under the School Education Department of the state.[11] [12] Two government colleges: Sri Damodara Sanjivayya junior (SDSJ) college and Chatrapati Shivaji Trisatha Jayanti (CSTJ) degree college were established way back in early 1970s.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Municipalities, Municipal Corporations & UDAs. Directorate of Town and Country Planning. Government of Andhra Pradesh. 29 January 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160128175528/http://dtcp.ap.gov.in:9090/webdtcp/Municipalities%20List-110.pdf. 28 January 2016. PDF.
  2. Web site: Census 2011. The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. 3 September 2014.
  3. Web site: Sex Ratio . The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. 3 September 2014.
  4. Web site: Chapter–3 (Literates and Literacy rate) . Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 3 September 2014. PDF.
  5. Web site: Location of Auction Platforms in Andhra Pradesh. 15 May 2017.
  6. Web site: Tobacco farmers on a high. 15 May 2017.
  7. Web site: Tobacco farmers in State earn good returns. 15 May 2017.
  8. Web site: Details of Roads in each ULB of Andhra Pradesh . Commissioner and Directorate of Municipal Administration . Municipal Administration and Urban Development Department – Government of Andhra Pradesh . 28 March 2017 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160801101300/http://centralapp.cdma.ap.gov.in:8080/CDMAAPTaxesInfo/RoadDetails.jsp . 1 August 2016 .
  9. Web site: Bus Depots . . 4 June 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160309000939/http://apsrtc.gov.in/depots.aspx . 9 March 2016 .
  10. Web site: Road Maps. Roads and Buildings Department. Government of Andhra Pradesh. 29 February 2016. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20151224105315/http://aproads.cgg.gov.in/getInfo.do?dt=2&oId=37. 24 December 2015.
  11. Web site: School Education Department . School Education Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh . 7 November 2016 . PDF . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151227185018/http://rmsaap.nic.in/Notification_TSG_2015.pdf . 27 December 2015 .
  12. Web site: The Department of School Education – Official AP State Government Portal AP State Portal . www.ap.gov.in . 7 November 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20161107155331/http://www.ap.gov.in/department/organizations/school-education/ . 7 November 2016 .