Nandigama Explained

Nandigama
Native Name Lang:te
Settlement Type:Town
Pushpin Map:India Andhra Pradesh#India
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Andhra Pradesh, India
Coordinates:16.7833°N 80.3°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Type2:Region
Subdivision Type3:District
Subdivision Name1:Andhra Pradesh
Subdivision Name2:Coastal Andhra
Subdivision Name3:NTR
Government Footnotes:[1]
Government Type:Municipality
Leader Title:Chairman
Leader Name:Tummala Srinivas Babu
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Footnotes:[2]
Area Total Km2:25.90
Elevation M:21
Population Total:44359
Population As Of:2011
Population Footnotes:[3]
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:Languages
Demographics1 Title1:Official
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30
Postal Code Type:PIN
Postal Code:521 185
Area Code:+91–8678
Area Code Type:Telephone code
Registration Plate:AP–16
Demographics1 Info1:T
Blank2 Name Sec1:Vidhan Sabha constituency
Blank2 Info Sec1:Nandigama

Nandigama is a town in NTR district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a Municipality and also the headquarters of Nandigama mandal in Nandigama revenue division.[4]

Geography

Nandigama is located 50 km West of Vijayawada and 46 km east of Kodada.

Climate

Governance

Civic administration

Nandigama Municipality is the civic administrative body of the town which was constituted in the year 2011. It has an area of 25.9km2. The municipal chairman of Municipality is Padmavathi Yaragorla and the vice-chairman is V.Ashok Kumar.[5]

Politics

Nandigama a part of Nandigama (SC) (Assembly constituency) for Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly. It is a reserved constituency for Scheduled Castes. TANGIRALA SOWMYA is the present MLA of the constituency from TELUGU DESAM Party.[6] It is also a part of Vijayawada (Lok Sabha constituency) which was won by Kesineni Sivanadh (Chinni) of Telugu Desam Party.[7] [8]

Transport

The Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation and TSRTC operates several bus buses services from Nandigama bus station to various destinations in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.[9] The town has a total road length of 139.6km (86.7miles).[10]

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.
  2. Web site: District Census Handbook - Krishna. Census of India. 16 February 2016. 16,214.
  3. Web site: Census 2011 . The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. 26 July 2014.
  4. Web site: Krishna District Mandals . Census of India . 17 July 2015. 476, 523.
  5. News: YSR Congress Claims Three Civic Chief Posts in Krishna. https://web.archive.org/web/20140713043307/http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/andhra_pradesh/YSR-Congress-Claims-Three-Civic-Chief-Posts-in-Krishna/2014/07/04/article2313847.ece. dead. 13 July 2014. 17 July 2015. The New Indian Express. 4 July 2014. Machilipatnam.
  6. Web site: MLA. AP State Portal. 17 August 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20141008071101/http://www.ap.gov.in/government/mla/. 8 October 2014. dead.
  7. Web site: MP (Lok Sabha). Government of AP. 4 May 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20161121175516/http://www.ap.gov.in/government/mp-lok-sabha/. 21 November 2016. dead.
  8. Web site: Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order,2008. Election Commission of India. 11 October 2014. 22,31.
  9. Web site: Bus Stations in Districts. Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation. 9 March 2016. 22 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160322233330/http://apsrtc.gov.in/Bus%20Stations.aspx. dead.
  10. 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.