| Palakonda | |
| Native Name Lang: | te |
| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Pushpin Map: | India Andhra Pradesh |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Andhra Pradesh, India |
| Coordinates: | 18.6°N 83.75°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name1: | Andhra Pradesh |
| Subdivision Name2: | Parvathipuram Manyam district |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 6.50 |
| Population Total: | 31425 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code Type: | PIN |
| Postal Code: | 532440 |
| Area Code: | 08941 |
| Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
| Registration Plate Type: | Vehicle Registration |
| Registration Plate: | AP30 (former) AP39 (from 30 January 2019)[2] |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | Lok Sabha constituency |
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | Araku |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Telugu |
| Blank2 Name Sec1: | Vidhan Sabha constituency |
| Blank2 Info Sec1: | Palakonda |
| Leader Title: | MLA |
| Leader Name: | Nimmaka Jayakrishna |
Palakonda is a town in Parvathipuram Manyam district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a nagar panchayat and the mandal headquarters of Palakonda mandal in Palakonda revenue division[3] [4]
Palakonda is located at .[5] It has an average elevation of 44 meters (147 feet).
According to the Imperial Gazetteer of India,[6] Palkonda Taluk was in Vizagapatnam district with a total area of 502sqmi. The cultivated land is irrigated by the Nagavali River. The Agency area contains about 56sqmi of Reserved Forest. The population in 1901 was 215,376 compared with 201,331 in 1891. There were two towns Palkonda and Razam and 334 villages. The Agency area had population of about 11,000 people, chiefly Savaras living in 106 villages. The greater part of Taluk was held on Ryotwari and belongs to Rajas of Bobbili and Vizianagram.
It was within Ganjam District of Orissa state till 1950 when Srikakulam district was formed.
Palakonda Nagar panchayat is a civic body constituted in the year 2013. It is spread over an area of 6.5km2. The present municipal commissioner of the town is B. Ramu.[7]
Palakonda is an assembly constituency in Andhra Pradesh reserved for Scheduled Castes. There were 120,726 registered voters in this constituency in 1999 elections. Now from 2009 onwards the Assembly Constituency reservation changed to S.T.
List of elected members:[8]
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Runner Up | Party | Votes | Margin (majority) | |
| 2014 | Viswasarai Kalavathi | YSRCP | 55337 | Jaya Krishna Nimmaka | TDP | 53717 | 1620 |
