Samalkota Explained

Samarlakota
Settlement Type:Town
Pushpin Map:India Andhra Pradesh
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Andhra Pradesh, India
Coordinates:17.0531°N 82.1695°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name1:Andhra Pradesh
Subdivision Name2:Kakinada district
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:14.08
Elevation M:9
Population Total:56864
Population As Of:2011
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Rank:3rd in East Godavari dist
Demographics Type1:Languages
Demographics1 Title1:Official
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30
Postal Code Type:PIN
Postal Code:533 440
Area Code:+91-884
Area Code Type:Telephone code
Registration Plate Type:Vehicle Registration
Registration Plate:AP05 (Former)
AP39 (from 30 January 2019)[2]
Demographics1 Info1:Telugu

Samarlakota is a town in Kakinada district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The town forms a part of Godavari Urban Development Authority.[3] It was previously known as Chamarlakota, which dates back to a local kaifiyat that was written in the mid-eighteenth century.[4]

Geography

Samarlakota is located at .[5] It has an average elevation of 9metres

Transport

The Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation operates bus services from Samarlakota bus station.[6] Samarlakota railway station is an important railway junction on the Visakhapatnam-Vijayawada section of Howrah-Chennai main line. The railway line to Kakinada branches at this railway junction. The nearest airport to Samarlakota town is Rajahmundry Airport, which is 40km (30miles) away.

Demographics

Samarlakota is a municipal town in the district of Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh. Samarlakota is divided into 18 wards, for which elections are held every five years. Samarlakota Municipality has a population of 56,864, of which 28,115 are males and 28,749 are females, according to a report released by Census India 2011.

The population of children aged six or younger is 5,793, which is 10.19% of total population of Samarlakota. In Samarlakota Municipality, the male:female sex ratio is 1,023 per 1,000 males, against state average of 993. The child sex ratio in Samarlakota is around 948 compared to the Andhra Pradesh state average of 939. The literacy rate of Samarlakota is 74.58%, higher than state average of 67.02%. Male literacy is around 78.77% while female literacy rate is 70.51%.

Governance

Samarlakota municipality has over 16,044 houses to which it supplies basic amenities like water and sewerage. It is authorized to build roads within the municipality limits and impose taxes on properties coming under its jurisdiction.

Economy

Manufacturing industries at an industrial estate include oil, food and spice manufacture; companies are Ammbati Subbanna & Co, AS Brand Oil, Arun Dorakula Food & Spices Company, and ADR brand, RAK Ceramics are situated in Samarlakota.

Attractions

Religious organisations are:

Education

The town's first boarding school was established in 1882,[7] by the Canadian Baptist Mission[8] it was known as C. B. M. Boys' School.[9] Notable among those who were associated includes A. B. Masilamani[10] and his teacher Chetty Bhanumurthy.[10]

Primary and secondary school education is imparted by government, aided and private schools, under the state's School Education Department.[11] [12] The medium of instruction followed by schools are English and Telugu.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Municipalities, Municipal Corporations & UDAs. Directorate of Town and Country Planning. Government of Andhra Pradesh. 28 January 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160218053141/http://dtcp.ap.gov.in:9090/webdtcp/Municipalities%20List-110.pdf. 18 February 2016.
  2. News: New 'AP 39' code to register vehicles in Andhra Pradesh launched . https://web.archive.org/web/20190203234146/http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/vijayawada/2019/jan/31/new-ap-39-code-to-register-vehicles-in-state-launched-1932417.html . dead . 3 February 2019 . 9 June 2019 . The New Indian Express . 31 January 2019 . Vijayawada.
  3. Web site: Constitution of Godavari Urban Development Authority with headquarters at Godavari. Municipal Administration and Urban Development Department. Government of Andhra Pradesh. 9 November 2016. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20170118222806/http://urban.ap.gov.in/MAUD/Gazettee%20No.818.pdf. 18 January 2017.
  4. Book: Sources of the History of India. 1. Nisith Ranjan Ray. Institute of Historical Studies. 159. 1978. 9788186336472.
  5. http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/02/Samalkot.html Falling Rain Genomics. Samarlakota
  6. Web site: Bus Stations in Districts. Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation. 9 March 2016.
  7. https://books.google.com/books?id=J2lQAQAAMAAJ&q=baptist+samalkot&dq=baptist+samalkot Baptist Missionary Review, Volume 26, 1922, p.468
  8. Sivasankaranarayana, M. V. Rajagopal, N. Ramesan (Compiled), Andhra Pradesh District Gazetteers: East Godavari, Printed by Director of Printing and Stationery at the Government Secretariat Press, Hyderabad, 1979, p.429. https://books.google.com/books?id=yshhAAAAIAAJ&q=c.b.m.boarding+samalkota&dq=c.b.m.boarding+samalkot
  9. https://books.google.com/books?id=wsTYAAAAMAAJ&q=baptist+samalkot&dq=baptist+samalkot Indian Church History Review, Volume 13, 1979, p.70
  10. [R. R. Sundara Rao]
  11. Web site: School Education Department. School Education Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh. 7 November 2016. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20161107220545/http://rmsaap.nic.in/Notification_TSG_2015.pdf. 7 November 2016.
  12. Web site: The Department of School Education – Official AP State Government Portal AP State Portal. 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.