Singupuram | |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Pushpin Map: | India Andhra Pradesh#India |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Andhra Pradesh, India |
Coordinates: | 18.3574°N 83.9718°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Andhra Pradesh |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Srikakulam |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 20 |
Elevation M: | 22 |
Population Total: | 12273 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Demographics1 Info1: | Telugu |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Postal Code Type: | PIN |
Postal Code: | 532185 |
Registration Plate Type: | Vehicle Registration |
Registration Plate: | AP30 (Former) AP39 (from 30 January 2019)[1] |
Blank1 Name Sec1: | Lok Sabha constituency |
Blank1 Info Sec1: | Srikakulam (Lok Sabha constituency) |
Blank2 Name Sec1: | Vidhan Sabha constituency |
Blank2 Info Sec1: | Srikakulam (Assembly constituency) |
Singupuram is a census town in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.
It is located 11 kilometers(km) east of the district headquarters of Srikakulam district, 9 km from Srikakulam and 100 km from Visakhapatnam.
According to the 2011 census of India, Singupuram had a population of 12,273 with 2,774 households.
A Primary Health Centre (PHC) is located there along with four to five private hospitals.
National Highway 16 bypasses the town and is a part of the Golden Quadrilateral highway network. Srikakulam is the nearest city to Singupuram, approximately 7 km southwest of Singupuram. Road connectivity is also present from Srikakulam to Singupuram.
SH37 connects Singupuram town with Parvathipuram, Veeraghattam, Palakonda, Kalingapatnam.
Two days before polling in the 2004 elections, Kinjarapu Yerran Naidu survived an assassination attempt by Naxalites (Maoists) who attempted to bomb his vehicle in Singupuram.[2] Following his re-election, he was made the party leader in the Lok Sabha.