Narasaraopet

Narasaraopet
నరసరావుపేట
Developing City
Narasaraopet

Location in Andhra Pradesh, India

Coordinates: 16°15′N 80°04′E / 16.25°N 80.07°E / 16.25; 80.07Coordinates: 16°15′N 80°04′E / 16.25°N 80.07°E / 16.25; 80.07
Country India
State Andhra Pradesh
District Guntur
Area[1]
 • Total 7.65 km2 (2.95 sq mi)
Elevation 55 m (180 ft)
Population (2011)[2]
 • Total 116,250
 • Rank 30th
 • Density 15,000/km2 (39,000/sq mi)
Languages
 • Official Telugu
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 522601, 522602
Telephone code +91–8647
Website narasaraopet.cdma.ap.gov.in/en

Narasaraopet is a city in Guntur district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The town is a municipality and the mandal headquarters of Narasaraopet mandal in Narasaraopet revenue division.[3][4]

Etymology

The name comes from Narasa Rao, a wealthy landlord who owned much of the surrounding areas some time back.

Geography and climate

Narasaraopeta is the major commercial trading center after Tenali in Guntur district, also having lot of educational institutes. Narasaraopeta was built on flat land ringed by hills that are an extension of the Eastern Ghats. The summer months can get exceedingly hot while winters are mild. Rainfall is due to the monsoon and is concentrated in the months of July–September.

Climate

The average annual rainfall of Narasaraopeta is 761 millimeters. The southwest monsoon season contributes 400 mm northeast monsoon contributes 299 mm. Premonsoonal thundershowers contribute 75 mm.

Demographics

As of 2011 census, Narasaraopet had a population of 116,329 with 28,186 households. The total population constitute, 58,898 males and 57,431 females —a sex ratio of 975 females per 1000 males. 10,445 children are in the age group of 0–6 years, of which 5,390 are boys and 5,055 are girls —a ratio of 938 per 1000. The average literacy rate stands at 79.45% with 84,123 literates, significantly higher than the state average of 67.41%.[2][5]

The Urban Agglomeration had a population of 117,568, of which males constitute 59,514, females constitute 58,054 —a sex ratio of 975 females per 1000 males and 10,519 children are in the age group of 0–6 years. There are a total of 84,889 literates with an average literacy rate of 79.30%.[6]

Governance

Civic administration

Narasaraopet Municipality is a civic body of Narasaraopet, constituted on 18 May 1915. It got upgraded to Grade–I municipality on 28 April 1980 and has a jurisdictional area of 7.65 km2 (2.95 sq mi).[1]

Politics

Narasaraopet is a part of Narasaraopet assembly constituency for Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly. Gopireddy Srinivas Reddy is the present MLA of the constituency from YSR Congress Party.[7] It is also a part of Narasaraopet lok sabha constituency which was won by Rayapati Sambasiva Rao of Telugu Desam Party.[8][9]

Transport

APSRTC operates buses from Narasaraopet bus station.[10][11] Narasaraopet railway station is located on the Nallapadu–Nandyal section and administered under Guntur railway division of South Central Railway zone.

Tourism

Kotappakonda is the site of a major religious fair dedicated to Shiva.

Education

The primary and secondary school education is imparted by government, aided and private schools, under the School Education Department of the state.[12][13] The medium of instruction followed by different schools are English, Telugu.

Narasaraopeta is surrounded by many engineering, dental and pharmacy colleges. some of the famous include SS&N college (Sri Subbaraya and Narayana college – Established in 1950), Narasaraopeta Engineering College, Eswar College of engineering (Kesanupalli), Narasaraopeta Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (NIPS), Tirumala Engineering College (Jonnalagadda), Amara Institute of Engineering and Technology (Satuluru) etc.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Basic Information of Municipality". Municipal Administration & Urban Development Department. Government of Andhra Pradesh. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Andhra Pradesh (India): Districts, Cities, Towns and Outgrowth Wards – Population Statistics in Maps and Charts". citypopulation.de.
  3. ↑ "Guntur District Mandals" (PDF). Census of India. pp. 76,109. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "District Census Handbook – Guntur" (PDF). Census of India. p. 14,46. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
  5. ↑ "Literacy of AP (Census 2011)" (PDF). Official Portal of Andhra Pradesh Government. p. 43. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
  6. ↑ "District Census Handbook - Guntur" (PDF). Census of India. p. 14,46. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
  7. ↑ "MLA". AP State Portal. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  8. ↑ "MP (Lok Sabha)". Government of AP. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
  9. ↑ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 22,31. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
  10. ↑ "Bus Stations in Districts". Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  11. ↑ Srinivas, Rajulapudi (25 October 2013). "25 passengers rescued from stranded APSRTC bus in Narsaraopet". The Hindu. Guntur. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  12. ↑ "School Eduvation Department" (PDF). School Education Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  13. ↑ "The Department of School Education - Official AP State Government Portal | AP State Portal". www.ap.gov.in. Retrieved 7 November 2016.

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