Etcherla Mandal

Etcherla is a village , Mandal Hq , AssemblyConstituency of A.P. in Srikakulam district in the state of AndhraPradesh in India. It is on NH5 road.

Etcherla Location :

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Country India
State Andhra Pradesh
District(s) Srikakulam
Subdistrict Etcherla
Population 82,051
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)

Codes
• Pincode • 532402
• Telephone • +08942

Postgraduate Center of Andhra University and an engineering college are located in Etcherla.

Features

Dr.B.R.Ambedkar Post Graduate Centre , was started in 1977-1978 with a policy of extending higher education facilities in the backward regions. The center was shifted from Srikakulam to the presented campus on 29 September 1986 in the old palace at Etcherla. In the beginning two disciplines viz., Economics and Rural development are instituted at Postgraduate level. Presently there are about 14 different courses offered here. The center is at present catering to the needs of 600 P.G. Students and Research Scholars working for their M.Phil and Ph.D. and is supported by 40 faculty members and 70 non Teaching members. This Postgraduate Center became the largest PG Center in the entire state of Andhra Pradesh.

The PG centre is located in a spacious campus extending 29 acres (120,000 m2) of land. It is at present blessed with an administrative block accommodating special officers chamber, individual teachers rooms and students union room, three blocks to accommodate class rooms, Library , reading room and a hostel for boys.
Assembly Constituency

Etcherla is an assembly constituency in Andhra Pradesh, changed from reserved (Scheduled Castes) to general since 2008. There are 1,45,554 registered voters in this constituency in 1999 elections.

List of Elected Members:
Etcherla Assembly candidates details :
Year---Winner Candidate -----Party -Votes ----Runner Candidate-------Party ---Votes ---Majority
2004---Kondru muralimohan-INC---58,676---Kavali Pratibhabharati--TDP ----52,987--5,689



1967 - N.A.Naidu.
1972 - Ballada Hariyappadu.
1978 - Kothapalli Narasayya
1983, 1985, 1989, 1994 and 1999 - Kavali Pratibha Bharathi(TDP)
2004 - Kondru Murali Mohan(cong)
2009--Meesala Neelakhantam (cong)


Villages and Panchayats

There are 28 village panchayats in Etcherla mandal.

1. A.A.Valasa
2. Ajjaram
3. Allinagaram
4. Badevanipeta
5. Bhagiradhi Puram
6. Bontala Koduru
7. Budagatla Palem
8. Chilakapalem
9. D.Matchelesam
10. Dharmavaram
11. Domam
12. Etcherla
13. Fareedpeta
14. Ibrahimbad
15. Jarajam
16. Kesavarao Peta
17. Kongaram
18. Kotha Peta
19. Koyyam
20. Kuppili
21. Kusalapuram
22. Muddada
23. Ponnada
24. Pudivalasa
25. S.M.Puram
26. S.S.R.Puram
27. Thamminaidu Peta
28. Thotapalem

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