Palakonda Mandal(am)

Palakonda or Palkonda is a town, Revenue Division and a mandal in the Srikakulam district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India.

Location of Palakonda

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Country- India
State- Andhra Pradesh
District(s)- Srikakulam
Time zone- IST (UTC+5:30)
Area-
• Elevation -• 44 m (144 ft)
Codes-• Pincode • 532 440,• Telephone • +91 08941

Geography

Palakonda is located at 18.6000°N 83.7500°E. It has an average elevation of 44 meters (147 feet).


Palakonda is an assembly constituency in Andhra Pradesh reserved for Scheduled Castes. There were 140,726 registered voters in this constituency

List of Elected Members:

Palakonda Assembly candidates details:

Year--Winner Candidate--Party-- Votes----Runner Candidate-----Party--Votes----Majority
2004--Kambala Jogulu----TDP-- 42,327---Tompala Raja Babu--INC----30,703--11,624

1951 - Palavalasa Sangam Naidu
1978 - Kambala Rajaratnam
1983 - Gonipati Syamala Rao
1985 and 1994 - Tale Bhadrayya
1989 and 1999 - Amrutha Kumari P.J.
2004 - Kambala Jogulu
2009 - sri Sugreevulu(ST)

Features

The Area Hospital(100 in-patients beds), Andhra Pradesh Vaidya Vidhana Parishad is located at Palakonda serves people of town and village around the town. Palakonda is famous for its devotional places. There are two famous temples and two famous churches in the town.

Jagannadha Swami Temple_Palakonda-Jagannadha swami of Puri in Orissa god was established here in Palakonda. This temple was built centuries ago and very much famous for its "Ratha Yatra".

Kotadurga Temple_Palakonda

This is a famous historical temple. Before independence this area was ruled by an Oriya Zamindar family, under the British rule. The Jamindhars lost all their properties due to internal family conflicts(battle between Vijayanagaram and Bobbili Samsthanam). Every thing was ruined and only 2 lakes and remnants of their houses and this durga temple remain at present. Krushna Dash, an Oriya Priest from Orissa and a devotee of Durga started worshiping here in 1947. People around Palakonda worshiped the goddess, Ghatalu Bindelu, with turmeric water, and this was the main attraction of folk people. Dassara is the main Thai Pongal (festival) of this temple. KrupaSindhu Das son of Krushna Dash rehabilitated the temple ruin to its original state.he took care of the temple followed by his three sons Purna Chandra Das,Sarath Chandra Das,Venkateshwara Das till 2000.after that the government has taken the temple rights.

Schools and Colleges

1. RCM Upper Primary School 2. Vivekananda Model High School 3. Sahiti Junior College, Vadama road 4. Navodaya Model School 5. Satyasai School 6. Govt School and Junior College 7. Govt Degree College 8. Dr C.L.Naidu degree college 9. Santiniketan School(Harakumar naidu sir)

Movie Theatres

1. Venkateswara Theatre 2. Ramakala mandir 3. Anjaneya Theatre 4. Gowri Theatre

Revenue Division

There are 13 mandals in Palakonda Revenue Division. They are

1. Veeraghattam,
2. Vangara,
3. Regidi Amadalavalasa,
4. Rajam,
5. Santhakavati,
6. Palakonda,
7. Seethampeta,
8. Bhamini,
9. Kothuru,
10. Hiramandalam,
11. Saravakota,
12. Pathapatnam and
13. Meliaputti.

Villages and Panchayats

There are 33 village panchayats in Palakonda Mandal.

1. Ampili (village&panchayat)
2. Annavaram (village&panchayat)
3. Aradala (village&panchayat)
4. Attali (village&panchayat)
5. Avalangi (village&panchayat)
6. Basuru (village&panchayat)
7. Bejji (village&panchayat)
8. Bukkuru (village&panchayat)
9. Chinna Mangalapuram (village&panchayat)
10. Chintada (village&panchayat)
11. Dolamada (village&panchayat)
12. Duggi (village&panchayat)
13. Gopalapuram (village&panchayat)
14. Gotta Mangalapuram (village&panchayat)
15. Jamparakota (village&panchayat)
16. Kondapuram (village&panchayat)
17. Lovidi Laxmipuram (village&panchayat)
18. Lumburu (village&panchayat)
19. Navagam (village&panchayat)
20. Palakonda (panchayat&mandalHeadquarters)
21. Panukuvalasa (village&panchayat)
22. Pedda Kotipalli (village&panchayat)
23. Potli (village and panchayat)
24. Singannavalasa (village&panchayat)
25. Singupuram (village&panchayat)
26. T.K.Rajapuram (village&panchayat)
27. Talavaram (village&panchayat)
28. Tampatapalli (village&panchayat)
29. Tumarada (village&panchayat)
30. V.P.Rajupeta (village&panchayat)
31. Vatapagu (village&panchayat)
32. Velagavada (village&panchayat)
33. Voni (village&panchayat)
34. Yarakarayapuram (village&panchayat)

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