Amudalavalasa

Amadalavalasa is a town in Srikakulam district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a municipality and also the mandal headquarters of Amadalavalasa mandal.^[4] The town is spread over an area of 19.65 km² (7.59 sq mi), which is under the jurisdiction of Visakhapatnam Metropolitan Region Development Authority.^[1] Srikakulam Road railway station is situated at Amadalavalasa.

Amadalavalasa
Town
Megalithic Dolmen (said to be world's large single capstone as a dolmen with 36 ft in length and 14 ft in width and 2 ft thickness) of early Iron Age at Dannanapeta near Amadalavalsa
Amadalavalasa Location in Andhra Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 18.4167°N 83.9000°E / 18.4167; 83.9000
Country	India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Srikakulam
Founded by	Budumuru Navajeevan kumar
Government
• Type	Municipality
• Body	Amudalavalasa Municipality, SUDA
• MLA	Thammineni Seetharam
Area [1]
• Total	19.65 km2 (7.59 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	39,799
Languages
• Official	Telugu
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	532185
Telephone code	08942
Vehicle Registration	AP30 (former) AP39 (from 30 January 2019)[3]
Website	Amudalavalasa Municipality

Geography

Amadalavalasa is located at 18.4167°N 83.9000°E / 18.4167; 83.9000.^[5] It has an average elevation of 29 metres (98 feet).

Danthapuri remnants

History

Amadalavalasa means 'the town of castor oil'. During the times of Ashoka, this place was called Herandapalli. Heranda in Sanskrit means castor oil. Ironically, there are no castor oil plants being grown or castor oil being produced in this place.

Iron Age habitation

Evidence of early historic man and his activities have been recently discovered on the hills of Sangamayya Konda,^[6] in Amudalavalasa mandal.

Buddhism and Jainism

Prehistoric Rock shelters at Chittivalasa village near Amudalavalasa

Sangamayya Konda

Sangamayya Konda is 3 km from Amudalavalasa. It was a Buddhist site and is known for the Jain vestiges and Buddhist monasteries excavated recently. A freelance archaeologist^[7][8] conducted recent explorations on the hills of Sangamayya Konda and found several pre-historic Dolmen, Menhir, Cave, Caverns and Cisterns.

Danthapuri (Danthavarapukota)

Danthapuri (Danthavarapukota) is one of the historical places near Amadalavalasa. This village is between Amudalavalasa and Hiramandalam. Ancient Buddha stupas are present in this place.

Government and politics

Amadalavalasa Municipality is classified as a 3rd grade municipality with 23 wards.^[1] The famous veteran parliamentarian Boddepalli Raja Gopal Rao and MLA Boddepalli Satyavathi is also from this constituency. The Current MLA Is Koona Ravi Kumar.

Demographics

As of 2001^[update] India census,^[9] Amadalavalasa had a population of 37,852. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%.

Features

There is a large-scale sugar factory in Amadalavalasa, presently not working. Other industries like jute, oil etc. are located at that town. There is head post office at Amadalavalasa.

Education

The primary and secondary school education is imparted by government, aided and private schools, under the School Education Department of the state.^[10][11] The medium of instruction followed by different schools are English, Telugu.

References

1. "STATISTICAL INFORMATION OF ULBs & UDAs" (PDF). Directorate of Town and Country Planning. Government of Andhra Pradesh. p. 1. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
2. "Census of India: Search Details". www.censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
3. "New 'AP 39' code to register vehicles in Andhra Pradesh launched". The New Indian Express. Vijayawada. 31 January 2019. Archived from the original on 28 July 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
4. "Srikakulam district mandals" (PDF). Census of India. The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. pp. 198, 218. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
5. "redirect to /world/IN/02/Amudalavalasa.html".
6. "Remnants of Jain monuments found". The Hindu.
7. Special Correspondent. "Iron Age habitation found in Srikakulam". The Hindu. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
8. "Iron Age dolman discovered in Srikakulam". The Times of India. 20 May 2011. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
9. "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.
10. "School Education Department" (PDF). School Education Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 December 2015. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
11. "The Department of School Education – Official AP State Government Portal | AP State Portal". www.ap.gov.in. Archived from the original on 7 November 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2016.

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