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Place in Andhra Pradesh, India From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bapatla is a town and district headquarters of Bapatla district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a municipality and the mandal headquarters of Bapatla mandal of Bapatla revenue division. The nearest towns and cities to Bapatla are Chirala, Ponnur, Tenali and Guntur of 17 km, 22 km, 50 km and 53 km respectively.[6][2]
Bapatla
Bhavapattam, Bhavapattu, Bhavapattanam, Bhavapuri | |
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Coordinates: 15°54′16″N 80°28′3″E | |
Country | India |
State | Andhra Pradesh |
District | Bapatla |
Mandal | Bapatla |
Named for | Bhavanarayana Swamy |
Government | |
• Type | Municipal council |
• Body | Bapatla Municipality |
• MLA | Kona Raghupathi |
Area | |
• Total | 17.92 km2 (6.92 sq mi) |
Elevation | 6 m (20 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 103,000 |
• Density | 5,700/km2 (15,000/sq mi) |
Languages | |
• Official | Telugu |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
PIN | 522 101 |
Vehicle registration | AP–07 |
Lok Sabha constituency | Bapatla (SC) |
Assembly constituency | Bapatla |
Website | bapatla |
The town was formerly known as Bhavapattana,[7] Bhavapuri,[7] Bhavapattu[8] and Bhavapatta.[9] The names were derived from the Bhavanarayana Temple located in the town. Later, these names were transformed to the present name of Bapatla.[10]
The temple was constructed in 1465 by a chola king named Krimikantha Chola, and was later restored.
The coordinates of the town are 15°54′16″N 80°28′3″E and is located at an altitude of 8 mts from the coast of Bay of Bengal.[3]
The town experiences tropical climate with the average annual temperatures records at 28.4 °C (83.1 °F). Hot summers and cool winters are observed due to its proximity to the coast of Bay of Bengal. It receives both South west monsoon and North-east monsoon as well.[11] The precipitation is very high with an annual rainfall of about 854 millimetres (34 in) and the month of October receives a maximum rainfall of 197 millimetres (8 in).[12] It is most affected by the cyclonic storms that occur on the east coast.[13]
Climate data for Bapatla (1991–2020, extremes 1978–2012) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 35.0 (95.0) |
35.4 (95.7) |
39.3 (102.7) |
43.6 (110.5) |
47.4 (117.3) |
47.0 (116.6) |
40.8 (105.4) |
41.0 (105.8) |
38.7 (101.7) |
36.0 (96.8) |
34.9 (94.8) |
33.2 (91.8) |
47.4 (117.3) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 29.6 (85.3) |
30.9 (87.6) |
32.7 (90.9) |
34.1 (93.4) |
37.8 (100.0) |
37.3 (99.1) |
34.8 (94.6) |
33.9 (93.0) |
33.3 (91.9) |
31.8 (89.2) |
30.5 (86.9) |
29.7 (85.5) |
33.0 (91.4) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 17.6 (63.7) |
19.2 (66.6) |
22.2 (72.0) |
25.8 (78.4) |
27.6 (81.7) |
27.0 (80.6) |
25.8 (78.4) |
25.3 (77.5) |
25.2 (77.4) |
23.9 (75.0) |
21.3 (70.3) |
18.3 (64.9) |
23.2 (73.8) |
Record low °C (°F) | 11.6 (52.9) |
11.8 (53.2) |
14.8 (58.6) |
19.6 (67.3) |
16.1 (61.0) |
21.7 (71.1) |
21.3 (70.3) |
20.4 (68.7) |
18.4 (65.1) |
17.9 (64.2) |
12.4 (54.3) |
13.6 (56.5) |
11.6 (52.9) |
Average rainfall mm (inches) | 16.2 (0.64) |
10.6 (0.42) |
0.3 (0.01) |
18.2 (0.72) |
43.8 (1.72) |
107.2 (4.22) |
133.6 (5.26) |
176.7 (6.96) |
205.3 (8.08) |
192.4 (7.57) |
99.2 (3.91) |
25.1 (0.99) |
1,028.5 (40.49) |
Average rainy days | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 6.0 | 8.2 | 9.4 | 8.5 | 8.3 | 3.8 | 1.2 | 49.4 |
Average relative humidity (%) (at 17:30 IST) | 66 | 66 | 68 | 70 | 62 | 57 | 61 | 66 | 73 | 77 | 75 | 68 | 67 |
Source: India Meteorological Department[14][15] |
As of 2011[update] Census of India, the town had a population of 100300 with 98,216 households. The total population constituted 54,385 males and 5
6,392 females —a sex ratio of 1058 females per 1000 males, higher than the national average of 940 per 1000.[16] 6,182 children were in the age group of 0–6 years, of which 3,156 were boys and 3,026 were girls—a ratio of 959 per 1000. The average literacy rate stood at 80.67% with 52,106 literates, significantly higher than the national average of 73.00%.[2][17]
The very first Bapatla district Collector is K.Vijaya krishnan IAS.
Bapatla Municipality was established in 1951. It oversees the civic needs of the town like, water supply, sewage, and garbage collection. It is a Grade–I municipality which has an extent of 17.92 km2 (6.92 sq mi) with 34 wards.[1]
Kommamuru and Poondla channels of the Krishna Western Delta system provide irrigation water to Bapatla and the surrounding areas.[18]
Bapatla, being a part of Bapatla mandal, falls under Bapatla assembly constituency of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly. Kona Raghupathi of YSR Congress Party is the present MLA of the constituency.[19] The assembly segment is in turn a part of Bapatla (SC) lok sabha constituency and the present MP is Tenneti Krishna Prasad of the Telugu Desam Party.[20][21]
Bapatla district collectorate – smt K Vijaya Krishnan IAS.
Bapatla Sub-Division of police – A.Srinivas.
Member of Parliament – Krishna Prasad Tenneti
Member of the Legislative Assembly – Vegesana Narendra Varma
Aquaculture and agriculture are the main occupations of the coastal areas of the town. Aquaculture involves pisciculture and the farming is dominant with paddy cultivation.[22][11] The Cairn India have conducted oil drilling onshore of Bapatla which is a part of KG basin stretch.[23]
Tourism also plays a role in generating revenue with the presence of Suryalanka Beach near the town, operated by the Andhra Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation.[24]
The Edward Coronation Memorial Town Hall was built in 1905 in coronation of the then Emperor of India, Edward VII.[27]
The town has a total road length of 165.50 km (102.84 mi).[28]
Until 1993, Vijaya Krishna Bus Service was the sole operator in Bapatla. APSRTC started operations in 1994 with its bus services to various parts of the state from Bapatla bus station.[29] The town has frequent buses to Vijayawada, Guntur, Ponnur, Repalle and Chirala.[30][31]
The primary and secondary school education is imparted by government, aided and private schools, under the School Education Department of the state.[34][35] The mediums of instruction followed by different schools are English and Telugu.
The town has many schools, colleges and universities. The Agricultural College was established on 11 July 1945 by Government of Composite Madras State. It is the oldest of all the colleges under Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University.[36] Bapatla Engineering College, College of Agricultural Engineering under Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University, College of Food Science and Technology,[37] Bapatla Polytechnic College,[38] and Bapatla College of Arts & Sciences[39] are other prominent ones.
An automatic weather station of India Meteorological Department is located in the town which records the temperatures.[40] BPT 5204 (rice variety of Sona Masuri), BPT 2270 (Bhavapuri Sannalu) and BPT 2231 (Akshaya) were developed at this rice research unit.[41][42] There are also a number of research institutes of this agricultural university, such as the AICRP on Betelvine, and a cashew research station.[43]
Suryalanka Indian Air Force base on the shore of the Bay of Bengal is located near Bapatla. The base carries out activities such as testing missiles and guided weapon firing range.[44]