Gudivada is a city in

Krishna district Krishna district is district in the coastal Andhra Region in Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, with Machilipatnam as its administrative headquarters. It is the coastal district of Andhra Pradesh. Machilipatnam is the most populated city in the ...

of the Indian state of

Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh (, abbr. AP) is a state in the south-eastern coastal region of India. It is the seventh-largest state by area covering an area of and tenth-most populous state with 49,386,799 inhabitants. It is bordered by Telangana to the ...

. It is a municipality and the headquarters of

Gudivada mandal Gudivada mandal is one of the 25 mandals in Krishna district of the state of Andhra Pradesh in India. It is under the administration of Gudivada revenue division and the headquarters are located at Gudivada town. The mandal is bounded by Peda ...

Gudivada revenue division Gudivada revenue division (or Gudivada division) is an administrative division in the Krishna district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is one of the 3 revenue divisions in the district with 7 mandals under its administration. Gudiva ...

. It is one of the cities in the state to be a part of

Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Andhra Pradesh Capital Region is the metropolitan region area of Andhra Pradesh state capital, the defacto capital city of Andhra Pradesh. Vijayawada is the headquarters and the largest city of the region. It includes the major ancient cities o ...

. It is the twenty-seventh most populous city in

and the three-hundredth most populous city in

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with a population of 118,167 according to the 2011

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History

The name Gudivada was derived from ''Gudi'' meaning Temple and ''Vada'' means Settlement or town in

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. The presence of Habitation at this city may be dated back to 3rd Century BCE or 2nd Century BCE since the time of Sathavahanas as per some inscriptions. Archaeological excavations conducted at Gudivada yielded an ancient

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stupa mound and Jain

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. Gudivada is religiously diversified city with many

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Temples and important

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Tirth of Bhagawan

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located at market road. ''Vidarbhapuri'' was one of its earlier names.

Geography

It is located in the

Coastal Andhra Coastal Andhra (South costal Andhra) also known as Kostha Andhra is a region in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. Vijayawada is the largest city in this region. It was part of Madras State before 1953 and Andhra State from 1953 to 1956. ...

region of the state. Gudivada is located 41 kilometres (25.5 mi) east of the district headquarters, Machilipatnam, and 45 kilometres (27.9 mi) south of by road to

Amaravati (state capital) Amaravati () is the capital of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located on the banks of the river Krishna in Guntur district. The Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone at a ceremonial event in Uddandara ...

It lies on the

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. The city is located in zone 3 as per

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Climate

Gudivada falls in the hot, humid region of the country, and it is less than 35 miles from

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. The climate of the town is very hot in summer and is pleasant during the winter. The hottest day falls in the month of May with shift to June during some years.

Demographics

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, Gudivada had a population of 118,167 with 30,834 households. The total population constitute 59,062 males, 59,105 females and 10,509 in the age group of 0–6 years. It had an average literacy rate of 81.64% with 87,887 literates, significantly higher than the district average of 73.7% and the state average of 67.41%.

Government and Politics

Civic Administration

Gudivada municipality Gudivada Municipality is the local self government in Gudivada of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is classified as a special grade municipality, spread over an area of with 36 election wards. History The municipality was constituted i ...

was constituted in the year 1937 as a "third grade municipality". It was upgraded to "special grade municipality" and is spread over an area of with 36 election wards.

YSR Congress Party The Yuvajana Shramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP or YCP; ) is an Indian regional political party based in the state of Andhra Pradesh. Its president Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy serves as the state's chief minister. It is currently the fifth l ...

won the Gudivada municipal elections in 2014 and the present MLA is Kodali Sri Venkateswara Rao.

Economy

Agri based economy is the traditional base, consisting of Rice Mills, Tractor Trailer building and other supporting industries. Gudivada is a centre for service industries for the many villages around. The service industries range from Medical, Entertainment and General stores. For the last several decades, Gudivada has transformed into a good educational hub for primary, secondary and higher schools.

Transport

17050 SC-MTM Machilipatnam Express at GDV

Public transport

The primary modes of intra-city public transport are

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and taxis. Apart from these, other means of transport are

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, cycle rickshaws, and

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. The Gudivada bus station and

Gudivada Junction railway station Gudivada Junction railway station (station code:GDV) is an Indian Railways station in Gudivada of Andhra Pradesh. It is a part of Vijayawada–Nidadavolu loop line, Gudivada–Machilipatnam branch line and is administered under Vijayawada rail ...

are the major transport infrastructure for road and rail transport.

Road

The city has a total road length of . The national and

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that pass through the city include, NH 165–connecting Kathipudi and Pamarru;.

Rail

is the major railway junction in

and one of the fourteen ''B–category'' stations in the

Vijayawada railway division Vijayawada railway division (formerly: Bezawada railway division) is one of the three railway divisions under South Coast Railways of the Indian Railways. The headquarters of the division are located at Vijayawada. History It was formed as ...

South Coast Railway zone South Coast Railway Zone (SCoR) has been announced as the newest railway zone of the Indian Railways and is headquartered at Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. The formal notification for operationalization of this Zone is yet to be issued. Jur ...

Air

Gudivada which falls under

is served by NTR Amaravati International airport at Gannavaram, which is just 37Km away.

Education

The primary and secondary school education is imparted by government, aided and private schools, under the ''School Education Department'' of the state. The medium of instruction followed by different schools are English and Telugu. The private aided colleges are, ANR college and KT Reddy women's college. There are eleven other unaided private colleges for

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and

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. One-fourth of the passed out school children will enroll for college education. There are colleges for vocational courses such as, ''Gudivada Vocational Junior College'' and ''St.Johns Vocational Junior College''; industrial training centres include, ''Gudivada Industrial Training Centre'', ''Government Industrial Training Institute for Girls''. It is home for Regional Research Institute for Homeopathy.

Sports

N.T.R Stadium in the city was built in partnership with ''Sports Authority of Andhra Pradesh'', the ''Sports Authority of India'' and the ''

Gudivada Municipality Gudivada Municipality is the local self government in Gudivada of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is classified as a special grade municipality, spread over an area of with 36 election wards. History The municipality was constituted i ...

''. It is the multi-purpose stadium for several sports like, athletics,

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cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by st ...

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kabaddi Kabaddi is a contact team sport. Played between two teams of seven players, the objective of the game is for a single player on offence, referred to as a "raider", to run into the opposing team's half of the court, touch out as many of their ...

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, tennikoit and

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. In January 2016, the stadium hosted the ''National Rural Sports and Games'' competition, under the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Abhiyan.

Temples

There are six temples under the management of Endowments Department. # Sri Bhimeswara Swamy Temple # Sri Gowri Sankara Swamy Temple # Sri Veeranjaneya Swamy Temple # Sri Venkateswara Swamy Temple # Sri Venugopala Swamy Temple # Sri Vigneswara Swamy Temple # Sri Kanaka Durga Temple # Sri Kanchi Kamakshi Temple # Sri Sri Sri Bhagavan Venkayya Swamy Aashram

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