Jaggayyapeta, also spelled “Jaggiahpet”, is a census town in

NTR district NTR district is a district in coastal Andhra Region in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The administrative headquarters is located at Vijayawada. The district is named after former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh N. T. Rama Rao. History ...

of the

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n 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 ...

, located just southwest of the border with

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. It is also the mandal headquarters of

Jaggayyapeta mandal Jaggayyapeta mandal is one of the 20 mandals in NTR district of the state of Andhra Pradesh in India. It is under the administration of Nandigama revenue division and the headquarters are located at Jaggayyapeta town. Krishna River flows throu ...

Nandigama revenue division Nandigama revenue division is an administrative division in the NTR 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 and is formed on 4 April 2022 as ...

. The town is located on the banks of the Paleru River which is a tributary of the Krishna River.

Etymology

Jaggaiahpeta was governed by a ruler, by name Sri Rajah

Vasireddy Venkatadri Nayudu Vasireddy Venkatadri Nayudu () was a hereditary zamindar of Chintapalli, later Amaravathi, in the Guntur district of India, under the Nizam of Hyderabad and the British East India Company. He had under his control 552 villages and towns loc ...

. It is said that he founded two towns, namely, Jaggayyapeta, named after his father Jaggayya, and Achampeta, named after his mother Atchamma.

History

Government records suggest the founder of the town was Venkatadri Nayudu, who developed and renamed the village of Betavolu to Jaggayyapeta. The region was then infested with robbers and hence the old village was called Dongala Betavolu (Robbers' Betavolu). For some time, Jaggayyapeta was mentioned in Government records with Betavolu written in brackets. This region has an ancient history, the innocent-looking mound 'Dhanam Bodu', lying east of Jaggayyapeta, has in it the remains of an ancient stupa, which has been lying there for 2,000 years. Jaggayyapeta became a municipality in 1987 and Sreeram Badari Narayanarao was elected as 1st municipal chairman.

Artifacts

The archaeological excavations around the town of Jaggayyapeta have found Buddhist stupas dating back to 200 BC. Sculptures and scriptures of

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, Megalithic and

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s are also found around the town. A View of Jaggayyapeta Buddhist stupa.jpg, A View of Jaggayyapeta Buddhist stupa, with remains of reliefs. Chakravartin from Jaggayyapeta Stupa.jpg,

Chakravartin A ''chakravarti'' ( sa, चक्रवर्तिन्, ''cakravartin''; pi, cakkavatti; zh, 轉輪王, ''Zhuǎnlúnwáng'', "Wheel-Turning King"; , ''Zhuǎnlún Shèngwáng'', "Wheel-Turning Sacred King"; ja, 転輪王, ''Tenrin'ō'' ...

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Governance

Civic administration The

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

of Jaggayyapeta was formed in the year 1988. It is a ''II–Grade Municipality'' with 32 wards spread over an area of .

Economy

The town’s mango

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are abundant with

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and Totapuri varieties, which are even exported to foreign countries. It is one of the major industrial corridors in the Krishna district. The region’s cement plants are located in and around Jaggayyapeta.

Transport

Jaggayyapeta is located near to NH 65, which connects

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and

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. The

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operates buses from Jaggayyapeta bus station which also has a

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. The town has a total road length of .

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.

References

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