Pathapatnam is a town in Srikakulam district of the

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. It is located in Pathapatnam mandal of

Palakonda revenue division Palakonda revenue division (or Palakonda division) is an administrative division in the Parvathipuram Manyam district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is one of the two revenue divisions in the district with seven mandals under its admi ...

. Pathapatnam is located on the border of Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh and

Gajapati district Gajapati district is a district of Odisha State in India. It was created from Ganjam District on 2 October, 1992. Gajapati district was named after Krushna Chandra Gajapati Narayan Deb, the King of the Paralakhemundi estate and the first Prime ...

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. Parlakhemundi, the headquarters of

Gajapati District Gajapati district is a district of Odisha State in India. It was created from Ganjam District on 2 October, 1992. Gajapati district was named after Krushna Chandra Gajapati Narayan Deb, the King of the Paralakhemundi estate and the first Prime ...

, can be considered as twin town of Pathapatnam because of its close proximity. It is located around 65 km from srikakulam. It was the old capital of

Paralakhemundi Paralakhemundi shortly known as Parala is district Headquarter of Gajapati district and one of the oldest Municipality established in 1885, in the Indian state of Odisha. Majority of the people in the town speak Odia. The city and the Distri ...

Gajapati Maharajah of his erstwhile kingdom . Hence it was named as Puruna Patana Odia that Means Patha Patnam in Telugu.

Geography

Pathapatnam is located at .It has an average elevation of 82 meters (272 feet). It is located on the banks of Mahendratanaya River which is a tributary of Vamsadhara River

Demographics

Pathapatnam is a town located in Pathapatnam mandal of Srikakulam district, Andhra Pradesh with total 3797 families residing. The Pathapatnam village has population of 15954 of which 7919 are males while 8035 are females as per Population Census 2011. In Pathapatnam village population of children with age 0-6 is 1468 which makes up 9.20% of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pathapatnam village is 1015 which is higher than Andhra Pradesh state average of 993. Child Sex Ratio for the Pathapatnam as per census is 955, higher than Andhra Pradesh average of 939. Pathapatnam village has higher literacy rate compared to Andhra Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Pathapatnam village was 78.57% compared to 67.02% of Andhra Pradesh. In Pathapatnam Male literacy stands at 85.24% while female literacy rate was 72.04%. As per

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and Panchyati Raaj Act, Pathapatnam village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village.

Transport

National Highway 326A (India) Connects Pathapatnam town. State Highways 96 and 93 are connected to pathapatnam town from Tekkali and meliyaputti mandals. Pathapatnam town is well connect to Tekkali and Meliyaputti mandals. Pathapatnam can be reached by train via the

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branch line. The railway station is Pathapatnam (PHM) station of

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. It is connected to Howrah-Chennai main line. There are plenty of buses say every 15 minutes from district headquarters srikakulam It's easy to reach Pathapatnam by State transport corporation busses. Pathapatnam is Connected by

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busses , from

Palasa Palasa is a town in Srikakulam district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a municipality and the mandal headquarters of Palasa mandal. It is located near to the National Highway 16 between Srikakulam and Berhampur. Along with its ...

Tekkali Tekkali is a census town in Srikakulam district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is the mandal headquarters of Tekkali mandal and Tekkali revenue division and is located at a distance of 51 KM from the district headquarters. The p ...

and from Srikakulam bus stations. More than 70 ordinary bus services runs by APSRTC , to this town from Palasa , Tekkali , Srikakulam , Hiramandalam. APSRTC running Express busses services from anakapalli to Parlakimidi , by connecting Pathapatnam.

Assembly constituency

Pathapatnam is an assembly constituency in Andhra Pradesh. There are 1,27,757 registered voters in this constituency in 1999 elections. It consists of 5 mandals. #Pathapatnam #

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Meliaputti Meliaputti or Meliyaputti is a village in Srikakulam district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located in Meliaputti mandal of Palakonda revenue division. Geography Meliyaputti is located at . It has an average elevation of 74 met ...

Lakshminarasupeta Lakshminarasupeta is a village in Srikakulam district 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 ...

# Kothuru List of Elected Members: *1951 - Mandangi Pentananaidu *1967 - P. Gunnayya *1983 - Tota Tulasida Naidu *1985 - Dharmana Narayana Rao *1996 - Lakshmi parvathi *1978, 1989, 1994, 1999 and 2004 - Kalamata Mohana Rao *2009 - Satrucharla Vijaya Rama Raju *for the first time an educationist got nearly 1200 votes as a representative of a professional and high ideological party, loksatta.

References

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