Bhogapuram is a village in

Vizianagaram district Vizianagaram district is one of the six districts in the Uttarandhra region of the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Andhra Pradesh with its headquarters located at Vizianagaram. The district was once the part of ancient Ka ...

of the

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n state of

Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh (ISO 15919, ISO: , , AP) is a States and union territories of India, state on the East Coast of India, east coast of southern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, seventh-largest state and th ...

. It is located in Bhogapuram

mandal A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluk, or taluka () is a local unit of administrative division in India and Pakistan. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administrative c ...

of Vizianagaram revenue division.

Geography

Bhogapuram is located at and at an altitude of . The village is spread over an area of .

Demography

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, Bhogapuram had a population of 9,341. The total population constitute, 4,645 males and 4,696 females —a sex ratio of 1011 females per 1000 males. 930 children are in the age group of 0–6 years, of which 452 are boys and 478 are girls. The average literacy rate stands at 63.98% with 5,381 literates, significantly higher than the state average of 67.41%.

Transport

Bhogapuram is located on the

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. The government of Andhra Pradesh is planning to build a greenfield airport at Bhogapuram.

Politics

Bhogapuram assembly constituency had 125,856 voters in the 1999 elections. Bhogapuram legislative assembly segment has been merged into

Nellimarla Nelli-marla is a census town in Vizianagaram district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is in Nellimarla mandal of Vizianagaram revenue division. Etymology The town of Nellimarla derives its name from a Telugu word for the medicinal tr ...

legislative assembly segment in 2009. List of Members of Legislative Assembly:Election Commission of India 1978-2004 results
*1955 - Botcha Adinarayana *1962 - Kommuru Appadu Dora,

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*1967 - Kommuru Appadu Dora, Indian National Congress *1972 - Kommuru Appadu Dora, Indian National Congress *1978 - Kommuru Appadu Dora,

*1983 - Pathivada Narayana Swamy Naidu,

Telugu Desam Party The Telugu Desam Party (TDP; ) is an Indian regional political party primarily active in the Federated state, states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. It was founded by Telugu cinema, Telugu matinée idol N. T. Rama Rao (NTR) on 29 March 1982 a ...

*1985 - Pathivada Narayana Swamy Naidu, Telugu Desam Party *1989 - Pathivada Narayana Swamy Naidu, Telugu Desam Party *1994 - Pathivada Narayana Swamy Naidu, Telugu Desam Party *1999 - Pathivada Narayana Swamy Naidu, Telugu Desam Party *2004 - Pathivada Narayana Swamy Naidu, Telugu Desam Party

References

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