Gajapathinagaram is a

census town In India and some other countries, a census town is designated as a town that satisfies certain characteristics. India In India, a census town is one which is not statutorily notified and administered as a town, but nevertheless whose population ...

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 Gajapathinagaram

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of Vizianagaram revenue division. It is located on National Highway 26 between

Vizianagaram Vizianagaram, also known as Vijayanagaram, is a city and the headquarters of the Vizianagaram district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located in the Eastern Ghats, about west of the Bay of Bengal and north-northeast of Visakhapa ...

and

Ramabhadrapuram Rama-bhadra-puram is a village and Ramabhadrapuram mandal headquarters in Vizianagaram district 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 ...

Demographics

According to the Imperial Gazetteer, Gajapathinagaram Tahsil in Vizianagaram district had about 228 villages and covered an area of . The population in 1901 was 1,34,553, compared with 1,24,057 in 1891. India

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, Gajapathinagaram had a population of 5,282. Males constitute 48% of the population and females 52%. Gajapathinagaram has an average literacy rate of 60%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 67%, and female literacy is 53%. In Gajapathinagaram, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age. Gajapathinagaram mandal had a population of 56,054 in 2001. Males constitute 27,770 and females 28,284 of the population. The average literacy rate of the mandal population is 45%. Male literacy rate is 56% and that of females 34%. There are 35 revenue villages and 28 panchayats in this mandal.

Legislative Assembly

List of Members of Legislative Assembly: *1955 - Kusuma Gajapathi Raju and Gantyana Suryanarayana *1962 -Taddi sanyasinaidu and *1967 and 1972 - Penumatsa Sambasiva Raju *1978 and 1985 - Vangapandu Narayanappala Naidu *1983 - Jampana Satyanarayana Raju *1999 - Thadi Sanyasi Appala Naidu *1989, 1994 and 2004 - Padala Aruna *2009 - Botcha Appala Narasaiah *2014 - K A NAIDU *2019 - Botcha Appala Narasaiah *2024 - Kondapalli Srinivas

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,

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References

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