Parvathipuram Manyam district is a

district A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municip ...

in the Indian 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 ...

. With Parvathipuram as its administrative headquarters, it became functional from 4 April 2022. The district was formed from Parvathipuram revenue division from

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 ...

and part 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 admin ...

Srikakulam district Srikakulam district is a district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, located in the Uttarandhra region of the state, with its headquarters located at Srikakulam. It is one of the six districts, located in the extreme northeastern direction ...

. The district was once part of ancient Kalinga. The famous Kamalingeswara swamy temple was built in the regin of King Rajaraja Deva of

Eastern Ganga Dynasty The Eastern Ganga dynasty (also known as Purba Gangas, Rudhi Gangas or Prachya Gangas) were a large medieval era Indian royal Hindu dynasty that reigned from Kalinga from as early as the 5th century to the mid 20th century. Eastern Gangas rul ...

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in 11th century CE.

Geography

This district is located between Northern latitude of 18.8, Eastern longitude of 83.4. This district is bounded by North of

Koraput district Koraput district is a districts of India, district of India in southern Odisha, with its headquarters at the town of Koraput. The district is located in the Eastern Ghats and is known for its hilly terrain, rich and diverse mineral deposits and ...

of Odisha state And surrounded by South of

and west of

Alluri Sitharama Raju district Alluri Sitharama Raju district, also known as Alluri district and by its initials as ASR district, is a district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The headquarters of the district is located at Paderu. Named after Alluri Sitarama Raju, a r ...

and east of

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of Odisha state .

Politics

There are one parliamentary and 4 assembly constituencies in Parvathipuram Manyam district. The parliamentary constituencies are The assembly constituencies are

Administrative divisions

The district is divided into 2 revenue divisions:

Palakonda Palakonda is a town in Parvathipuram Manyam district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a nagar panchayat and the mandal headquarters of Palakonda mandal in Palakonda revenue division Geography Palakonda is located at . It has an ...

and Parvathipuram, which are further subdivided into a total of 15

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 ...

s, each headed by a sub-collector.

Mandals

The list of 15 mandals in Parvathipuram Manyam district, divided into 2 revenue divisions, is given below. #

## Jiyyammavalasa ## Gummalaxmipuram ##

Kurupam Kurupam is a village in Parvathipuram Manyam district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Geography It is located at . It has an average altitude of 133 meters (439 feet). Demography census, Kurupam mandal had a population of 46,439. ...

Seethampeta Seethammpeta is an urban neighborhood in the Indian city of Visakhapatnam. It is one of the middle-income areas of the city..Seethampeta is famous for Dasara and vinyaka chaviti festivals in city. Transport Seethammpeta is well connected with ...

## Bhamini ##

Veeraghattam Veeraghattam is an Indian town in Srikakulam district, Parvathipuram Manyam district of Andhra Pradesh. It is located in Veeraghattam mandal of Palakonda revenue division. Geography Veeraghattam is located near the Vattigedda river and Easter ...

# Parvathipuram revenue division ## Parvathipuram ## Seethanagaram ## Balijipeta ## Salur ## Panchipenta ## Makkuva ## Komarada ## Garugubilli

Cities and towns

Demographics

At the time of the 2011 census the district had a population of 9,25,340, of which 124,104 (13.41%) live in urban areas. Parvathipuram Manyam district has a sex ratio of 1035 females per 1000 males and a literacy rate of 50.90%. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 1,10,169 (11.91%) and 2,60,419 (28.14%) of the population respectively. At the time of the 2011 census, 89.00% of the population spoke

Telugu Telugu may refer to: * Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of South India ** Telugu literature, is the body of works written in the Telugu language. * Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India * Telugu script, used to write the Tel ...

, 5.86% Sora and 2.15% Kuvi as their first language.

References

External links

{{Andhra Pradesh Districts of Andhra Pradesh 2022 establishments in Andhra Pradesh