Nizampatnam is a village in

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of the

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. It is the mandal headquarters of

Nizampatnam mandal Nizampatnam mandal is one of the 25 mandals in Bapatla district of the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. It is under the administration of List of Revenue Divisions in Andhra Pradesh, Repalle Revenue Division and the headquarters are located at ...

in Repalle revenue division. The

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occupied the city for trading from 1606−1668.

Etymology

Named after the

Nizam Nizam of Hyderabad was the title of the ruler of Hyderabad State ( part of the Indian state of Telangana, and the Kalyana-Karnataka region of Karnataka). ''Nizam'' is a shortened form of (; ), and was the title bestowed upon Asaf Jah I ...

Hyderabad Hyderabad is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River (India), Musi River, in the northern part of Southern India. With an average altitude of , much ...

and natively known as Peddapalli, it was also referred as ''Petapoly'' by the Dutch settlers and by the

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as ''Pettipolee'' or ''Pettipoly''.

History

It was ruled by

Velanati Chodas The Velanati Chodas, also known as the Velanati Durjayas and Velanadu chiefs, were a Telugu dynasty that ruled parts of Andhra Pradesh during the 12th century. They served as tributaries to the Later Cholas and the Western Chalukyas, govern ...

in the 12-13th century CE. Later, it was under the kingdom of Golkonda. The British

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established a

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here in 1621, which closed in 1687 when all factories subordinate to

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were withdrawn. The Dutch occupied the city for trading from 1606−1668.

Demographics

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, Nizampatnam had a population of 20,982. The total population constitute, 10,623 males and 10,359 females —a sex ratio of 975 females per 1000 males. 2,105 children are in the age group of 0–6 years, of which 1,073 are boys and 1,032 are girls —a ratio of 962 per 1000. The average literacy rate stands at 68.78% with 12,984 literates, slightly higher than the state average of 67.41%.

Governance

Nizampatnam gram panchayat is the

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of the village. It is divided into wards and each ward is represented by a ward member. Nizampatnam falls in the Bapatla lok sabha constituency and Repalle assembly constituency. Anagani Satya Prasad of

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 ...

is the present MLA of Repalle assembly constituency and Tenneti Krishna Prasad of TDP is the present MP of Bapatla lok sabha constituency.

Education

As per the school information report for the academic year 2018–19, the village has a total of 31 schools. These include one government school, two other types, 22 Zilla Parishad/

Mandal Parishad Panchayat samiti or block panchayat is a rural local government ( panchayat) body at the intermediate tehsil (taluka/mandal) or block level in India. It works for the villages of the tehsil that together are called a development block. It has b ...

and six private schools.

Economy

The main occupation of the people is

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, which includes cultivation of

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is also a predominant occupation due to its location on the seacoast and the presence of fishing harbor. The tourism also plays an important part in the economy of the village.

Tourism

The tourist attractions include

mangrove forest Mangrove forests, also called mangrove swamps, mangrove thickets or mangals, are productive wetlands that occur in coastal intertidal zones. Mangrove forests grow mainly at tropical and subtropical latitudes because mangrove trees cannot withsta ...

s, light house and the Nizampatnam backwaters.

References

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