Sangam Jagarlamudi is a village in

Guntur district Guntur district is one of the twenty six districts in the Coastal Andhra region of the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The administrative seat of the district is located at Guntur, the List of urban agglom ...

of the

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. It is located in Tenali mandal of

Tenali revenue division Tenali revenue division is an administrative division in the Guntur district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It comprises 8 mandals and is one of the two revenue divisions in the district, along with Guntur Guntur (), natively spelt ...

. It forms a part of

Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Andhra Pradesh Capital Region (ISO: Āndhra Pradēś Rājadhāni Prāntaṁ) is the metropolitan area of the capital city of Andhra Pradesh in India. The region is spread across the districts of Krishna, Guntur, Palnadu, NTR, Bapatla and Eluru ...

Geography

Sangam Jagarlamudi is situated to the west of

Tenali Tenali is a city in Guntur district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a municipality, and the headquarters of Tenali mandal and Tenali revenue division. The city is renowned for art, culture, drama, and hence, it is called "Andhra ...

, at . The village is spread over an area of . The

Buckingham Canal The Buckingham Canal is a -long fresh water navigation canal, that parallels the Coromandel Coast of South India from Kakinada of Andhra Pradesh to Parangipettai near Chidambaram of Tamil Nadu. The canal connects most of the natural backw ...

and the

Tungabhadra The Tungabhadra River () starts and flows through the state of Karnataka, India, for most of its course, then through Andhra Pradesh where it ultimately joins the Krishna River near Murvakonda. The Tungabhadra derives its name from two strea ...

drain confluence near the village. The summer storage tank at the village supplies water to

Guntur Municipal Corporation Guntur Municipal Corporation is the civic body that governs the Guntur city in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is one of the oldest municipalities and the third largest municipal corporation in the state. History Guntur municipality w ...

Demographics

census A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of stati ...

, Sangam Jagarlamudi had a population of 5,447. The total population constitute, 2,679 males and 2,768 females —a sex ratio of 1033 females per 1000 males. 482 children are in the age group of 0–6 years, of which 243 are boys and 239 are girls. The average literacy rate stands at 62.62% with 3,709 literates, significantly higher than the state average of 67.41%.

Government and politics

Sangam Jagarlamudi gram panchayat is the local self-government of the village. There are 14 wards, each represented by an elected ward member. The present

sarpanch A sarpanch, gram pradhan, mukhiya, or president is a decision-maker, elected by the village-level constitutional body of local self-government called the gram sabha (village government) in India. The sarpanch, together with other elected panchay ...

is ''vacant'', elected indirectly by the ward members. The village is administered by the ''Tenali Mandal Parishad'' at the intermediate level of panchayat raj institutions.

Culture

Sangam Jagarlamudi temple of

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is a

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pilgrimage site and draws many pilgrims during the festival of

Maha Shivaratri Maha Shivaratri is a Hindu festival celebrated annually to worship the deity Shiva, between February and March. According to the Hindu calendar, the festival is observed on the fourteenth day of the first half (night start with darkness - ...

Transport

Tenali– Narakodur road passes through Sangam Jagarlamudi. Rural road connects the village with Selapadu. On this route,

APSRTC The Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (abbreviated as APSRTC) is the state-owned road transport corporation in the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Its headquarters is located at NTR Administ ...

operates buses from

Guntur Guntur (), natively spelt as Gunturu, is a city in the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Andhra Pradesh and the administrative headquarters of Guntur district. The city is part of the Andhra Pradesh Capital Region and is lo ...

and Tenali bus stations. Sangam Jagarlamudi railway station provides rail connectivity and is situated on Guntur–Tenali section of

Guntur railway division Guntur railway division is one of the six divisions of the South Central Railway zone of Indian Railways. The division was sanctioned in 1995–96 and was fully operational on 1 April 2003, with its headquarters at Guntur. The ''Rail Vikas Bhavan ...

Education

As per the school information report for the academic year 2018–19, the village has a total of 7 schools. These include one private and 6 Zilla/

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 ...

schools. Sangam Jagarlamudi Zilla Parishad High School is a district council funded school, which provides

secondary education Secondary education is the education level following primary education and preceding tertiary education. Level 2 or ''lower secondary education'' (less commonly ''junior secondary education'') is considered the second and final phase of basic e ...

in the village.

References

External links

{{Commons category, Sangam Jagarlamudi Villages in Guntur district