Sangam Jagarlamudi is a village in

Guntur district Guntur district is one of the twenty six districts in the Coastal Andhra region of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The administrative seat of the district is located at Guntur, the largest city of the district in terms of area and with a ...

of the

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Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh (, abbr. AP) is a state in the south-eastern coastal region of India. It is the seventh-largest state by area covering an area of and tenth-most populous state with 49,386,799 inhabitants. It is bordered by Telangana to t ...

. It is located in

Tenali mandal Tenali mandal is one of the 57 mandals in Guntur district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is under the administration of Tenali revenue division, headquartered at Tenali. The mandal is located in Velanadu region, bounded by Pedakakan ...

Tenali revenue division 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 P ...

. It forms a part of

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Geography

Sangam Jagarlamudi is situated to the west

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 P ...

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

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and the Tungabhadra 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 was ...

Demographics

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, 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

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is the

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of the village. There are 14 wards, each represented by an elected ward member. The present

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

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institutions.

Culture

Sangam Jagarlamudi temple of

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is a Hindu pilgrimage site and draws many pilgrims during the festival of

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Transport

Tenali–

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

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operates buses from

Guntur Guntur () is a city and the administrative headquarters of Guntur district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Guntur is spread across 168.49 km square and is the third-largest city in the state. It is situated to the west of the ...

and Tenali bus stations.

Sangam Jagarlamudi railway station Sangam Jagarlamudi railway station (station code:SJL) is an Indian Railway station, located in Sangam Jagarlamudi of Guntur district in Andhra Pradesh. It is situated on Guntur–Tenali section and is administered by Guntur railway division o ...

provides rail connectivity and is situated on

Guntur–Tenali section The Guntur–Tenali section connects and of Guntur district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It intersects Howrah–Chennai main line at . The section is an electrified double-track railway, with the second line opened on 26 April 2019. ...

Guntur railway division Guntur Railway Division is one of the three divisions of the South Coast 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 Bhava ...

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

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

schools. Sangam Jagarlamudi

Zilla Parishad High School Zilla Parishad High School (ZPHS) is a type of state-run secondary school A secondary school describes an institution that provides secondary education and also usually includes the building where this takes place. Some secondary schools p ...

is a district council funded school, which provides

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in the village.

References

External links

{{Commons category, Sangam Jagarlamudi Villages in Guntur district