Kumili

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Kumili
village
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
State Andhra Pradesh
Languages
  Official Telugu
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
535204
Vidhan Sabha constituency Nellimarla Assembly constituency

Kumili is a historical village and panchayat in Pusapatirega [1] mandal of Vizianagaram district, Andhra Pradesh, India.

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History

Kumili was the former seat of the erstwhile Vizianagaram Kingdom (later Vizianagaram estate). Ruins of this mud fort still exist here.

Kumili village's former name was Kumbilapuram. Vizianagaram Kingdom was first established in this village and they build a mud fort here. Later moved their capital to near by village Potnur and finally they established in Vizianagaram by building new fort and moved their capital there.

In 1607 Trailanga Swami was born.

Demographics

The village has a population of 5,929 and about 1,300 houses in 2001. Males constitutes 2,991 and Females 2938 of the population.

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