Mylavaram

Mylavaram
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Coordinates: 16°47′00″N80°38′00″E / 16.7833°N 80.6333°E / 16.7833; 80.6333
Country	India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	NTR
Government
• Type	Grama panchayat
• Body	Mylavaram Grama Panchayati Andhra Pradesh Capital Region
•  Sarpanch	Garikapati Manju Bhargavi
•  MLA	Vasantha Krishna Prasad (TDP)
•  MP	Kesineni Chinni (TDP)
Area [1]
• Total	14.57 km2 (5.63 sq mi)
Elevation	47 m (154 ft)
Population  (2011) [2]
• Total	21,763
• Density	1,500/km2 (3,900/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Telugu
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	521230
Vehicle registration	AP16
Nearest city	Vijayawada

Mylavaram is a town and suburb of Vijayawada in the NTR district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located in Mylavaram mandal of Vijayawada revenue division. ^[3] Mylavaram town has higher literacy rate compared to Andhra Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Mylavaram village was 69% compared to 67.02% of Andhra Pradesh. ^[4]

Mylavaram Mandal serves as one of the neighboring mandals to Telangana State, sharing its borders. The town is traversed by the National Highway NH-30, formerly known as NH-221. Within Mylavaram town, notable residential areas include Tarakarama Nagar (Devuni Cheruvu), Bandhagar, Ramakrishna Colony, Balayogi Nagar, Santhi Nagar, NSP Colony, Chandra Babu Nagar, Old town, and Pura Gutta Colony.

Geography

Mylavaram is located at 16°47′00″N80°38′00″E / 16.7833°N 80.6333°E / 16.7833; 80.6333 . It has an average elevation of 47 metres (157 feet).

Economy

Agriculture produce includes Banginapalli, Totapuri and other varieties of mangoes in the abundant Mango orchards of Mylavaram. ^[5] These are exported to cities namely Dubai, Hongkong, London and Singapore. ^[6]

Assembly constituency

Mylavaram falls in Mylavaram (Assembly constituency) is an assembly constituency of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly. ^[7] Vasantha Krishna Prasad of Telugu Desam Party is the current MLA.

Education

Mylavaram has Lakireddy Bali Reddy College of Engineering (LBRCE). It also has Lakiredyy Hanimi Reddy Government Degree College and Vemuluri Venkata Ratnam Government Junior College. ^[8]

See also

• Villages in Mylavaram mandal

References

1. "District Census Handbook - Krishna" (PDF). Census of India. p. 16,226. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
2. "Census 2011". The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
3. "Krishna District: Administrative Setup". Krishna District Government. Archived from the original on 22 April 2012.
4. "Mylavaram village population-Krishna, Andhra Pradesh".
5. Srinivas, Rajulapudi (30 April 2013). "Bumper harvest of mangoes likely". The Hindu. Nuzvid (Krishna District). Retrieved 17 July 2015.
6. B. MADHU GOPAL (26 May 2003). "Mangoes up for grabs". The Hindu . Archived from the original on 11 June 2003. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
7. "Constituencies of Andhra Pradesh". 2001.
8. "LAKIREDDY BALI REDDY COLLEGE OF ENGG". www.lbrce.ac.in. Retrieved 12 December 2018.