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Pathapatnam
Location in Andhra Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 18°45′00″N84°05′00″E / 18.7500°N 84.0833°E / 18.7500; 84.0833
Country India
State Andhra Pradesh
District Srikakulam
Talukas Pathapatnam
Government
 •  MLA Mamidi Govinda Rao
Area
[1]
 • Total
4.92 km2 (1.90 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [1]
 • Total
15,954
 • Density3,200/km2 (8,400/sq mi)
Languages
 • Official Telugu
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
532213
Telephone code08946
Vehicle Registration AP30 (Former)
AP39 (from 30 January 2019) [2]
Lok Sabha constituencySrikakulam
Vidhan Sabha constituencyPathapatnam
Pathapatnam is located on the banks of Mahendratanaya River Mahendra Tanaya River6.jpeg
Pathapatnam is located on the banks of Mahendratanaya River

Pathapatnam is a town in Srikakulam district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located in Pathapatnam mandal of Tekkali revenue division. Telugu is the major spoken language in the town and in entire mandal. [3] Pathapatnam is located on the border of Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh and Gajapati district of Odisha. Parlakhemundi, the headquarters of Gajapati District, can be considered as twin town of Pathapatnam because of its close proximity. It is located around 65 km from srikakulam. It was the old capital of Paralakhemundi Gajapati Maharajah of his erstwhile kingdom.

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Geography

Pathapatnam is located at 18°45′00″N84°05′00″E / 18.7500°N 84.0833°E / 18.7500; 84.0833 .It has an average elevation of 82 meters (272 feet). It is located on the banks of Mahendratanaya River which is a tributary of Vamsadhara River.

Demographics

Pathapatnam is a town located in Pathapatnam mandal of Srikakulam district, Andhra Pradesh with total 3797 families residing. The Pathapatnam village has population of 15954 of which 7919 are males while 8035 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pathapatnam village population of children with age 0-6 is 1468 which makes up 9.20% of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pathapatnam village is 1015 which is higher than Andhra Pradesh state average of 993. Child Sex Ratio for the Pathapatnam as per census is 955, higher than Andhra Pradesh average of 939.

Pathapatnam village has higher literacy rate compared to Andhra Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Pathapatnam village was 78.57% compared to 67.02% of Andhra Pradesh. In Pathapatnam Male literacy stands at 85.24% while female literacy rate was 72.04%.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Pathapatnam village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village.

Transport

National Highway 326A (India) Connects Pathapatnam town. State Highways 96 and 93 are connected to pathapatnam town from Tekkali and meliyaputti mandals.

Pathapatnam town is connected to Tekkali and Meliyaputti mandals.

Pathapatnam can be reached by train via the Naupada-Gunupur branch line. The railway station is Pathapatnam (PHM) station of East Coast Railway Zone. It is connected to Howrah-Chennai main line. There are plenty of buses say every 15 minutes from district headquarters srikakulam

Pathapatnam is connected by APSRTC busses, from Palasa, Tekkali and from Srikakulam bus stations. More than 70 ordinary bus services runs by APSRTC, to this town from Palasa, Tekkali, Srikakulam, Hiramandalam.

APSRTC running Express busses services from Anakapalli to Paralakhemundi, by connecting Pathapatnam.

Assembly constituency

Pathapatnam is an assembly constituency in Andhra Pradesh. There are 1,27,757 registered voters in this constituency in 1999 elections. It consists of 5 mandals.

  1. Pathapatnam
  2. Hiramandalam
  3. Meliaputti
  4. Lakshminarasupeta
  5. Kothuru

List of Elected Members:

YearWinner CandidatePartyVotesRunner CandidatePartyVotesMargin (Majority)
2004Kalamata MohanraoTDP44,357Gorle Haribabu NaiduINC42,2932,064
2009Satrucharla Vijaya Rama RajuINC58936Kalamata Venkata RamanaTDP3814620790

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References

  1. 1 2 "District Census Handbook – Srikakulam" (PDF). Census of India. The Registrar General & Census Commissioner. pp. 26, 158. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
  2. ↑ "New 'AP 39' code to register vehicles in Andhra Pradesh launched". The New Indian Express. Vijayawada. 31 January 2019. Archived from the original on 3 February 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  3. ↑ "Mandal wise list of villages in Srikakulam district" (PDF). Chief Commissioner of Land Administration. National Informatics Centre. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 December 2014. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  4. ↑ Election Commission of India-1978-2004 results-Patapatnam
  5. ↑ "BYE eLECTIONS 1996". Archived from the original on 22 October 2007. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
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