Nandigama

Nandigama
Town
Toll gate on Vijayawada - Hyderabad highway at Keesara near Nandigama
Nandigama
Location in Andhra Pradesh, India
Nandigama
Nandigama (India)
Coordinates: 16°47′00″N 80°18′00″E / 16.7833°N 80.3000°E / 16.7833; 80.3000Coordinates: 16°47′00″N 80°18′00″E / 16.7833°N 80.3000°E / 16.7833; 80.3000
Country India
State Andhra Pradesh
District Krishna
Mandal Nandigama
Government[1]
 • Type Municipality
 • Chairman Tummala Srinivas Babu
Area[2]
 • Total 25.90 km2 (10.00 sq mi)
Elevation 21 m (69 ft)
Population (2011)[3]
 • Total 44,359
 • Density 1,700/km2 (4,400/sq mi)
Languages
 • Official Telugu
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN 521 185
Telephone code +91–8678
Vehicle registration AP–16
Vidhan Sabha constituency Nandigama

Nandigama is a town in Krishna district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a Municipality and also the headquarters of Nandigama mandal in Vijayawada revenue division.[2][4]

Geography

Nandigama is located 50 km West of Vijayawada and 46 km east of Kodada.

Governance

Civic administration

Nandigama Municipality is the civic administrative body of the town which was constituted in the year 2011. It has an area of 25.90 km2 (10.00 sq mi).[1] The municipal chairman of Municipality is Padmavathi Yaragorla and the vice-chairman is V.Ashok Kumar.[5]

Politics

Nandigama a part of Nandigama (SC) (Assembly constituency) for Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly. It is a reserved constituency for Scheduled Castes. Thangirala Sowmya is the present MLA of the constituency from Telugu Desam Party.[6] It is also a part of Vijayawada (Lok Sabha constituency) which was won by Kesineni Srinivas of Telugu Desam Party.[7][8]

Transport

The Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation operates bus services from Nandigama bus station.[9] The town has a total road length of 139.60 km (86.74 mi).[10]

References

  1. 1 2 "Municipalities, Municipal Corporations & UDAs" (PDF). Directorate of Town and Country Planning. Government of Andhra Pradesh. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 January 2016. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  2. 1 2 "District Census Handbook - Krishna" (PDF). Census of India. p. 16,214. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  3. ↑ "Census 2011". The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
  4. ↑ "Krishna District Mandals" (PDF). Census of India. pp. 476, 523. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  5. ↑ "YSR Congress Claims Three Civic Chief Posts in Krishna". The New Indian Express. Machilipatnam. 4 July 2014. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  6. ↑ "MLA". AP State Portal. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  7. ↑ "MP (Lok Sabha)". Government of AP. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
  8. ↑ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (pdf). Election Commission of India. p. 22,31. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
  9. ↑ "Bus Stations in Districts". Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  10. ↑ "Details of Roads in Each ULB of Andhra Pradesh". Commissioner and Directorate of Municipal Administration. Municipal Administration and Urban Developmemt Department - Government of Andhra Pradesh. Archived from the original on 1 August 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
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