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?Palakonda Andhra Pradesh • India
Palakonda
Coordinates: 18°36′00″N 83°45′00″E / 18.6, 83.75
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Area • Elevation	• 44 m (144 ft)
District(s)	Srikakulam
Codes • Pincode • Telephone	• 532 440 • +91 08941

Coordinates: 18°36′00″N 83°45′00″E / 18.6, 83.75 Palakonda or Palkonda is a Town, Revenue Division and a Mandal in Srikakulam district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India.^[1]

Contents 1 Geography 2 Assembly Constituency 3 Features 4 Jagannadha Alayam 5 Kotadurga Alayam 6 Revenue Division 7 Villages and Panchayats 8 References

[edit] Geography

Palakonda is located at 18.6000° N 83.7500° E.^[2] It has an average elevation of 44 meters (147 feet).

[edit] Assembly Constituency

Palakonda is an assembly constituency in Andhra Pradesh reserved for Scheduled Castes. There are 120,726 registered voters in this constituency in 1999 elections.

List of Elected Members:

Palakonda Assembly candidates details :

Year	Winner Candidate	Party	Votes	Runner Candidate	Party	Votes	Margin(Majarity)
2004	Kambala Jogulu	TDP	42,327	Tompala Raja Babu	INC	30,703	11,624

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• 1951 - Palavalasa Sangam Naidu
• 1978 - Kambala Rajaratnam
• 1983 - Gonipati Syamala Rao
• 1985 and 1994 - Tale Bhadrayya
• 1989 and 1999 - Amrutha Kumari P.J.
• 2004 - Kambala Jogulu

[edit] Features

• The Area Hospital, Andhra Pradesh Vaidya Vidhana Parishad is located at Palakonda. It has bed strength of 100 in-patients.^[4]

• There is a post office in Palakonda.

• there are two famous temples :

[edit] Jagannadha Alayam

Jagannadha swami of Puru in Orissa god was established here in palakonda. Story of Puri :

[edit] Kotadurga Alayam

This is a famous temple of old history. Before independence this area was ruled by an Oriya Zamindar family, under British ruling. The Jamindhars lost their properties due to internal family conflicts. Every thing was ruined and only 2 lakes and reminants of their houses and this durga temple are seeing at present. Krushna Dash, an Oriya brahmin from Orissa as devotee of Durga started worshiping in 1947. People around Palakonda used to worship this goddess. GHATALU, BINDELU with turmeric water are main attraction of flok people. Dassara is the main pongal of this Temple. Jupadindhu Dash son of krushna Dash developed this to its original status.

• Famous churches 2

[edit] Revenue Division

There are 13 mandals in Palakonda Revenue Division. They are Veeraghattam, Vangara, Regidi Amadalavalasa, Rajam, Santhakavati, Palakonda, Seethampeta, Bhamini, Kothuru, Hiramandalam, Saravakota, Pathapatnam and Meliaputti.

[edit] Villages and Panchayats

There are 33 village panchayats in Palakonda Mandal.^[5]

Ampili (village&panchayat) Annavaram (village&panchayat) Aradala (village&panchayat) Attali (village&panchayat) Avalangi (village&panchayat) Basuru (village&panchayat) Bejji (village&panchayat) Bukkuru (village&panchayat)

Chinna Mangalapuram (village&panchayat) Chintada (village&panchayat) Dolamada (village&panchayat) Duggi (village&panchayat) Gopalapuram (village&panchayat) Gotta Mangalapuram (village&panchayat) Jamparakota (village&panchayat) Kondapuram (village&panchayat)

Lovidi Laxmipuram (village&panchayat) Lumburu (village&panchayat) Navagam (village&panchayat) Palakonda (panchayat&mandalHeadquarters) Panukuvalasa (village&panchayat) Pedda Kotipalli (village&panchayat) Potli (village and panchayat) Singannavalasa (village&panchayat)

Singupuram (village&panchayat) T.K.Rajapuram (village&panchayat) Tampatapalli (village&panchayat) Tumarada (village&panchayat) V.P.Rajupeta (village&panchayat) Vatapagu (village&panchayat) Velagavada (village&panchayat) Voni (village&panchayat) Yarakarayapuram (village&panchayat)

[edit] References