PROFILPELAJAR.COM

Gajapathinagaram
Gajapathinagaram
Census Town
	Dry landscape view at Gajapathinagaram
	Gajapathinagaram Location in Andhra Pradesh, India
	Coordinates: 18°18′00″N 83°20′00″E / 18.3000°N 83.3333°E
Country	India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Vizianagaram
Government
• MLA	Appalanarasayya Botcha
Area
• Total	1.04 km2 (0.40 sq mi)
Elevation	69 m (226 ft)
Population (2011)
• Total	5,687
• Density	5,500/km2 (14,000/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Telugu
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	535270
Telephone code	08965
Vehicle Registration	AP35 (Former); AP39 (from 30 January 2019)

Gajapathinagaram is a census town in Vizianagaram district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located in Gajapathinagaram mandal of Vizianagaram revenue division.^[1] It is located on National Highway 26 between Vizianagaram and Ramabhadrapuram.

Demographics

According to the Imperial Gazetteer,^[3] Gajapathinagaram Tahsil in Vizianagaram district had about 228 villages and covered an area of 333 square miles (860 km²). The population in 1901 was 1,34,553, compared with 1,24,057 in 1891.

As of 2001^[update] India census,^[4] Gajapathinagaram had a population of 5,282. Males constitute 48% of the population and females 52%. Gajapathinagaram has an average literacy rate of 60%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 67%, and female literacy is 53%. In Gajapathinagaram, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Gajapathinagaram mandal had a population of 56,054 in 2001. Males constitute 27,770 and females 28,284 of the population. The average literacy rate of the mandal population is 45%. Male literacy rate is 56% and that of females 34%.

There are 35 revenue villages and 28 panchayats in this mandal.

Legislative Assembly

List of Members of Legislative Assembly:^[5]

1955 - Kusuma Gajapathi Raju and Gantyana Suryanarayana
1962 -Taddi sanyasinaidu and
1967 and 1972 - Penumatsa Sambasiva Raju
1978 and 1985 - Vangapandu Narayanappala Naidu
1983 - Jampana Satyanarayana Raju
1999 - Thadi Sanyasi Appala Naidu
1989, 1994 and 2004 - Padala Aruna
2009 - Botcha Appala Narasaiah
2014 - K A NAIDU
2019 - Botcha Appala Narasaiah
2024 - Kondapalli Srinivas

Education

The primary and secondary school education is imparted by government, aided and private schools, under the School Education Department of the state.^[6]^[7] The medium of instruction followed by different schools are English, Telugu.