Bhimavaram

Infobox Indian Jurisdiction
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native_name = Bhimavaram
district = West Godavari
state_name = Andhra Pradesh
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population_total = 137,327
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Bhimavaram is a town and mandal in the West Godavari District in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. Bhimavaram is located at coord|16.5333|N|81.5333|E|. [ [http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/2/Bhimavaram.html Falling Rain Genomics.Bhimavaram] ] It has an average elevation of 5 meters (19 feet).

Bhimavarm is also called as "Second Bardoli of India". This name is given by Mahatma Gandhi at the time of his visit to this place on the occasion of freedom movement in India. The northern part of Bhimavaram is known as One Town and the southern Part of Bhimavaram is known as Two Town. It is a special grade city.

Transport

Bhimavaram is an important commercial centre in West Godavari District and has road connections to all the nearby rural villages. It is located 455 km from Hyderabad, 270 km from Visakhapatnam and 103km from Vijayawada. National Highway Np.214(a) (Kattipudi to Pamarru)passes through this town. Number of Buses are run by APSRTC & Private Operators to Chennai, Hyderabad, Vizag, Bangalore, Eluru & Vijayawada. One section of the Chennai-Calcutta Rail line passes via this town. So two trains from Calcutta will run through this town. Apart from that Narsapur-Vijayawada rail line is also connected via this town. The place is well connected by bus (Old bus stand located in Two town and New Bus stand located in One Town) and train routes (Town Station in Two town and Junction Railway Station located in One Town).

The nearest domestic airport to Bhimavaram is in Vijayawada. International airports near to Bhimavaram are Hyderabad and Chennai.

See an aerial view of the Bhimavaram at : http://www.mythrikiran.in/bhimavaram/

Administration

Bhimavaram has a population of 1 lakh and 30 thousand as per 2001 consences, and is divided into 39 wards geographically. It has been upgraded as a special grade municipality.visit : http://www.bhimavaraminfo.com

Bhimavaram Municipal Corporation

The Bhimavaram Municipality was established in the year 1948. At present Smt.Thota Sita Rama Lakshmi has been serving as municipal chair person.

Since the formation of Bhimavaram Municipality these “Men of Noble” served and have been serving this town for its development and for state wide recognition in the capacity of municipal chairmen and as chair persons.
# Sri Gandham Venkayya Naidu
# Sri Nachu Venkata Ramayya
# Sri Kuriseti Naga Bhusanam
# Sri Gadiraju Jagannadha Raju
# Sri G. Venkataswami Naidu
# Sri Tatavarthi Narasimha Rao
# Sri Kotikalapudi Govinda Rao
# Sri Bommidi Narayana Rao
# Sri Grandhi Venkateswara Rao
# Smt Meragani Narayanamma
# Smt Thota Sita Rama Lakshmi
# Sri Veluri Srinath Sharma

Assembly Constituency

Bhimavaram is an assembly constituency in Andhra Pradesh. There are 1,77,470 registered voters in Bhimavaram constituency in 1999 elections. Ever since the formation of Bhimavaram legislative assembly constituency in 1952, this constituency has been the centre of politics of West Godavari District.

Grandhi Srinivas is the present MLA of Bhimavaram. He is the youngest MLA of this constituency. A Dynamic personality, mingled with common man. Striving hard for the development of Bhimavaram constituency.

Panchayats

There are 25 village panchayats in Bhimavaram mandal. [ [http://panchayat.gov.in/adminreps/viewpansumR.asp?selstate=0205110000&ptype=V&button1=Submit Details of Andhra Pradesh till Village Panchayat Tier] ]
*Anakoderu (village and panchayat)
*Annavaram (village and panchayat)
*Bethapudi (village and panchayat)
*Chinamiram (village and panchayat)
*Deyyalatippa (village and panchayat)
*Dirusumarru (village and panchayat)
*Dongapindi (village and panchayat)
*Gollavanitippa (village and panchayat)
*Gutlapadu (village and panchayat)
*Jonnalagaruvu (village and panchayat)
*Komarada (village and panchayat)
*Komatitippa (village and panchayat)
*Kothapusalamarru (village and panchayat)
*Losari (village and panchayat)
*L.V.N.Puram (village and panchayat)
*Nagidipalem (village and panchayat)
*Narasimhapuram (village and panchayat)
*Pedagaruvu (village and panchayat)
*Pennada (Village and Panchayat)
*Rayalam (village and panchayat)
*Sriramapuram (village and panchayat)
*Taderu (village and panchayat)
*Thokatippa (village and panchayat)
*Tundurru (village and panchayat)
*Vempa (village and panchayat)
*Yenamadurru (village and panchayat)

Religious Places

Some famous temples located here are:

;Gunupudi Sri Uma Someshwara Janardhana Swamy temple:One of the five Pancharamas. Built during the 3rd century A.D., the Shivalinga in the temple is believed to assume a black-cum-brown colour on no-moon day and becomes whitish on full-moon day. The prathista of the Shivalinga is by Moon God.;Sri Mavullamma Temple:Mavullamma (Goddess of Bhimavaram )Festival Starts on 14 th January of every year and runs for 30 days) ;Sri Bhimeshwara Swamy Temple:The name of the Bhimavaram town is derived from it.;Sri Aadhi Lakshmi Ammavaru Temple:village deity of Gunupudi.;Sri Subrahmanyeswaraswamy Temple;Lord Venkateswara Temple:Near Nataraj Theater and another in Narasimhapuram;Jain Temple:Located at Pedda Amiram. One of its kind in the whole of Andhra Pradesh; Sri Shakteswara Swamy temple:Located in Ennamadurru from 5 km to Bhimavaram.;Transfiguration Church:famous for its History;A Mosque: located at the center of Bhimavaram.

Education

Bhimavaram is also a town renowned for the several educational institutes that are here.Some of the prominent colleges in this town are listed here:

* DNR Educational Institutions ( [http://www.dnrcollege.org DNR College] ) This is the oldest college in the West Godavari Districtand one of the oldest college in Andhra Pradesh.
* [http://www.srkrec.ac.in SRKR Engineering College] This is one of The Good Private Engineering colleges in Andhra Pradesh.
* [http://kgrlcollegeorg.com KGRL College]

* Bharatiya Vidya Bhavans International Residential Public School [Vidyashram] (CBSE)
* [http://www.svecw.edu.in B V Raju Educational Society (LKG to PG)]

* Dr. CSN Educational Society (LKG to PG)

* DNR College Of Law

* V S K Degree College

* Bhimavaram Institute of Engineering and Technology, located at Pennada 5 KM from town

* Menety Padmanabham Institute of Engineering and Technology, Derusumarru Road, Bhimavaram

* Holy Angels School, Srirampuram, Bhimavaram.

* St.Mary's School (LKG to 10th)

* Sri Paluri Gangamma Rama Murthy Oriental Sanskrit High School, Established in 1958.
* Viswakavi school (LKG to 10th)and this is a great school in west godavari
* Montessori Public School(LKG to 10th) this is excellent school in state.

Economy

Bhimavaram is a centre of aqua and paddy business. It is one of the important commercial towns in West Godavari District.

Bhimavaram is well known for its aqua culture and paddy fields in its surrounded villages, it is the centre of trade, Shopping, entertainment for more than 300 villages.

Bhimavaram is one of the biggest centres for aquaculture (fish and prawn farming) in India. Traditionally this area has been a large producer of paddy (rice), but more recently many farmers are shifting to fish culture.

External links

www.bhimavaraminfo.com