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  ?Jaggayyapet
Andhra Pradesh • India
Coordinates: 16°31′N 80°05′E / 16.52, 80.09
Time zoneIST (UTC+5:30)
Area
• Elevation
• 45 m (148 ft)
District(s)Krishna
Population55,817 (2001)
Municipal ChairmanRaja Gopalam Sreeram (Tataiah)
Codes
• Pincode
• Telephone
• 521175
• +8654

Coordinates: 16°31′N 80°05′E / 16.52, 80.09

Jaggayyapeta is an ancient town and now a municipality in Krishna district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. Indian Standard Time ( IST) is the time observed throughout India and Sri Lanka, with a Time offset of UTC+530. UTC+530 is the Timezone for Indian Standard Time Sri Lanka Time The geography of India is diverse with landscape ranging from snow-capped mountain ranges to deserts plains rainforests hills and plateaus The elevation of a Geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point often the mean sea level. A district is an administrative division of an Indian state or territory. Krishna District ( Telugu: కృష్ణా జిల్లా Hindi: कृष्णा ज़िला is a district of India 's Andhra Pradesh In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. A Postal Index Number or PIN or Pincode is the post office numbering or Post code system used by India Post the Indian Postal For the past decade or so telecommunication activities have gained momentum in India A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. A municipality is an administrative entity composed of a clearly defined territory and its population and commonly denotes a City, Town, or Village, or Krishna District ( Telugu: కృష్ణా జిల్లా Hindi: कृष्णा ज़िला is a district of India 's Andhra Pradesh India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country India is a union of states comprising twenty-eight states and seven union territories. Its original name, Bethavolu, was changed to Jaggayyapeta by Raja Vasireddy Venkatadri Nayudu in memory of his father, Jagga Nayudu. Vasireddy Venkatadri Nayudu (1783&ndash1816 was the last king of the Vasireddy clan that ruled parts of coastal Andhra Pradesh from 1413 until the advent of the Bethavolu was very famous for its ancient Buddhist stupa built during the Satavahana period. Buddhism is a family of beliefs and practices A stupa (from Sanskrit and Pāli: m स्तूप stūpa, literally meaning "heap" is a mound-like structure containing Buddhist The Sātavāhanas ( Marathi: सातवाहन Telugu:శాతవాహనులు were a Dynasty which ruled from Junnar (


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Demographics

As of the 2001 India census,[1] Jaggayyapeta has a population of 39,817, with a male-female split of 51%-49%. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. A census is the procedure of acquiring information about every member of a given population Jaggayyapeta has an average literacy rate of 67%, higher than the national average of 59. 5%: male literacy is 73%, and female literacy is 60%. 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Government and Religion

Jaggayypeta is an assembly constituency in Andhra Pradesh with 74 villages and 159,070 registered voters.

List of Elected Members:[2]


Monuments & Antiquities

During the excavations in 1818, a few carved slabs from one of the brick mounds revealed the existence of a group of ancient stupas. After excavation, the stupa was found to be 9 meters in diameter and was decorated with slabs of the same material used in Amaravati. Inside the casing the stupa is made completely out of bricks and earth. About a kilometer from the town is a hill known as Dhanabodu or Hill of wealth on which once stood a great Stupa or Mahachaitya. Around the hillock are traces of monastic buildings.

A Mahachaitya filled with layers of rubble & gravel two feet thick . The slabs surrounding the base of the stupa were plain very few of them having any carving except a small pilaster up the edge. Some of the sculptures on the pilasters closely resemble in style of Bharhut sculptures. The capitals are heavy and roughly bell-shaped and show addorsed double-winged animals like that at Patalkhora. Some of the slabs were inscibed in characters of Mauryan type ascribable to the beginning of the 2nd century BC.

Jaggayyapet is very famous for musical instruments manufactrurs and Famous Music instrument "CLARNET" players like Sri. Kasim Saheb (All India Radio, Vijayawada Staff artist) borned here and lot of people learnt music ( clasical and instrumental) from him from All over Andhra Pradesh.


Features

There are approximately 150 temples in the town. It has one government college (S. G. S college) and Five well-known schools:Z. P. H. School, Chegu vidyalayam, Nagarjuna Public School, Little Angels Public School you can also visit the official website of the LAPS at this URL. (http://www.littleangelspublicschool.com) to know more information abou LAPS you can visit its personel page at here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Angels_Public_School) and Jawahar D A V Public School,VIGNAN high school(telugu & english) medium. It has well established privite colleges mainly: J. R. College and S. A. V & N. V. J. R college and a newly started Engineering college PITS (Prasad instt of techincial sciencies).

Industry

Jaggayyapeta is now famous for its cement industries, Musical Instruments and gold businesses - there are around ten cement industrial sites near the town. In the most general sense of the word a cement is a binder a substance which sets and hardens independently and can bind other materials together Gold (ˈɡoʊld is a Chemical element with the symbol Au (from its Latin name aurum) and Atomic number 79 The delayed Pulichintala Project is around 21 km from the centre of Jaggayyapeta.

Living conditions are pretty good in this place. people are soft nature and support each other.

Villages in Jaggayyapeta Mandal

The following is the list of villages in this Mandal. [3]

See also

References

  1. ^ Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns. (Provisional). Annavaram a village is situated on the banks of river Pampa in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh in India. Raavi-kam-padu is a small village in the Kamavarapu Kota mandal of the West Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh, India. Trimulgherry or Thirmulgherry or Tirumalagiri is a major suburb of Secunderabad, India. Census Commission of India. Retrieved on 2007-09-03. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 36 BC - In the Battle of Naulochus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, Admiral of Octavian, defeats Sextus Pompeius
  2. ^ Election Commission of India.A.P.Assembly results.1978-2004
  3. ^ Villages in Jaggayyapeta Mandal. Retrieved on 2007-02-15. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 590 - Khosrau II is crowned as king of Persia 1637 - Ferdinand III becomes Holy Roman Emperor

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