Palakonda
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2018}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Palakonda
| native_name =
| native_name_lang = te
| other_name =
| settlement_type = Town
| image_skyline = Palakonda, Sri Kota Durgamma Temple.jpg
| image_caption = Sri kota durga temple
| nickname =
| pushpin_map = India Andhra Pradesh
| pushpin_label_position = left
| pushpin_map_alt =
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Andhra Pradesh, India
| coordinates = {{coord|18.6000|N|83.7500|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = India
| subdivision_type1 = State
| subdivision_type2 = District
| subdivision_name1 = Andhra Pradesh
| subdivision_name2 = Parvathipuram Manyam district
| established_title =
| established_date =
| founder =
| named_for =
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| governing_body =
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_total_km2 = 6.50
| area_rank =
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m =
| population_total = 31425
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_density_km2 = auto
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| timezone1 = IST
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = PIN
| postal_code = 532440
| area_code = 08941
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| registration_plate_type = Vehicle Registration
| registration_plate = AP30 (former)
AP39 (from 30 January 2019){{cite news |title=New 'AP 39' code to register vehicles in Andhra Pradesh launched |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/vijayawada/2019/jan/31/new-ap-39-code-to-register-vehicles-in-state-launched-1932417.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190203234146/http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/vijayawada/2019/jan/31/new-ap-39-code-to-register-vehicles-in-state-launched-1932417.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 February 2019 |accessdate=9 June 2019 |work=The New Indian Express |date=31 January 2019 |location=Vijayawada}}
| blank1_name_sec1 = Lok Sabha constituency
| blank1_info_sec1 = Araku
| website = {{URL|http://palakonda.cdma.ap.gov.in/}}
| footnotes =
| demographics1_info1 = Telugu
| blank2_name_sec1 = Vidhan Sabha constituency
| blank2_info_sec1 = Palakonda
| official_name =
| leader_title = MLA
| leader_name = Nimmaka Jayakrishna
}}
Palakonda is a town in Parvathipuram Manyam district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a nagar panchayat and the mandal headquarters of Palakonda mandal in Palakonda revenue division{{cite web|title=Srikakulam district mandals |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/maps/atlas/28part31.pdf|website=Census of India|publisher=The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India|accessdate=18 May 2015 |pages=175, 209}}{{cite news|title=Nagar panchayat chief in ACB net – The Times of India|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/visakhapatnam/Nagar-panchayat-chief-in-ACB-net/articleshow/26119978.cms|accessdate=21 December 2015|work=The Times of India}}
Geography
Palakonda is located at {{Coord|18.6000|N|83.7500|E|}}.[https://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/02/Palkonda.html Falling Rain Genomics.Palkonda] It has an average elevation of 44 meters (147 feet).
Demography
According to the Imperial Gazetteer of India,[https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V19_374.gif Imperial Gazetteer of India, Vol. 19, pp: 367-8.] Palkonda Taluk was in Vizagapatnam district with a total area of {{convert|502|sqmi|km2}}. The cultivated land is irrigated by the Nagavali River. The Agency area contains about {{convert|56|sqmi|km2}} of Reserved Forest. The population in 1901 was 215,376 compared with 201,331 in 1891. There were two towns Palkonda and Razam and 334 villages. The Agency area had population of about 11,000 people, chiefly Savaras living in 106 villages. The greater part of Taluk was held on Ryotwari and belongs to Rajas of Bobbili and Vizianagram.
It was within Ganjam District of Orissa state till 1950 when Srikakulam district was formed.
Government and politics
Palakonda Nagar panchayat is a civic body constituted in the year 2013. It is spread over an area of {{Convert|6.50|km2|abbr=on}}. The present municipal commissioner of the town is B. Ramu.{{cite web|title=Municipality Contacts|url=http://cdma.ap.gov.in/Municipality_Contacts.html|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150515172537/http://cdma.ap.gov.in/Municipality_Contacts.html|archivedate=2015-05-15}}
= Assembly constituency =
Palakonda is an assembly constituency in Andhra Pradesh reserved for Scheduled Castes. There were 120,726 registered voters in this constituency in 1999 elections. Now from 2009 onwards the Assembly Constituency reservation changed to S.T.
| class="wikitable"
|+Palakonda Assembly candidates details: |
| Year
|Winner |Party |Votes |Runner Up |Party |Votes |Margin (majority) |
| 2014
|Viswasarai Kalavathi |YSRCP |55337 |Jaya Krishna Nimmaka |TDP |53717 |1620 |
- GENERAL SEAT
- 1951 – Sri Palavalasa Sangam Naidu
- RESERVED FOR SCHEDULE CASTE
- 1978 – Sri Kambala Rajaratnam
- 1983 – Sri Gonipati Syamala Rao
- 1985 – Sri Tale Bhadrayya
- 1989 – Smt Amrutha Kumari P.J.
- 1994 – Sri Tale Bhadrayya
- 1999 - Smt Amrutha Kumari P.J.
- 2004 – Sri Kambala Jogulu
- RESERVED FOR SCHEDULE TRIBE
- 2009 – Sri Nimmaka Sugreevulu
- 2014 – Smt Viswasarai Kalavathi
References
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{{Commons category|Palakonda}}
{{Parvathipuram Manyam district}}