singupuram

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| name = Singupuram

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| settlement_type = Town

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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Andhra Pradesh, India

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = India

| subdivision_type1 = State

| subdivision_name1 = Andhra Pradesh

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_name2 = Srikakulam

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| area_total_km2 = 20

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| elevation_m = 22

| population_total = 12273

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| demographics_type1 = Languages

| demographics1_title1 = Official

| demographics1_info1 = Telugu

| timezone1 = IST

| utc_offset1 = +5:30

| postal_code_type = PIN

| postal_code = 532185

| 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 = Srikakulam (Lok Sabha constituency)

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Singupuram is a census town in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.

Geography

It is located 11 kilometers(km) east of the district headquarters of Srikakulam district, 9 km from Srikakulam and 100 km from Visakhapatnam.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census of India, Singupuram had a population of 12,273 with 2,774 households.

Healthcare

A Primary Health Centre (PHC) is located there along with four to five private hospitals.

Transport

National Highway 16 bypasses the town and is a part of the Golden Quadrilateral highway network. Srikakulam is the nearest city to Singupuram, approximately 7 km southwest of Singupuram. Road connectivity is also present from Srikakulam to Singupuram.

SH37 connects Singupuram town with Parvathipuram, Veeraghattam, Palakonda, Kalingapatnam.

Education

= Colleges =

  • Gurajada Education
  • Vaishnavi engineering college
  • SISTAM engineering college

= Schools =

  • ZPHS
  • M.P.P School
  • Kgvb Srikakulam
  • Sarada Vidyaniketan
  • Kv singupuram
  • Shiva Sivani Public School
  • Vidatri vidyalayam
  • Keshava Reddy School
  • Gayatri school
  • Kendriya Vidyalayam

Politics

Two days before polling in the 2004 elections, Kinjarapu Yerran Naidu survived an assassination attempt by Naxalites (Maoists) who attempted to bomb his vehicle in Singupuram.{{cite web |last1=Seetharamaiah |first1=K V |title=Yerran Naidu hurt in Naxal attack |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/yerran-naidu-hurt-in-naxal-attack/articleshow/624802.cms |website=The Times of India |access-date=9 July 2021 |language=en |date=19 April 2014}} Following his re-election, he was made the party leader in the Lok Sabha.{{citation needed|date=December 2022}}

References

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Category:Cities and towns in Srikakulam district

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