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{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2018}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Pithapuram
| native_name =
| native_name_lang = te
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| settlement_type = [[Town]]
| image_skyline = Pithapuram Montage.jpg
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| image_caption = Clockwise from top left: Kukkuteswara and Padagaya Temple Complex, Pithapuram Railway Station, [[Ratnachal Express]] speeding through Pithapuram Railway Station, fields near Pithapuram, landscape view at Pithapuram, Kunti Madhavaswami Temple
| pushpin_map = India Andhra Pradesh
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Andhra Pradesh, India
| coordinates = {{coord|17.1167|N|82.2667|E|display=inline,title}}
| sub division_type = Country
| sub division_name = [[India]]
| sub division_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| sub division_name1 = [[Andhra Pradesh]]
| sub division_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| sub division_name2 = [[East Godavari district|East Godavari]]
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| leader_title = [[Member of Legislative Assembly]]
| leader_name = Pendem Dhorababu<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/mp-mla-participate-in-cockfight-at-pithapuram/article22423535.ece | title=MP, MLA participate incockfight at Pithapuram | date=11 January 2018 | newspaper=The Hindu | access-date=18 August 2018 }}</ref>
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| area_footnotes = <ref name=civicbody>{{cite web|title=Municipalities, Municipal Corporations & UDAs|url=http://dtcp.ap.gov.in:9090/webdtcp/Municipalities%20List-110.pdf|website=Directorate of Town and Country Planning|publisher=Government of Andhra Pradesh|access-date=28 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160128175528/http://dtcp.ap.gov.in:9090/webdtcp/Municipalities%20List-110.pdf|archive-date=28 January 2016}}</ref>
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| area_total_km2 = 41.13
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| elevation_m = 10
| population_total = 52360
| population_as_of = 2011
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| population_footnotes = <ref name=population>{{cite web|title=Census 2011|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=626388|publisher=The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India|access-date=24 August 2014}}</ref>
| demographics_type1 = Languages
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| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
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| registration_plate_type = [[Vehicle registration plates of India|Vehicle Registration]]
| registration_plate = [[List of RTO districts in India|AP05 (Former)]]<br /> AP39 (from 30 January 2019)<ref>{{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 |access-date=9 June 2019 |work=The New Indian Express |date=31 January 2019 |location=Vijayawada}}</ref>
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'''Pithapuram''' is a [[town]] and a [[municipality]] in the [[East Godavari district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Andhra Pradesh]]. The town also forms a part of [[Godavari Urban Development Authority]]. The town is home to one of the eighteen Maha [[Shakti Peetha|Sakthi Peethas]], which are significant [[shrines]] and pilgrimage destinations in [[Shaktism]].<ref name="profile">{{cite web|title=Constitution of Godavari Urban Development Authority with headquarters at Godavari|url=http://urban.ap.gov.in/MAUD/Gazettee%20No.818.pdf|website=Municipal Administration and Urban Development Department|publisher=Government of Andhra Pradesh|access-date=9 November 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118222806/http://urban.ap.gov.in/MAUD/Gazettee%20No.818.pdf|archive-date=18 January 2017}}</ref>

[[Sripada Sri Vallabha]], a prominent Hindu saint of 14th century was born and lived in Pithapuram.<ref>http://www.sreedattavaibhavam.org/sree-pada-sree-vallabha</ref> He is considered by his devotees as one of the first complete [[avatars]] (incarnations) of the deity [[Dattatreya]] in [[Kali Yuga]].<ref>http://www.sripadasrivallabhamahasamsthanam.com</ref>

== History ==

Pithapuram was originally called Pithikapuram. The earliest extant inscription to mention the city is the 4th century king [[Samudragupta]]'s [[Allahabad Pillar]] inscription, which states that he defeated the king Mahendra of Pithikapuram.<ref name="Asvini_1989">{{cite book |author=Ashvini Agrawal |title=Rise and Fall of the Imperial Guptas |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hRjC5IaJ2zcC&pg=PA315 |year=1989 |publisher=Motilal Banarsidass |isbn=978-81-208-0592-7 |page=109 }}</ref> The inscriptions of the 4th and 5th century [[Vasishtha dynasty|Vasishtha]] and [[Mathara dynasty|Mathara]] dynasties also mention Pishtapura, describing it as a part of [[Kalinga (historical region)|Kalinga]].<ref name="Asvini_1989" /><ref>{{cite book |author=S. Sankaranarayanan |title=The Vishṇukuṇḍis and Their Times: An Epigraphical Study |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CHFAAAAAMAAJ |year=1977 |publisher=Agam Prakashan |page=51 }}</ref> In the 7th century, the [[Chalukyas of Vatapi|Chalukya]] king [[Pulakeshin II]] annexed Pishtapura to his kingdom.<ref name="Asvini_1989"/> Later, Pithapuram was one of the Rastras, an administrative division, of the Vengi Chalukyas.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2014-07-31|title=Role of Chalukyas of Vengi and its Polity During Post-Gupta Period|url=https://www.historydiscussion.net/gupta-period/role-of-chalukyas-of-vengi-and-its-polity-during-post-gupta-period/2000|access-date=2020-10-04|website=History Discussion|language=en-US}}</ref> One of the collateral branches of Chalukyas called Pithapuram Chalukyas, ruled the area around Rajahmundry, Pithapuram and Draksharama in the 12th and 13th centuries.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/144085/8/08_chapter%202.pdf}}</ref>

The town hosts temple of Puruhitika devi. It is one among 18 Sakthi Peethas.

== Geography ==

Pithapuram is located at {{Coord|17.1167|N|82.2667|E|}}.<ref>[http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/02/Pithapuram.html Falling Rain Genomics.Pithapuram]</ref> It has an average elevation of {{convert|10|m|ft|abbr=off|sp=us}}. It is located near several beaches though not one in particular. It is in between 2 major cities; [[Kakinada]] and [[Rajahmundry]]. Pithapuram is landlocked and most of its economic activity takes place in Kakinada. Pithapuram is also well known for the C.B.M. Christian Medical Centre which was started by missionary doctor Dr. E. Smith.

== Demographics ==

{{As of|2011}} [[Census of India]], the town had a population of {{formatnum:52360}}. The total
population constitutes {{formatnum:25891}} males, {{formatnum:26469}} females and
{{formatnum:5116}} children, in the age group of 0–6 years. The average literacy rate stands at
75.00% with {{formatnum:35434}} literates, higher than the national average of 73.00%.<ref name=population /><ref>{{cite web|title=Chapter–3 (Literates and Literacy rate) |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/PCA_Highlights/pca_highlights_file/India/Chapter-3.pdf|publisher=Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India|access-date=24 August 2014}}</ref>

== Transport ==

Pithapuram town is situated on [[NH 216]]. Pithapuram railway station is located on [[Duvvada-Vijayawada section]] of [[Howrah-Chennai main line]]. [[Rajahmundry Airport]] is located 55 km from Pithapuram.<ref>{{cite web|title=Vijayawada Division – A Profile|url=http://www.scr.indianrailways.gov.in/cris/uploads/files/1448370249434-Division%20Profile.pdf|website=South Central Railway|access-date=19 January 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160128163230/http://www.scr.indianrailways.gov.in/cris/uploads/files/1448370249434-Division%20Profile.pdf|archive-date=28 January 2016}}</ref>

== Literature ==
* Kuchimanchi brothers
* [[Devulapalli Krishnasastri|Devulapalli Krishnasastry]]
* Avantsa somasunder
* Masilamani
* Mokkapati Narasimha Sastry
* Ryali Prasad
* Puranam Subrahmanya Sarma
* Umaralisha
* Balantrapu Rajanikantharao
* Venkata Parvateesa Kavulu
* Venkata Ramakrishna Kavulu

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{East Godavari district}}
{{Municipalities of Andhra Pradesh}}
{{Shaktism}}
{{Hindu holy cities}}
{{Hindu temples in Andhra Pradesh}}

{{Commons category|Pithapuram}}

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