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{{Infobox settlement<br />
| name = Singupuram<br />
| other_name = <br />
| nickname = <br />
| settlement_type = [[Town]]<br />
| image_skyline = Singupuram1.jpg<br />
| image_alt = <br />
| image_caption = <br />
| pushpin_map = India Andhra Pradesh#India<br />
| pushpin_label_position = left<br />
| pushpin_map_alt = <br />
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Andhra Pradesh, India<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|18.357436|83.971820|display=inline,title}}<br />
| subdivision_type = Country<br />
| subdivision_name = [[India]]<br />
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]<br />
| subdivision_name1 = [[Andhra Pradesh]]<br />
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]<br />
| subdivision_name2 = [[Srikakulam]]<br />
| established_title = <!-- Established --><br />
| established_date = <br />
| founder = <br />
| named_for = <br />
| government_type = <br />
| governing_body = <br />
| unit_pref = Metric<br />
| area_footnotes = <br />
| area_rank = <br />
| area_total_km2 = 20<br />
| elevation_footnotes = <br />
| elevation_m = 22<br />
| population_total = 12273<br />
| population_as_of = <br />
| population_rank = <br />
| population_density_km2 = auto<br />
| population_demonym = <br />
| population_footnotes = <br />
| demographics_type1 = Languages<br />
| demographics1_title1 = Official<br />
| demographics1_info1 = [[Telugu language|Telugu]]<br />
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br />
| utc_offset1 = +5:30<br />
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]<br />
| postal_code = 532185<br />
| registration_plate_type = [[Vehicle registration plates of India|Vehicle Registration]]<br />
| registration_plate = [[List of RTO districts in India|AP30 (Former)]] 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 |accessdate=9 June 2019 |work=The New Indian Express |date=31 January 2019 |location=Vijayawada}}</ref><br />
| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency<br />
| blank1_info_sec1 = [[Srikakulam (Lok Sabha constituency)]]<br />
| blank2_name_sec1 = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency<br />
| blank2_info_sec1 = [[Srikakulam (Assembly constituency)]]<br />
| website = <br />
| footnotes = <br />
}}<br />
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'''Singupuram''' is a [[census town]] in the Indian state of [[Andhra Pradesh]]. '''Singupuram''' was originally called [[Singupuram|simhapura]].<br />
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== Geography ==<br />
It is located 9 kilometers(km) east of the district headquarters of [[Srikakulam|Srikakulam district]], and 100 km from the State capital [[Visakhapatnam]].<br />
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==Demographics==<br />
According to the 2011 census of India, Singupuram had a population of 12,273 with 2,774 households.<br />
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==Healthcare==<br />
A Primary Health Centre (PHC) is located there along with four to five private hospitals.<br />
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==Transport==<br />
[[National Highway 16 (India)|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.<br />
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[[State Highway 37 (Andhra Pradesh)|SH37]] connects Singupuram town with [[Parvathipuram, Andhra Pradesh|Parvathipuram]], [[Veeraghattam]], [[Palakonda]], [[Kalingapatnam]].<br />
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==Education==<br />
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=== Colleges ===<br />
* Gurajada Education<br />
* Vaishnavi engineering college<br />
* SISTAM engineering college<br />
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=== Schools ===<br />
* ZPHS<br />
* M.P.P School<br />
* Kgvb Srikakulam<br />
* Sarada Vidyaniketan<br />
* Kv singupuram<br />
* Shiva Sivani Public School<br />
* Vidatri vidyalayam<br />
* Keshava Reddy School<br />
* Gayatri school<br />
* Kendriya Vidyalayam<br />
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==Politics==<br />
Two days before polling in the 2004 elections, [[Kinjarapu Yerran Naidu]] survived an assassination attempt by [[Naxalite]]s ([[Maoists]]) who attempted to bomb his vehicle in Singupuram.<ref>{{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}}</ref> Following his re-election, he was made the party leader in the [[Lok Sabha]]. <br />
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==Gallery==<br />
<gallery><br />
File:Singupuram view.jpg<br />
File:Singupuram3.jpg<br />
File:Singupuram4.jpg<br />
File:Singupuram5.jpg<br />
File:Singupuram6.jpg<br />
</gallery><br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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[[Category: Cities and towns in Srikakulam district]]<br />
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{{Srikakulam-geo-stub}}</div>
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