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{{Use Indian English|date=August 2018}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Sompeta
| native_name =
| native_name_lang = te
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| settlement_type = [[Census Town]]
| image_skyline = File:Sompeta railway station (January 2019).jpg
| image_alt =
| image_caption = Sompeta railway station
| pushpin_map = India Andhra Pradesh
| pushpin_label_position = left
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Andhra Pradesh, India
| coordinates = {{coord|18.93|N|84.6|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = [[India]]
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Andhra Pradesh]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Srikakulam district|Srikakulam]]
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| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes = <ref name=census>{{cite web|title=District Census Handbook - Srikakulam|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/2811_PART_B_DCHB_SRIKAKULAM.pdf|website=Census of India|accessdate=11 January 2016|pages=26–28, 54|format=PDF}}</ref>
| area_rank =
| area_total_km2 = 11.10
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| population_total = 18778
| population_as_of = 2011
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| population_density_km2 = auto
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Telugu language|Telugu]][తెలుగు]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 532284
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| area_code = +91.8947
| registration_plate_type = [[Vehicle registration plates of India|Vehicle registration]]
| registration_plate = [[List of RTO districts in India|AP-30 (former)]]<br /> AP–39 (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>
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'''Sompeta''' is a [[census town]] in [[Srikakulam district]] of the [[India]]n state of [[Andhra Pradesh]]. It is the mandal headquarters of Sompeta [[mandal]] in [[Tekkali revenue division]].<ref name=census /><ref>{{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=211|format=PDF}}</ref>

==Geography==
Sompeta is located at {{Coord|18.93|N|84.6|E|}}.<ref>[http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/2/Sompeta.html Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Sompeta]</ref> It has an average elevation of 8 metres (26 [[foot (length)|feet]]).

==Demographics==
Sompeta is a Census Town city in district of Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh. The Sompeta Census Town has population of 18,778 of which 8,968 are males while 9,810 are females as per report released by Census India 2011.

Population of Children with age of 0-6 is 1822 which is 9.70% of total population of Sompeta (CT). In Sompeta Census Town, Female Sex Ratio is of 1094 against state average of 993. Moreover Child Sex Ratio in Sompeta is around 947 compared to Andhra Pradesh state average of 939. Literacy rate of Sompeta city is 76.23% higher than state average of 67.02%. In Sompeta, Male literacy is around 84.55% while female literacy rate is 68.75%.

Sompeta Census Town has total administration over 4,605 houses to which it supplies basic amenities like water and sewerage. It is also authorized to build roads within Census Town limits and impose taxes on properties coming under its jurisdiction.

==Assembly constituency==
[[Sompeta (Assembly constituency)|Sompeta]] was an Assembly Constituency in Andhra Pradesh. However, Sompeta Assembly Constituency ceases to exist as an assembly constituency as per the [[boundary delimitation|delimitation process]]<ref>[http://www.delimitation-india.com/Final_Publications/Andhra%20Pradesh/Final%20Order%20of%20Andhra%20Pradesh.pdf Delimitation Commission of India.A.P.Final Order.May 2007]</ref> recently carried out. Part of the constituency includes Sompeta mandal will be part of [[Ichchapuram]] Assembly Constituency. The other part makes into the newly formed [[Palasa (Assembly constituency)|Palasa]] Assembly Constituency.
Smt. Chitrada Nagaratnam is Sarpanch of the Town. Chitrada Srinivasa Rao is present MPP of Sompeta .

'''List of elected members:'''
<ref>[http://www.eci.gov.in/electionanalysis/AE/S01/partycomp02.htm Election Commission of India.1978-2004 Election results] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930041209/http://www.eci.gov.in/electionanalysis/AE/S01/partycomp02.htm |date=2007-09-30 }}</ref>
*1951, 1955, 1962, 1967 and 1978 - [[Gouthu Latchanna]]
*1972 - [[Majji Thulasi Das]].<ref>[http://www.eci.gov.in/SR_KeyHighLights/SE_1972/Statittical_Report_Andhra_Pradesh_1972.pdf Election Commission of India.A.P.Assembly results.1972] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930094539/http://www.eci.gov.in/SR_KeyHighLights/SE_1972/Statittical_Report_Andhra_Pradesh_1972.pdf |date=2007-09-30 }}</ref>
*1983 - [[Majji Narayana Rao]]
*1985, 1989, 1994, 1999 and 2004 - [[Syama Sundara Sivaji]]
*2009 - Piria Sairaj
*2014,2019- Bendalam Ashok

==Education==
The primary and secondary school education is imparted by government, aided and private schools, under the ''School Education Department'' of the state.<ref>{{cite web|title=School Education Department|url=http://rmsaap.nic.in/Notification_TSG_2015.pdf|publisher=School Education Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh|access-date=7 November 2016|format=PDF|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161107220545/http://rmsaap.nic.in/Notification_TSG_2015.pdf|archive-date=7 November 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The Department of School Education - Official AP State Government Portal {{!}} AP State Portal|url=http://www.ap.gov.in/department/organizations/school-education/|website=www.ap.gov.in|access-date=7 November 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161107155331/http://www.ap.gov.in/department/organizations/school-education/|archive-date=7 November 2016|df=}}</ref> The medium of instruction followed by different schools are English, Telugu.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://ccbs.ntu.edu.tw/FULLTEXT/JR-ENG/ramdas.htm Samapa: Or the Asokan Kalinga]
* [https://www.fresherstore.com/sompeta-mandal-villages-list/ Someta Mandal Village List]

{{Srikakulam district}}
{{Mandal headquarters in Srikakulam district}}

[[Category:Census towns in Andhra Pradesh]]
[[Category:Mandal headquarters in Srikakulam district]]

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