Mylavaram | |
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 Fields near Mylavaram | |
  Mylavaram Location in Andhra Pradesh, India  Mylavaram Mylavaram (India) | |
| Coordinates: 16°47′00″N 80°38′00″E / 16.7833°N 80.6333°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Andhra Pradesh |
| District | NTR |
| Government | |
| • Type | Grama panchayat |
| • Body |
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| • Sarpanch | Garikapati Manju Bhargavi |
| • MLA | Vasantha Krishna Prasad (TDP) |
| • MP | Kesineni Chinni (TDP) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 14.57 km2 (5.63 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 47 m (154 ft) |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
| • Total | 21,763 |
| • Density | 1,500/km2 (3,900/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Telugu |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 521230 |
| Vehicle registration | AP16 |
| Nearest city | Vijayawada |
Mylavaram is a town and suburb of Vijayawada in the NTR district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located in Mylavaram mandal of Vijayawada revenue division.[3] Mylavaram town has higher literacy rate compared to Andhra Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Mylavaram village was 69% compared to 67.02% of Andhra Pradesh.[4]
Mylavaram Mandal serves as one of the neighboring mandals to Telangana State, sharing its borders. The town is traversed by the National Highway NH-30, formerly known as NH-221. Within Mylavaram town, notable residential areas include Tarakarama Nagar (Devuni Cheruvu), Bandhagar, Ramakrishna Colony, Balayogi Nagar, Santhi Nagar, NSP Colony, Chandra Babu Nagar, Old town, and Pura Gutta Colony.
Geography[edit | edit source]
Mylavaram is located at 16°47′00″N 80°38′00″E / 16.7833°N 80.6333°E. It has an average elevation of 47 metres (157 feet).
Economy[edit | edit source]
Agriculture produce includes Banginapalli, Totapuri and other varieties of mangoes in the abundant Mango orchards of Mylavaram.[5] These are exported to cities namely Dubai, Hongkong, London and Singapore.[6]
Assembly constituency[edit | edit source]
Mylavaram falls in Mylavaram (Assembly constituency) is an assembly constituency of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly.[7] Vasantha Krishna Prasad of Telugu Desam Party is the current MLA.
Education[edit | edit source]
Mylavaram has Lakireddy Bali Reddy College of Engineering (LBRCE). It also has Lakiredyy Hanimi Reddy Government Degree College and Vemuluri Venkata Ratnam Government Junior College. [8]
See also[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "District Census Handbook - Krishna" (PDF). Census of India. p. 16,226. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
- ↑ "Census 2011". The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
- ↑ "Krishna District: Administrative Setup". Krishna District Government. Archived from the original on 22 April 2012.
- ↑ "Mylavaram village population-Krishna, Andhra Pradesh".
- ↑ Srinivas, Rajulapudi (30 April 2013). "Bumper harvest of mangoes likely". The Hindu. Nuzvid (Krishna District). Retrieved 17 July 2015.
- ↑ B. MADHU GOPAL (26 May 2003). "Mangoes up for grabs". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 11 June 2003. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
- ↑ "Constituencies of Andhra Pradesh". 2001.
- ↑ "LAKIREDDY BALI REDDY COLLEGE OF ENGG". www.lbrce.ac.in. Retrieved 12 December 2018.