Konaseema

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Lush green fields of Konaseema Andhra Pradesh India

Konaseema (Telugu: ) is a delta located in the East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh, India. This delta is surrounded on all sides by waters (of Godavari and the Bay of Bengal). Konaseema is very near to the District head quarters Kakinada. Konaseema is famous for its scenic greenery and vedic scholars. The origin of the name may be from Telugu word "Kona" meaning corner which resembles its shape. The northern side is bounded by Gautami Godavari and southern side is bounded by Vasista Godavari. It is one of most fertile lands present in Coromandel Coast. The entire region is rich in Coconut trees, Mango groves, Cashew and paddy fields. Until the 1996 cyclone which hit the area badly, the delta is also renowned for its coconut production. Even now, Konaseema is known after its coconut production and hence goes the phrase Konaseema Kobbaraaku which signifies the prominence of Konaseema in coconut production. One of the most significant components of Konaseema culture is the food; a unique part of the cuisine is its reliance on abundant local produce and sea food. There are delicacies made using Plantain flowers. During the religious festival of "Kaartika Maasam" women wake up before dawn, pray at a temple and light small lamps made of cotton dipped in cow ghee placed in a plantain stem and left floating in the canals. Floating lights, hundreds of them, light up canals.
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1 History 2 Culture

3 Tourist attractions 4 Colloquial terms used in Konaseema 5 External links

[edit]History
Konaseema is a delta located in the East Godavari and West Godavari districts of Andhra Pradesh, India. This delta is surrounded on all sides by waters (of Godavari and the Bay of Bengal). Konaseema is famous for its scenic greenery and vedic scholars. The origin of the name may be from Telugu word "Kona" meaning corner which resembles its shape. The northern side is bounded by Gautami Godavari and southern side is bounded by Vasista Godavari. It is one of most fertile lands present in Coromandel Coast. The entire region is rich in Coconut trees, Mango grooves, numerous canals, backwaters, Temples and Traditions.

[edit]Culture
The culture of konaseema is rich traditional culture of Andhra. The culture of konaseema is typical rural culture of Andhra region. Even, the dialect of Telugu spoken here is distinct from other regions of Andhra Pradesh. The festivals of Rathotsavam (for Lord Vishnu) and Prabhala Teertham (for Lord Shiva) are famous all through the region. Most famous of Rathotsavam festivals are: Antarvedi teerthamand Yanam teertham. Most famous of Prabhala Teerthams are: Jaggannathota teertham, Kothapeta teertham,Muktheswaram teertham and Chintalooru teertham. The Subhramanya Sasti teerthams in Amalapuram and Kadili are also very famous. Konaseema is known for its green Coconut orchards, lushgreen Paddy fields and numerous canals. Apart from these Konaseema is also famous for cultivation of turmeric and a kind of Yam called Kanda. Last but not the least, Konaseema is famous for Veda-pandits, the Godavari River and the hospitality of the people. The inhabitants of Konaseema adopted a highly sustainable life-style. For example, every part of a coconut tree is used: from roots to the leaves and everything in between. This could probably be explained by the geographic isolation from the mainland. Before the construction of critical bridge infrastructure connecting to the mainland, water-based transportation was the only option. This relative isolation led to Konaseema people becoming extremely efficient at resource usage. And SANKRATHI Also is a Big Festival of 3 days festival on 3rd day Prabharatheredham is a very good festival in Konaseema.

[edit]Tourist

attractions

Light house middle of mangrove forest Andhra Pradesh India

Konaseema is a very scenic delta and has a very rich mangrove forest along the east coast. One of the main attractions being the light house in the middle of mangrove forest. The light house has stairs inside and is filled with fruit bats. Only way to reach this light house is by boat. One can see number of rare birds on the way to this light house.

[edit]Colloquial

terms used in Konaseema

Revu - A place on bank of the river to get onto the boats. Godaari - River Godavari. Lanka - Island. Dibba/Tippa - Small piece of land formed in rivers (Small islands). Metta - Very small islands, when grown in size referred as Tippa/Dibba. Peta/Palem - Village/Town. Kotha - Soil erosion. Aatu - High tide. Potu - Low tide. Aay - Meaning Yes Pantu - A corruption or adoptation of word Pontoon into Telugu. It is a raft which is used to transport people and even big vehicles across the river.

The major towns which constitute Konaseema are Amalapuram, Ravulapalem, Razole, Mummidivaram, and Kothapeta. Other important centers

are Uppalaguptam, Katrenikona, Mamidikuduru,Appanapalli, Ambhajipeta Komaragiripatnam and Challapalli etc., Komaragiripatnam is one of the picnic spot (Beach) in konasema

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West Godavari district

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West Godavari District

"Granary of India"

district

Eluru Location of West Godavari District in India

Coordinates

162548N 810524ECoordinates: 162548N 810524E

Country

India

State

Andhra Pradesh

District(s)

West Godavari

Capital

Eluru

Collector & District Magistrate

Smt.Dr. G. Vani Mohan , IAS

Population

3,934,782

 Density

Sub divisions Municipalities Nagara Panchayat No Mandals

= 4 = 8 = 1 = 46 (2011)

508 /km2 (1,316 /sq mi) Official languages Telugu

Time zone

IST (UTC+05:30)

Area

7,742 square kilometres (2,989 sq mi)

Climate Precipitation Temperature Summer Winter Codes[show]

Aw (Kppen)
1,115 mm (43.9 in) 26.0 C (78.8 F) 45.9 C (114.6 F) 23.5 C (74.3 F)

Website

www.westgodavari.org

Districts of Andhra Pradesh

West Godavari District (Telugu: ) is one of the 23 districts of Andhra Pradesh, India. Eluru, is the district headquarter. The district had a population of 3,934,782 of which 19.74% were urban as of 2011[1]. Other important places in the district are Akividu, Achanta, Achanta Vemavaram, Bhimavaram, Ganapavaram, Narsapur, Palakollu, Penugonda,Kovvur, Nidadavole, Tallapudi, Ta nuku, Tadepalligudem, Attili, Jangareddigudem, Koyyalagudem, navuduru, Polavaram and Pappikondallu. "Yaantiki" is the official word of WestGodavari. The district is in the delta region of the Krishna and Godavari rivers. Khammam District lies to the north, East Godavari District to the east, the Bay of Bengal to the south, and Krishna District to the west.
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1 History 2 Geography

2.1 Climate

3 Economy

3.1 Househo ld indicators

4 Divisions

4.1 Constitu encies

4.2 Municipa l Corporation

4.3 Municipa lities

4.4 Nagar Panchayat

4.5 Mandals

5 Tourist Places 6 Demographics 7 References

8 External links

edit]History

Eluru (also called Helapuri) was a part of the Buddhist kingdom of Vengi. The Eastern Chalukyas ruled coastal Andhra from 700 to 1200, with Vengi,near the village of Pedavegi, as their capital. Historical evidences are found at the villages of Pedavegi and Guntupalli (Jilakarragudem). Eluru then became a part of the Kalinga Empire until 1471. Later it fell into the hands of the Gajapathis. In 1515 Srikrishnadevaraya captured it. After the fall of the Vijayanagara Kingdom, it was taken by the Sultan of Golkonda, Kutub Shah. In the year 1925, West Godavari District was formed with Eluru as its Headquarters and all the district offices and regional offices were set up in Eluru town.

edit]Geography
comparatively equivalent to Papua New Guinea'sNew Ireland.[2]

West Godavari district occupies an area of approximately 7,700 square kilometres (3,000 sq mi),
[1]

[edit]Climate

An upland scene

The region mostly has a tropical climate like the rest of the Coastal Andhra region. The summers (MarchJune) are very hot and humid with practically non-existent winters. The rainy season (JulyJan) is the best time to visit this place with the fields brilliantly green with paddy crops, rivulets flowing with water and the sun shining brightly, but not burning as it does in the summer. The regions has long been home to Indian nobles due to its climate and fertile soil, and several zamindar mansions are scattered around the Godavari area.

edit]Economy

West Godavari District has a richly cultivated land, divided into Delta and uplands. In Delta, coconut, lemon, rice farming and aquaculture is practiced. In uplands oil palm, tobacco, cotton, sugar cane, corn, cashew, mango, banana, and other fruit farming is practiced. Cotton barrage built on River Godavari at Dhavaleswaram channelling two canals, in which one canal is passing through West Godavari and making the soil fertile. In the coastal belt of the district, a large portion of prawns and fish is exported to Japan, and the United States. Eluru is the bigest city in West Godavari District. It is famous for its thriving woolen pile carpet industry. Bhimavaram is a hub for Prawns export. It is the Richest Town in the State of Andhra Pradesh. Vendra paper mills in Bhimavaram, Foods, fertilizers & fats in Tadepalligudem are few to note. Andhra Sugars in Tanuku is a famous sugar factory in Andhra. The district is neglected for industrialization despite availability of raw materials. ONGC started exploration activities in 1980 in the Krishna Godavari basin. Reliance & Cairn are making efforts to extract oil and gas. West Godavari is popularly known as the Granary of India since about 50% of the state's rice production comes from the district. Though the whole country suffers from drought, the district never faces such conditions

[edit]Household

indicators

In 20072008 the International Institute for Population Sciences interviewed 999 households in 48 villages across the district.[3] They found that 93.2% had access to electricity, 98.1% had drinking water, 56.7% toilet facilities, and 33.2% lived in a pucca (permanent) home.[3] 28.4% of girls wed before the legal age of 18[4] and 86.4% of interviewees carried a BPL card.[3]

edit]Divisions

[edit]Constituencies
Earlier there had been two Parliamentary Constituencies and 16 Assembly Constituencies. The Constituencies Delimitation Committee has reduced that to 15 and now there are two parliamentary and 15 Assembly constituencies in West Godavari district. The parliamentary constituencies are Eluru and Narsapur. The Assembly constituencies[5] are Achanta, Bhimavaram, Chintalapudi, Denduluru, Eluru, Gopalapuram, Kovvur, Nidadavole, Narsapur, Palakollu,Polavaram, Tadepalligudem, Tanuku, Undi and Unguturu.

[edit]Municipal

Corporation

1 Eluru

[edit]Municipalities

1 Bhimavaram Population:142064 (2011 cences)

2 Tadepalligudem Population:103577 3 Tanuku Population:72970 4 Palakole Population:76308 5 Narasapuram Population:58604 6 Nidadavolu Population:43143 7 Kovvur Population:39372

[edit]Nagar

Panchayat

1 Jangareddygudem Population:37961

[edit]Mandals

1 Jeelugumilli 2 Buttayagudem 3 Polavaram 4 Thallapudi 5 Gopalapuram 6 Koyyalagudem 7 Jangareddigudem 8 T.Narasapuram 9 Chintalapudi 10 Lingapalem 11 Kamavarapukota 12 Dwarakatirumala 13 Nallajerla 14 Devarapalle 15 Chagallu 16 Kovvur 17 Nidadavole 18 Tadepalligudem 19 Unguturu

20 Bhimadole 21 Pedavegi 22 Pedapadu 23 Eluru 24 Denduluru 25 Nidamarru 26 Ganapavaram 27 Pentapadu 28 Tanuku 29 Undrajavaram 30 Peravali 31 Iragavaram 32 Attili 33 Undi 34 Akiveedu 35 Kalla 36 Bheemavaram 37 Palakoderu 38 Veeravasaram 39 Penumantra 40 Penugonda 41 Achanta 42 Poduru 43 Palakol 44 Yelamanchili 45 Narasapuram 46 Mogalthur

edit]Tourist Places

Eluru Eluru is the District Head Quarter of West Godavari District.Janardhana Swamy Temple, Jalapahareswara Swamy Temple, Venkateswara Swamy Temple, Sri Kanaka Durga Temple, Ambica Devi Temple,sanivarapu peta galigopuram,NAM Datta Natha Kshetra are the temples located in the city to Visit. Eluru is Connected well connected with Rail and Road. The Nearest Airport to Eluru is Gannavaram Airport(40 KM) which is connected with flights from Delhi, Hyderabad and Chennai. Hyderabad-345 KM, Visakhapatnam-300 KM, Vijayawada-65 KM.

Kolleru Lake 15 km from Eluru - Kolleru Lake is the largest freshwater lake. Between Krishna and Godavari delta Kolleru is located. Spanning into two districts - Krishna and West Godavari.Siberian and Australian birds visit this lake during summer.

Papi Hills near Polavaram Polavaram Project Dwaraka Tirumala Temple - Also called Chinna Tirupathi. It is temple of Lord Venkateswara Swamy Somaramam - One of the Pancharama kshetra in Bhimavaram Ksheeraramam - One of the Pancharama kshetra in Palakol Guntupally Caves - Buddist site - near Kamavarapukota Perupalem Beach of Mogalthur Mandal Pattiseema, on the bank of the River Godavari - famous for Sri Veerabhadra Swamy Temple. It is a movie shooting spot.

Chinchinada bridge - connecting West Godavari and Konaseema of East Godavari District. NattaRameswaram - famous Sri Rameswaraswamy Devasthanam near Attili Subramanyeswara Swamy Devasthanam in Attili Sri Maddi Anjaneya Swamy Devasthanam - 5 km from Jangareddygudem and 20 km from Dwaraka Tirumala

MavullammaThalli Devasthanam famous temple in Bhimavaram Longest Rail cum Road Bridge (Kovvur and Rajahmundry) connecting East and West Godavari Districts

edit]Demographics

According to the 2011 census West Godavari district has a population of 3,934,782 ,[6] roughly equal to the nation of Liberia[7] or the US state of Oregon.[8] This gives it a ranking of 61st in India (out of a total of 640).
[6]

The district has a population density of 508 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,320 /sq mi) .[6] Its population

growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 3.45 %.[6] West Godavari has a sex ratio of 1004 females for every 1000 males,[6] and a literacy rate of 74.32 %.[6]

Religion in West godavari

Religion Percent

Hinduis m Others

99% 1%

Distribution of religions

edit]References
1. ^ Srivastava, Dayawanti et al. (ed.) (2010). "States and Union Territories: Andhra Pradesh:
Government". India 2010: A Reference Annual (54th ed.). New Delhi, India: Additional Director General, Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India), Government of India. pp. 1111 1112.ISBN 978-81-230-1617-7.

2. ^ "Island Directory Tables: Islands by Land Area". United Nations Environment Program. 1998-02-18.
Retrieved 2011-10-11. "New Ireland 7,404km2"

3. ^ a b c "District Level Household and Facility Survey (DLHS-3), 2007-08: India. Andhra
Prades" (PDF). International Institute for Population Sciences andMinistry of Health and Family Welfare. 2010. Retrieved 2011-10-03.

4. ^ "How Do I? : Obtain Marriage Certificate". National Portal Content Management Team, National
Informatics Centre. 2005. Retrieved 2011-10-03. "To be eligible for marriage, the minimum age limit is 21 for males and 18 for females."

5. ^ District-wise Assembly-Constituencies in Andhra Pradesh 6. ^ a b c d e f "District Census 2011". Census2011.co.in. 2011. Retrieved 2011-09-30. 7. ^ US Directorate of Intelligence. "Country Comparison:Population". Retrieved 2011-10-01. "Liberia
3,786,764 July 2011 est."

8. ^ "2010 Resident Population Data". U. S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2011-09-30. "Oregon 3,831,074"
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: West Godavari district

Official site West Godavari (district) travel guide from Wikitravel

District profile at AP Online. Godavari district temples map [2]

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