Kavali is a town in Nellore district in Andhra Pradesh of India. It is one of the municipalities, and the second largest town in the district.
Contents
-
Etymology 1
-
Geography 2
-
Demographics 3
-
Assembly and parliament constituency 4
-
Transport 5
-
References 6
Etymology
Kavali is also known as Kanakapatnam meaning 'wealth will flow into this place' coined by Potuluri Virabrahmendra Swami and in the local language it means patrol. This name arises from the fact that in 1515, the Udayagiri king Harihara Rayulu stationed his army at this town.
Geography
Kavali is located at .[4] It has an average elevation of 17 metres (56 ft). Kavali is second biggest town in Nellore District of Andhra Pradesh State, India. Kavali is 8 km from the Bay of Bengal.
Demographics
As of 2011 Census of India, the town had a population of 82,336. The total population constitute, 41,018 males, 41,318 females and 7,735 children, in the age group of 0–6 years. The average literacy rate stands at 81.09% with 60,497 literates, significantly higher than the national average of 73.00%.[5]
Assembly and parliament constituency
Kavali is an assembly constituency in Andhra Pradesh. Kavali parliamentary constituency came into being in 1962 and was lost in 1977. This was due to the delimitation based on the population. Now it is a part of the Nellore parliament constituency. The reference is Kavali (Assembly constituency)
Transport
Kavali railway station is located on Howrah-Chennai main line. It is classified as a B–category station in the Vijayawada railway division of South Central Railway zone.[6] AH 45 through the town and is well connected by APSRTC buses from all parts of Nellore district. The nearest international airport is Anna International Airport and Tirupati Airport.
References
-
^ "Kavali Municipality" (PDF). Sri Potti Sri Ramulu Nellore District. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
-
^ "Elevation for Rajam". Veloroutes. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
-
^ "Census 2011". The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
-
^ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Kavali
-
^ "Chapter–3 (Literates and Literacy rate)" (PDF). Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
-
^ "Vijayawada Division – a profile" (PDF). Indian Railways. Retrieved 2013-02-13.
This article was sourced from Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. World Heritage Encyclopedia content is assembled from numerous content providers, Open Access Publishing, and in compliance with The Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act (FASTR), Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., Public Library of Science, The Encyclopedia of Life, Open Book Publishers (OBP), PubMed, U.S. National Library of Medicine, National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health (NIH), U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, and USA.gov, which sources content from all federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial government publication portals (.gov, .mil, .edu). Funding for USA.gov and content contributors is made possible from the U.S. Congress, E-Government Act of 2002.
Crowd sourced content that is contributed to World Heritage Encyclopedia is peer reviewed and edited by our editorial staff to ensure quality scholarly research articles.
By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. World Heritage Encyclopedia™ is a registered trademark of the World Public Library Association, a non-profit organization.