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Tehsil Bhimavaram, District West Godavari (Bhimavaram). Andhra Pradesh, Bharat

Bhimavaram is the second Biggest Town in West Godavari District (First comes the Eluru, the district head quarters). and major town of nearest places. It is also mandal HQ (mandal code-36)and there are 16 villages under this mandal.

Bhimavaram is a town and mandal in the West Godavari District in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. Bhimavaram is located at 16.5333° N 81.5333° E.[1] It has an average elevation of 5 meters (19 feet).

Religious places:
* Gunupudi Somarama temple, one of the five Pancharamas. Built during the 3rd century A.D., the Shivalinga in the temple is believed to assume a black-cum-brown colour on no-moon day and becomes whitish on full-moon day. The prathista of the Shivalinga is by MOON GOD.
* Mavullamma temple Mavullamma is the Godess of Bhimavaram(Mavullamma Festival Starts on 14 th January of every year and runs for 30 days)
* Bhimeshvara (the name of the town is derived from it)
* Sri Aadhilakshmi Rajyalakshmi Poleramma Ammavari Temple in Gunupudi
* Sri Dasaanjaneya, Vigneshwara, Kanakadurga & Saibaba Temples at New Bus Stand
* Datta Kshetram
* Subbarayudu Temple
* Venkateswara Temple (near Nataraj Theater and another in Narasimhapuram)
* Jain Temple at PeddaAmiram (one of its kind in the whole of AP).

*Bhimavaram is well known for its aqua culture and paddy fields in its surrounded villages , it is the centre of trade for more than 300 villages.
* The northern part of Bhimavaram is known as ONE TOWN and the southern Part TWO TOWN.
* This is one of the important commercial towns in West Godavari district.
* The place is well connected by bus (Old bus stand located in Two town and New Bus stand located in One Town) and train routes (Town Station in Two town and Junction Railway Station located in One Town).
* It is located 455 km from Hyderabad, 270 km from Visakhapatnam and 103km from Vijayawada.
* The town has some well known textile shops like Bommana, Naresh and Shyam Silks
* Bhimavaram is an assembly constituency in Andhra Pradesh. There are 1,77,470 registered voters in Bhimavaram constituency in 1999 elections.

* 2004 - Grandhi Srinivas is the Present MLA who represents INC

* Education: Bhimavaram is also a town renowned for the several educational institutes that are here.It is also called second BARDOLI. Some of the prominent Schools & Colleges in this town are listed here:
* 1. DNR Educational Institutions
* 2. SRKR Engineering College
* 3. KGRL College
* 4. B V Raju Educational Society
* 5. Dr.CSN Educational Trust
* 6. St.Mary's High School
* 7. Bhartiya Vidhya Bhavans
* 8. Seetha Polytechnic College
* 9. Visvakavi School


Agriculture: Bhimavaram is one of the biggest centres for aquaculture (fish and prawn farming) in India. Traditionally this area has been a large producer of paddy (rice), but more recently many farmers are shifting to fish culture.nn PanchayatsnnThere are 25 village panchayats in Bhimavaram mandal.


For completed details about BHIMAVARAM- Connect to www.bhimavaraminfo.com
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhimavaram
Nearby cities:
Coordinates:   16°32'35"N   81°31'17"E

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