Chodavaram is a town in Anakapalli district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The town is located on the country's east coast.It falls under Visakhapatnam Metropolitan Region Development Authority. The town has one of the largest cooperative Sugar factories in state.
The original name of the town was Chola Varam. The Chola dynasty (300 BC to 1279 AD), at that time rulers of Tamil Nadu and coastal Andhra Pradesh, founded Chola Varam as a border post en route to the Gajapathi kingdom of Orissa.
As of the census of 2011, the town's population was 20,251, composed of 9,868 males and 10,383 females. The sex ratio was 1,052; versus a state average was 993. 2,035 children were aged 0–6, comprising 10.05% of Chodavaram's population and creating a child sex ratio of approximately 951; the state average is 939.
The literacy rate in the town of Chodavaram is approximately 77.49%; the state rate is 67.02%. The town has a vast court complex headed by a senior magistrate.
Chodavaram is an assembly constituency. 154,712 voters were registered in the Chodavaram constituency along with Butchiyyapeta, Ravikamatham and Rolugunta, according to the 1999 elections. Chodavaram MLA constituency comes under Anakapalle parliament constituency.
Elected Members
1951 - Kandarpa Venkataramesam (KLP)
1955 - Reddi Jagannadham Naidu (Cong)
1967 - Sri Vechalapu Palavelly (Cong)
1972 - Sri Vechalapu Palavelly (Cong)
1978 - Emani Seetha Rama Sastry (Janata Party)
1983 - Gunuru Erri Naidu (Milatri Naidu) (TDP)
1985 - Gunuru Erri Naidu (Milatri Naidu) (TDP)
1989 - Balireddi Satya Rao (Cong)
1994 - Gunuru Erri Naidu (Milatri Naidu) (TDP)
1999 - Balireddi Satya Rao (Cong)
2004 - Ganta Srinivasa Rao (TDP)
2008 - Ganta Srinivasa Rao (resigned as MLA and joined in PRP)
2009 - KSNS Raju (TDP)
2014 - KSNS Raju (TDP)
2019 - Karanam Dharmasri (YSRCP)
Primary and secondary education is provided by the government, aided by private schools. Instruction is offered in English & Telugu. There are several government primary and upper primary schools present in this town.
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