Jagannadhapuram, Krishna district

Jagannadhapuram
Jagannadhapuram
	Village
	Road to Kanchikacherla
	Jagannadhapuram Location in Andhra Pradesh, India Jagannadhapuram Jagannadhapuram (India)
	Coordinates: 16.728669°N 80.409776°E
Country	India
State	Andhra Pradesh
Region	Krishna
Government
• Type	Gram panchayat
• Body	Jagannadhapuram Grama panchayat
Area [1]
• Total	2.82 km2 (1.09 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
• Total	784
• Density	280/km2 (720/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Telugu
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Pincode(s)	521181
Vehicle registration	AP 16

Jagannadhapuram is a village in Krishna District of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located in veerullapadu mandal of Vijayawada revenue division.[1]

History

It is believed that a man named "jagannadham" first settled in this village along with his family.It is from him that the village acquired its name. Initially Hindus from ponnavaram settled in jagannadhapuram. After them families of Thanam, Thumma, Syamala, Bandi, Udumula, Thirumalareddy, Yeruva came from Paatibandla in Guntur district and settled here. Merugumala, vemula Singu Raju families also live here.

Christianity and Hinduism are major religions that are followed.

Politics

The Gram panchayat seat was won by YSR Congress Party.

Jagannadhapuram, Krishna district under Veerullapadu mandal is represented by Nandigama (SC) (Assembly constituency), which in turn represents Vijayawada (Lok Sabha constituency) of Andhra Pradesh. The present MLA representing Nandigama (SC) (Assembly constituency) is Tangirala Sowmya of Telugu Desam Party.

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References

"District Census Handbook - Krishna" (PDF). Census of India. p. 16,388. Retrieved 17 February 2016.

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[census-1] "District Census Handbook - Krishna" (PDF). Census of India. p. 16,388. Retrieved 17 February 2016.