Country India District Srikakulam Time zone IST (UTC+5:30) Local time Friday 5:35 PM | State Andhra Pradesh Talukas Pathapatnam PIN 532213 | |
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Pathapatnam is a town in Srikakulam district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Pathapatnam is located on the border of Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh and Gajapati district of Orissa. Parlakimidi, the headquarters of Gajapthi District, can be considered as twin town of Pathapatnam because of its close proximity. It is located around 65 km from srikakulam.
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Map of Pathapatnam, Andhra Pradesh
Geography
Pathapatnam is located at 18.7500°N 84.0833°E / 18.7500; 84.0833. It has an average elevation of 82 meters (272 feet). It is located on the banks of Mahendratanaya river which is a tributary of Vamsadhara River
Demographics
Pathapatnam is a town located in Pathapatnam mandal of Srikakulam district, Andhra Pradesh with total 3797 families residing. The Pathapatnam village has population of 15954 of which 7919 are males while 8035 are females as per Population Census 2011.
In Pathapatnam village population of children with age 0-6 is 1468 which makes up 9.20 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pathapatnam village is 1015 which is higher than Andhra Pradesh state average of 993. Child Sex Ratio for the Pathapatnam as per census is 955, higher than Andhra Pradesh average of 939.
Pathapatnam village has higher literacy rate compared to Andhra Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Pathapatnam village was 78.57 % compared to 67.02 % of Andhra Pradesh. In Pathapatnam Male literacy stands at 85.24 % while female literacy rate was 72.04 %.
As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Pathapatnam village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village.
Transport
Pathapatnam can be reached by train via the Naupada-Gunupur branch line. The railway station is Pathapatnam (PHM) station of East Coast Railway Zone. It is connected to Howrah-Chennai main line.
Assembly constituency
Pathapatnam is an assembly constituency in Andhra Pradesh. There are 1,27,757 registered voters in this constituency in 1999 elections. It consists of 5 mandals.
- Pathapatnam
- Hiramandalam
- Meliaputti
- Lakshminarasupeta
- Kothuru
List of Elected Members: