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Bapatla
Bapatla is a town and District headquarters of Bapatla district of the
Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a municipality and the mandal Bapatla
headquarters of Bapatla mandal of Tenali revenue division. The nearest Bhavapatta, Bhavapattu,
towns and cities to Bapatla are Tenali, Guntur, Chirala and Ponnur of 51 km, Bhavapattana, Bhavapuri
61 km, 17 km and 22 km respectively.[6][2]
Town
Contents
Etymology
Geography
Bapatla
Climate
Demographics
Governance
Civic administration
Utility services Location in Andhra Pradesh, India
Politics Coordinates: 15°54′16″N 80°28′3″E
Economy Country India
Culture State Andhra Pradesh
Transport District Bapatla
Mandal Bapatla
Education and research Named for Bhavanarayana
Research and defense establishments Swamy
Air Force base Government[1]
Notable people • Type Municipal council
• Body Bapatla Municipality
See also
• MLA Kona Raghupathi
References
Area[2]
• Total 17.92 km2 (6.92 sq mi)
Geography Vehicle
registration
AP–07
The town experiences tropical climate with the average annual temperatures bapatla.cdma.ap.gov.in
records at 28.4 °C (83.1 °F). Hot summers and cool winters are observed /en (http://bapatla.cdm
due to its proximity to the coast of Bay of Bengal. It receives both South west a.ap.gov.in/en),
manabapatla.info (htt
monsoon and North-east monsoon as well.[11] The precipitation is very high p://manabapatla.info)
with an annual rainfall of about 854 millimetres (34 in) and the month of
October receives a maximum rainfall of 197 millimetres (8 in).[12] It is most affected by the cyclonic storms that
occur on the east coast.[13]
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record 35.0
35.4
39.3
43.6
47.4
47.0
40.8
41.0
38.7
36.0
34.9
33.2
47.4
high °C (°F) (95.0) (95.7) (102.7) (110.5) (117.3) (116.6) (105.4) (105.8) (101.7) (96.8) (94.8) (91.8) (117.3)
Average 29.4
30.7
32.4
34.0
37.7
37.3
34.6
33.6
33.1
31.6
30.2
29.5
32.8
high °C (°F) (84.9) (87.3) (90.3) (93.2) (99.9) (99.1) (94.3) (92.5) (91.6) (88.9) (86.4) (85.1) (91.0)
Average 17.4
19.2
22.1
25.6
27.5
27.1
25.8
25.3
25.1
23.8
20.9
18.2
23.2
low °C (°F) (63.3) (66.6) (71.8) (78.1) (81.5) (80.8) (78.4) (77.5) (77.2) (74.8) (69.6) (64.8) (73.8)
°C (°F) (52.9) (53.2) (58.6) (67.3) (61.0) (71.1) (70.3) (68.7) (65.1) (64.2) (54.3) (56.5) (52.9)
Average
15.5
13.5
7.9
13.2
38.0
95.6
140.0
171.2
187.0
190.8
106.8
32.5
1,012
rainfall mm
(0.61) (0.53) (0.31) (0.52) (1.50) (3.76) (5.51) (6.74) (7.36) (7.51) (4.20) (1.28) (39.84)
(inches)
Average
0.7 0.6 0.2 0.6 1.7 5.5 8.0 9.3 9.0 8.8 4.2 1.4 49.8
rainy days
Average
relative
humidity 65 66 68 70 60 54 62 66 73 77 74 67 67
(%)
(at 17:30 IST)
Demographics
As of 2011 Census of India, the town had a population of 70,777 with 18,216 households. The total population
constituted 34,385 males and 36,392 females —a sex ratio of 1058 females per 1000 males, higher than the national
average of 940 per 1000.[16] 6,182 children were in the age group of 0–6 years, of which 3,156 were boys and 3,026
were girls—a ratio of 959 per 1000. The average literacy rate stood at 80.67% with 52,106 literates, significantly
higher than the national average of 73.00%.[2][17]
Governance
Civic administration
Bapatla Municipality was established in 1951. It oversees the civic needs of the town like, water supply, sewage, and
garbage collection. It is a Grade–I municipality which has an extent of 17.92 km2 (6.92 sq mi) with 34 wards.[1]
Utility services
Kommamuru and Poondla channels of the Krishna Western Delta system provide irrigation water to Bapatla and the
surrounding areas.[18]
Politics
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Bapatla, being a part of Bapatla mandal, falls under Bapatla assembly constituency of Andhra Pradesh Legislative
Assembly. Kona Raghupathi of YSR Congress Party is the present MLA of the constituency.[19] The assembly
segment is in turn a part of Bapatla (SC) lok sabha constituency and the present MP is Nandhigam Suresh of the
YSR Congress Party.[20][21]
Economy
Aquaculture and agriculture are the main occupations of the coastal areas of the town. Aquaculture involves
pisciculture and the farming is dominant with paddy cultivation.[22][11] The Cairn India have conducted oil drilling
onshore of Bapatla which is a part of KG basin stretch.[23]
Tourism also plays a role in generating revenue with the presence of Suryalanka Beach near the town, operated by
the Andhra Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation.[24]
Culture
The Clock Tower, built in 1948, was demolished for road extension and started to be rebuilt in December 2017.[25]
The Edward Coronation Memorial Town Hall was built in 1905 in coronation of the then Emperor of India, Edward
VII.[26]
The town has various religious structures depicting the presence of different worshipers, such as Bhavanarayana
Temple and Centenary Baptist Zion Church[27][25]
The Suryalanka Beach connected by the Beach Road of the town hosts the Bhavapuri Beach Festival.[24]
Transport
The town has a total road length of 165.50 km (102.84 mi).[28]
Until 1993, Vijaya Krishna Bus Service was the sole operator in Bapatla. APSRTC started operations in 1994 with its
bus services to various parts of the state from Bapatla bus station.[29] The town has frequent buses to Vijayawada,
Guntur, Ponnur, Repalle and Chirala.[30][31]
The National Highway 216 passes through the town, which connects Digamarru and Ongole.[32] State Highway 48
also known as Guntur-Bapatla-Chirala (G.B.C) Road passes through Ponnur and connects the town with the district
headquarters, Guntur.
Bapatla railway station is located on the Howrah-Chennai main line of Indian Railways. It is a B–category station
and was recognised as an Adarsh station in the Vijayawada railway division of South Central Railway zone.[33]
The town has many schools, colleges and universities. The Agricultural College
was established on 11 July 1945 by Government of Composite Madras State. It is
the oldest of all the colleges under Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural Bapatla Engineering College
University.[36] Bapatla Engineering College, College of Agricultural Engineering
under Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University, College of Food Science and
Technology,[37] Bapatla Polytechnic College,[38] and Bapatla College of Arts & Sciences[39] are other prominent
ones.
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An automatic weather station of India Meteorological Department is located in the town which records the
temperatures.[40] BPT 5204 (rice variety of Sona Masuri), BPT 2270 (Bhavapuri Sannalu) and BPT 2231 (Akshaya)
were developed at this rice research unit.[41][42] There are also a number of research institutes of this agricultural
university, such as the AICRP on Betelvine, and a cashew research station.[43]
Suryalanka Indian Air Force base on the shore of the Bay of Bengal is located near Bapatla. The base carries out
activities such as testing missiles and guided weapon firing range.[44]
Notable people
Pawan Kalyan, Indian actor
See also
List of urban local bodies in Andhra Pradesh
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