Kavali

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district = Nellore
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Kavali is a small town and a municipality in Potti Sriramulu Nellore district on the east coast of India in the state of Andhra Pradesh. Though not exactly located on the seashore, it is fairly close to the Bay of Bengal with a beach 6 km from the town. It is the largest municipality after Nellore in the Nellore district. Its position on the Grand Trunk road and the east coast railway track (both of which connect Chennai and Kolkata along the east coast) helped its growth, more than the other towns in the Nellore district such as Udayagiri.

Kavali in the local tongue, Telugu means 'patrol'. This name arises from the fact that In 1515 Harihara rayulu Udayagiri Raja (king) stationed his army at this town. Being located between Nellore (Nellore District) and Ongole (Prakasam District), it shows local cultures and accents of both the districts.

The town houses the Jawahar Bharati College, an institute for higher education, which was a fairly reputed college in the decades before 1990s. It is also well known for the whole sale cloth business in the Coastal Andhra Pradesh. One can find a large number of whole sale cloth markets along the the most important road in the town, the Grand trunk road which passes right through the city.

A temple of the local divinity, Kalugollamma has a unique history and draws from from British construction techniques of building very strong buildings. It is built with a unique rock called Bontha Raayi found only in this region, which makes this town a unique town in the state of Andhra Pradesh.

Geography

Kavali is located at coord|14.92|N|79.98|E|. [ [http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/2/Kavali.html Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Kavali] ] It has an average elevation of 28 metres (91 feet).

Demographics

As of 2001 Kavali Engg college India census, [GR|India] Kavali had a population of 1,10,371. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Kavali has an average literacy rate of 72%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 78%, and female literacy is 65%. 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Entertainment

* There are six theatres in this town to screen the movies in local languages. Often, English and Hindi movies will be screened in these theators.The names of the same are MANASA;SPANDANA;SAI MAHAL;LATHA;VENKATESWARA;DEVI.
* Kavali Entertainment Network(KEN) provides the much needed entertainment to most of the citizens through their cable tv network and also very much famous here.
* Kavali is very near to sea shore. Ramayapatnam, which is 14 km from Kavali has a scenic lighthouse and is a nice place to visit. However, now a days the visitors are not allowed to climb the light house.
* There is a beautiful location of summer storage tank and its garden has to be seen.
* Viswodaya Institutions, spread over a 100 acres are also worth a visit.

Trivia

* Father of Andhra Sri. Potti Sriramulu from kavali(Juvvalapalem).
* The great writer, poet, artist.. is "Viswakarma Bhujangaraya Sarma" is from this town. He worked as principal to this jawahar bharathi college. He is a cine writer.
* One of the most famous actors of yester years, Sri Nagabhushanam ('raktakanneeru' fame) Rajanala are from this town.
* S.V Krishna Reddy Teacher L.V Krishna Reddy from this town.
* Heroine Mamatha who has acted in sunday,nagamanaidu from kavali.
* Very famous for cloth business, kavali known as Andhra Bombay / Second Mumbai in cloth market.
* Jawahar Bharathi is the 3rd best college in andhra pradesh.
* Shaik.Rafi who got two National Prizes to his books, from kavali.
* Gopal Kavalireddi hails from this village.

Economy

Kavali is a main trade centre for cloths and electrical poles. A large number of cloth markets that flank the grand trunk road form a large component of local economy. Many readymade garments factories run in this town. The people mainly depend on agriculture and dairy products.

Assembly Constituency

Kavali is an assembly constituency in Andhra Pradesh.

List of Elected Members:
*1951 and 1955 - Bathena Ramakrishna Reddy
*1962 - Yelampalli Penchalaiah
*1967 - G. Subba Naidu
*1972 - Gottipati Kondapa Naidu
*1983 - Patallapalli Vengal Rao
*1978, 1985, 1989 and 1994 - Kaliki Yanadi Reddy
*1999 - Vanteru Venugopal Reddy
*2004 - Magunta Parvathamma

Transport

The major railway line and highway (National Highway 5) that connects Chennai and Kolkata passes through Kavali, as a result of which Kavali is easily accessible by road and rail from all south Indian cities like Hyderabad, Chennai, Bangalore and Chirala. The nearest international airports are Chennai (215km south) and Tirupati (176km south-east). The proposed Nellore domestic airport is 40 km from Kavali.

Culture

Telugu is the most common language. Like much of Nellore district, it has a mixed culture due to its border with Prakasam district. Rice and seafood are the most consumed food in Kavali.

Education

SVU POST-GRADUATE Centre : KAVALI The Centre has four regular Departments: Commerce, Economics, Physics and Zoology and four Self-supporting Courses: M.C.A.,M.Sc. Computer Science, M.Sc. Mathematics and M.B.A.

Besides teaching, research (M.Phil & Ph.D.) is undertaken in Economics, Commerce, Physics and Zoology. Since inception 7,500 Post Graduates were produced, 110 Ph.D and 200 M.Phil degrees were awarded, 25 Books and nearly 1000 Research papers were published. Considerable number of Major and Minor Research Projects were completed with the assistance of various funding organizations - UGC, ICSSR, ICMR, DST, DBT, etc. kavali has also engineering colleges and other degree colleges.
[http://www.vitskavali.com/ PBR VITS] is a good engineering college in and around kavali.Two more engineering colleges are starting from the academic year 2008-2009.one is at mungamuru,a village near kavali and another one in the town.Kavali has also many schools,Junior colleges.

Places Nearby

Nellore - 56km
Ongole - 65km
Chirala - 130km
Vinjamuru - 48km
Kandukuru - 42km
S.Konda - 41km
Chennai - 216km
Vijayawada - 210
hyderbad - 450km
banglore - 600km

Banks

State Bank of India
State Bank of Hyderabad Syndicate Bank
Bank of India
Andhra Bank
ICICI Bank

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* [http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/2/Kavali.html Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Kavali]