Pendurthi or Pendurti is a village and a Mandal

Subdivisions of India

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 in Visakhapatnam district

Visakhapatnam district

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 in the state of Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh

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 in India

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Pendurti is part of Greater Visakha Municipal Corporation.

Geography

Pendurthi is located at 17.8333°N 83.2000°E. It has an average elevation of 22 meters (75 feet).

Features

• Pendurti railway station is located on Howrah-Chennai
  Chennai
  Chennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India...
  
   mainline. Some passenger trains stop at this station.
• It is a Road junction between the roads connecting Visakhapatnam
  Visakhapatnam
  Visakhapatnam is a major sea port on the south east coast of India. With a population of approximately 1.7 million, it is the second largest city in the state of Andhra Pradesh and the third largest city on the east coast of India after Kolkata and Chennai. According to the history, the city was...
  
   to Kothavalasa
  Kothavalasa
  Kotha-valasa or Kotta-valasa is a census town and mandal in Vizianagaram district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.-Geography:Kothavalasa is located at . It has an average elevation of 209 meters .-Demographics:...
  
   and Anandapuram
  Anandapuram
  Anandapuram is a village and a Mandal in Visakhapatnam district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India.It is a Road junction on the National Highway 5 between Visakhapatnam and Srikakulam...
  
   to Anakapalle
  Anakapalle
  Anakapalle is a town and Municipality in the Visakhapatnam district of Andhra Pradesh, a state in India.The Anakapalle town is famous for its jaggery market. Its market is ranked second in India in terms of jaggery imports/exports. Anakapalle is also a very busy and famous business center in this...
  
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Legislative Assembly

Pendurthi is an assembly constituency in Andhra Pradesh. There are 3,76,860 registered voters in Pendurthi constituency in 1999 elections.

• 1978 - Gudivada Appanna
• 1983 - Petakamsetti Appalanarasimham
• 1985 - Alla Ramachandra Rao
• 1989 - Gudivada Gurunadha Rao
• 1994 - M. Anjaneyulu
• 1999 - Patakamsetti Gana Venkata Reddy Naidu
• 2004 - Tippala Gurumurthy Reddy

In recent assembly elections prajarajyam candidate Panchakarla Ramesh Babu won as MLA candidate from Pendurthi

Villages and Panchayats

There are 24 village panchayats in Pendurthi mandal.

Chintagatla (village and panchayat)

Chinthala Agraharam (village and panchayat)

Gavarapalem (village and panchayat)

Gorapalle (village and panchayat)

Gurrampalem (village and panchayat)

Jangalapalem (village and panchayat)

Jerripothulapalem (village and panchayat)

Lakshmi Puram (village and panchayat)

Mudapaka (village and panchayat)

Narava (village and panchayat)

Pedagadi (village and panchayat surpnch of village mr g.venkata Ramana)

Pendurthi (panchayat and mandal headquarters) - This is also part of GVMC now

Pinagadi (jayaram ex:sarpanch

Porlupalem (village and panchayat)

Pulagalipalem (village and panchayat)

Purushottampuram (village and panchayat)

Rajayyapeta (village and panchayat)

Rampuram (village and panchayat)'From Sowjanya Kodidasu

pedagadi is famous for Agriculture and fishes it has rama mandir and these are the famous places in pedagadi.

• Saripalle (village and panchayat)
• Sattivanipalem (village and panchayat)
• Sowbhagya Rayapuram (village and panchayat)
• Valimeraka (village and panchayat)
• Vepagunta (village and panchayat)

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