Singarayakonda is a census town

Census town

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 in Prakasam district

Prakasam district

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 in the India

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 of Andhra Pradesh

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About

This is situated on the NH-5 Highway and has a connectivity of the Railway line between Vijayawada and Chennai. This gives highest revenue than any other station in this line of South Central Railway in the Prakasam district. This also has been the center for transportation for all the nearby villages which are located around a distance of the 15 km from this place.

Geography

Singarayakonda is located at 15.25°N 80.03°E. It has an average elevation of 15 metre

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s (49 feet).

Demographics

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, Singarayakonda had a population of 16,675. Males constitute 48% of the population and females 52%. Singarayakonda has an average literacy rate of 66%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 73%, and female literacy is 60%. In Singarayakonda, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Connectivity

Singarayakonda is well connected with rail and road transport.it is situated on NH-5 and chennai - howrah main railway line.

Superfast trains halts in Singarayakonda
Train no	From - To	Train name
2709–2710	Gudur- Sec'bad - Gudur	Simhapuri SuperFast Express
2711–2712	Vijayawada -Chennai - Vijayawada	Pinakini Superfast Express(Inter city)
2733–2734	Tirupathi -Sec'bad -Tirupathi	Narayanadri Superfast Express
2603–2604	Hyderabad -Chennai - Hyderabad	Hyderabad SuperFast Express

Express trains halts in singarayakonda:

Train no	From - To	Train name
7405-7406	Tirupathi - Adilabad - Tirupathi	Krishana Express
7479-7480	Tirupathi -Bilaspur -Tirupathi	Bilaspur Express
7481-7482	Tirupathi -Puri -Tirupathi	Puri Express
3351-3352	Danabad -Allepy - Danabad	Bokaro Express
6031-6032	Chennai - Jammu Tawi - Chennai	Andaman Express
6093-6094	Chennai - Lucknow - Chennai	Lucknow Express

Passenger trains halts in singarayakonda:

Train no	From - To	Train name
470-471	Vijayawada - Gudur - Vijayawada	VJA Passenger
478-479	Bitragunta -Vijayawada -Bitragunta	Bitragunta Passenger
401-402	Tirupathi -Guntur -Tirupathi	Tirupathi Passenger

Colleges

The area is home to the PNCA & Abhinav group of colleges, which consists of PNCA PG College, PNCA Degree College, PNCA Junior College, and the Abhinav Institute of Management and Technology. It is also home to the Malineni Lakshmaiah Engineering College, the Malineni Lakshmaiah College of Pharmacy, and Malineni Perumallu I.T.I. College.

Schools

• Sree Vidyaniketan High School
• Vivekananda High School
• Little Star English Medium School
• St. Joseph's English Medium school
• Chitanya High school
• St. John's English Medium School
• Govt HIGH School ( boys & girls)

Temples

The area is famous for the Lord Varaha Narasimha Temple, built by the Lord Devaraya in the early 15th century and later modified by Lord Srikrishnadevaraya. Other notable temples in the area are the Temple of Yoga Narasimha,a temple of Prasannajaneya, which contains a famous statue of Lord Hanuman, and ayyappa swami temple which located near old singarayakonda.