Polavaram, Eluru district

Polavaram

Prolavaram
Polavaram Prolavaram
Village
	Polavaram Location in Andhra Pradesh, India Polavaram Polavaram (India)
	Coordinates: 17.2479°N 81.6432°E
Country	India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Eluru
Area [1]
• Total	28.36 km2 (10.95 sq mi)
Elevation	16 m (52 ft)
Population (2011)[2]
• Total	13,861
• Density	490/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Telugu
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	534315
Vehicle registration	AP37
Lok Sabha constituency	Eluru
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Polavaram
Climate	hot (Köppen)

Polavaram or Prolavaram is a village in Eluru district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located in Polavaram mandal of Jangareddygudem revenue division at about 35 km away from the banks of Godavari River.[1] The Papi Hills and Polavaram Project are the major landmarks near the village.

History

Historically the area is known as Prolavaram. This area was under the rule of Musunuri Nayakas. Musunuri Prolayya, in 1330 CE donated Prolavaram village to Brahmins. Prolavaram means, Prola is Prola and Varam is donation.[3]

Geography

Polavaram is located at 17.2500°N 81.6333°E / 17.2500; 81.6333.[4] It has an average elevation of 16 metres (55 ft).

Demographics

As of 2011 Census of India, Polavaram had a population of 13861. The total population constitute, 6830 males and 7031 females with a sex ratio of 1029 females per 1000 males. 1431 children are in the age group of 0–6 years, with sex ratio of 890 The average literacy rate stands at 76.40%.[5]

References

"District Census Handbook - West Godavari" (PDF). Census of India. pp. 22, 176. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
"Census 2011". The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
Prasad, G. Durga (1988), History of the Andhras up to 1565 A. D. (PDF), Guntur: P. G. Publishers, p. 168, archived from the original (PDF) on 14 February 2019, retrieved 9 August 2019
Fallingrain genomics.Polavaram
"Polavaram Census 2011". Retrieved 23 May 2017.

External links

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[census-1] "District Census Handbook - West Godavari" (PDF). Census of India. pp. 22, 176. Retrieved 20 February 2016.

[population-2] "Census 2011". The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 26 July 2014.

[3] Prasad, G. Durga (1988), History of the Andhras up to 1565 A. D. (PDF), Guntur: P. G. Publishers, p. 168, archived from the original (PDF) on 14 February 2019, retrieved 9 August 2019

[4] Fallingrain genomics.Polavaram

[5] "Polavaram Census 2011". Retrieved 23 May 2017.