Back فيزينجارم Arabic فيزينجارم ARZ विजयनगर Bihari বিজয়নগরম Bengali/Bangla বিজিয়ানগরম BPY Vizianagaram Catalan Vizianagaram CEB Vidžajanagaram Czech Vizianagaram German Vizianagaram Esperanto
Vizianagaram
Vijayanagaram | |
|---|---|
| Vizianagaram | |
 Clockwise from Top Left: Clock Tower (Ganta stambham), Vizianagaram Fort Balcony, View of Vizianagaram Town, Writings of the great writer Gurajada Apparao, Vizianagaram Fort Walls, Replica of a steam engine at Vizianagaram railway station | |
| Nickname: Vizianagaram | |
.svg)  Vizianagaram Location in Andhra Pradesh, India | |
| Coordinates: 18°06′57″N 83°24′22″E / 18.1159°N 83.406°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Andhra Pradesh |
| District | Vizianagaram |
| Incorporated (Municipality) | 1888 |
| Founded by | Vijayaram Raj |
| Wards | 50 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Mayor–Council |
| • Body | Vizianagaram Municipal Corporation, Visakhapatnam Metropolitan Region Development Authority |
| • MLA | Aditi Vijaya Lakshmi Gajapathi Raju |
| • MP | Appalanaidu Kalisetti |
| Area | |
| • Total | 29.27 km2 (11.30 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
| • Total | 228,025 |
| • Rank | 11th (in AP) |
| Literacy | |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Telugu |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 535001 - 535006 |
| Area code | +91–8922 |
| Vehicle Registration | AP35 (Former) AP39 (from 30 January 2019)[3] |
| Website | https://vizianagaram.ap.gov.in/public-utility-category/municipality/ |
Vizianagaram, also known as Vijayanagaram, is a city and the headquarters of the Vizianagaram district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.[5] It is located in the Eastern Ghats, about 24 km (15 mi) west of the Bay of Bengal and 40 km (25 mi) north-northeast of Visakhapatnam. The city has a population of 228,025 and was established as the capital of the Vizianagaram estate by Raja Vijayaram Raj from the Pusapati dynasty. The rulers had a notable role in the history of the region in the 18th century and were patrons of education and arts.[6]
- ^ "Basic Information of Municipality". Commissioner & Director of Municipal Administration. Municipal Administration & Urban Development Department, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh. Archived from the original on 10 August 2014. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
- ^ "Statistical Abstract of Andhra Pradesh, 2015" (PDF). Directorate of Economics & Statistics. Government of Andhra Pradesh. p. 44. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
- ^ "New 'AP 39' code to register vehicles in Andhra Pradesh launched". The New Indian Express. Vijayawada. 31 January 2019. Archived from the original on 28 July 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
- ^ "District Census Hand Book : Vizianagaram (Part B)" (PDF). Census of India. Directorate of Census Operations, Andhra Pradesh. 2011. pp. 16, 48. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 August 2017. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
- ^ "District Census Hand Book : Vizianagaram (Part A)" (PDF). Census of India. Directorate of Census Operations, Andhra Pradesh. 2011. pp. 11, 992–993. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 November 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
- ^ "Vizianagaram | India". Encyclopedia Britannica. Archived from the original on 27 November 2019. Retrieved 27 November 2019.