Mummidivaram

Mummidivaram is a town in Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Konaseema district of Andhra Pradesh, India. The Mummidivaram revenue block was formed out of the Amalapuram tehsil in July 1969. It is the second largest town in Konaseema district.

Geography

Mummidivaram is located at. It has an average elevation of 0 meters.

Governance

The town was upgraded from Gram panchayat to Nagar panchayat on 23 June 2011.

Politics

Mummidivaram is an assembly constituency in Andhra Pradesh. There are 1,89,229 registered voters as on 10.01.2012 in Mummidivaram constituency.
List of Elected Members:

1978 - Moka Sri Vishnu Prasada Rao
1983 - Valtati Raja sakkubai
1985 - Pandu Krishna Murti
1989 and 1994 - Battina Subba Rao
1999 - GMC Balayogi and Chelli Vivekananda
2004 - Pinipe Viswarupu
2019 - Ponnada Satish
2014 - Datla Subba Raju
2024 - Datla Subba Raju

Late GMC Balayogi also served as Member of Parliament for Amalapuram and was a Loksabha speaker. During his tenure the Konaseema area saw major developments and he played a key role in the construction of various bridges across the Godavari river. The people of Konaseema revere him as their hero and his statues were worshiped across the Konaseema area.

Transport

Mummidivaram is located on NH216. The nearest major railway stations to the town are Kakinada Town [railway station], Palakollu railway station, Narasapur railway station and Rajahmundry railway station which 45km, 50km, 55km, 60km from Mummidivaram. The nearest airport to Mummidivaram is Rajahmundry Airport which is 75km away.