Narsipatnam
Narsipatnam is a census town in Anakapalle district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It was upgraded from a gram panchayat into municipality in 2012. The town is spread over an area of The resting place of the revolutionary Indian freedom fighter Alluri Sitarama Raju is located in Krishna Devi Peta village of Narsipatnam. Although there is a railway station named after Narsipatnam but as such there is no nearest railway station in Narsipatnam,the namesake railway station is located 40 km away from the town. The town is a commercial epicentre to many tribal villages of ASR district.
Geography
Narsipatnam is located at. It has an average elevation of 58 metres. This is one of the five places in India where the IST line passes
Demographics
Census of India, the town had a population of 33,757. The total population constitutes, 16,076 males and 17,681 females—a sex ratio of 1100 females per 1000 males, higher than the national average of 940 per 1000. 3,262 children are in the age group of 0–6 years, of which 1,684 are boys and 1,578 are girls—a ratio of 937 per 1000.The average literacy rate stands at 78.83% with 24,040 literates, significantly higher than the national average of 73.00%.
Town parts
Narsipatnam had census towns of Balighattam and Peda Bodepalle which is part of the Narsipatnam municipality.
Temples
the famous Brahmalingeswara swamy temple in Balighattam is said to have been built by Lord brahma
Transport
APSRTC bus service is available to district headquarters Anakapalle and nearest city/town Visakhapatnam,Tuni, Chodavaram, Chintapalli, Sileru, Malkangiri, Kakinada and Annavaram.
Legislative Assembly
Narsipatnam is an assembly constituency in Andhra Pradesh. There are 1,95,804 registered voters in Narsipatnam constituency in 2009 elections.
Education
The primary and secondary school education is imparted by government, aided and private schools, under the School Education Department of the state. The medium of instruction followed by different schools are English, Telugu.