Nandigam, Vizianagaram district

Village in Andhra Pradesh, India

Nandigam

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Coordinates: 18°30′51″N 83°29′29″E﻿ / ﻿18.514223°N 83.491486°E﻿ / 18.514223; 83.491486
Country|  India
State| Andhra Pradesh
District| Vizianagaram
Government

• Type| Gram Panchayat
• Body| Panchayat Council
Elevation

| 126 m (413 ft)
Population

(2011)

• Total

| 2,313[1]
Languages

• Official| Telugu
Time zone| UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN|

535124

Vehicle registration| AP-35
Nearest city| Visakhapatnam
Lok Sabha constituency| Vizianagaram
Vidhan Sabha constituency| Bobbili
Climate| hot (Köppen)

Nandigam is a census village in Therlam mandal, Vizianagaram district of Andhra Pradesh.

## Demography

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Nandigam Demography[2] | Number of House Holds  | Total Population  | Total Male  | Total Female  | Children

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Census 2011  | 612  | 2330  | 1165  | 1165  | 255
Census 2001  |  |  |  |  |
Census 1991  |  |  |  |  |
Nandigam Social Demography[2] | Scheduled Caste  | Scheduled Tribes  | Others including Backward Classes

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Census 2011  | 262  | 17  | 2051
Census 2001  |  |  |
Census 1991  |  |  |
Demography: Literacy  | Total Literates  | Male Literates  | Female Literates  | Total Illiterates  | Male Illiterates  | Female Illiterates

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Census 2011  | 967  | 590  | 377  | 1363  | 575  | 788
Census 2001  |  |  |  |  |  |
Census 1991  |  |  |  |  |  |

## Economy

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Nandigam's economy is primarily agrarian. Rice, Sugarcane are major crops. Cultivation of Maize is fast picking up. Pulses like green gram and black gram are cultivated as rice fallow crops. Sesame and groundnut are major oil seed crops grown in the village. Most of the households depend on allied activities like dairying and domestic poultry for additional income.

Jaggery production in sugarcane harvesting season is small scale informal enterprise activity providing local employment during lean agricultural season for labourers.

## Society and Culture

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Most of the social and cultural characteristics are in many ways related to its predominantly agrarian character. The newer generations, being exposed to the rest of the world academically, professionally and culturally, both by physical travel and social media are causing new changes in society and culture. But the cultural beliefs of the villages are still deeply rooted in its agrarian character. Asiramma is the village deity which the people believe as their protector from evil and good physical and mental health and wealth can be obtained by worshipping her. Animal sacrifice particularly of domestic chicken and goat is still practiced.

## Communication and Connectivity

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Nandigam is located on SH-109 which connects the historic town of Bobbili with Therlam junction. SH-109 is alternative route to connect these two points bypassing the Ramabhadrapuram junction located on SH-4, which connects Andhra-Odisha border from Kuneru to NH-16 junction at Chilakapalem.

Current road condition of SH-109 is that it is a fully paved asphalt road without much damage but many sharp curves.

The nearest railhead to Nandigam is 18 km away Bobbili Junction (VBL) of ECoR located on Vizianagarm-Raipur main line and 25 km away Cheepurupalle (CPP) also of ECoR located on Chennai-Kolkata main line.

The nearest airport and seaport is located at Visakhapatnam city which is about 120 km away.[3]

### Telecom and Internet

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Nandigam belongs to Andhra Pradesh telecom circle. Despite being a small village, Nandigam hosts two cellular towers: one by Indus Towers hosting Bharti Airtel [2G & 4G] and VI [2G, 3G & 4G] and the other by state run BSNL [2G & 3G]. AP fibernet, Andhra Pradesh state government's own Tri-service provider, laid OFCs but not operational at consumer level.

## References

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1. ^ "Census of India: View Population Details". Archived from the original on 16 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
2. ^ a b "Census of India Website : Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India". censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
3. ^ "Nandigam APSRTC Bus Station to Visakhapatnam International Airport". Nandigam APSRTC Bus Station to Visakhapatnam International Airport. Retrieved 12 February 2021.

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Vizianagaram district

Revenue divisions|

* Bobbili
* Cheepurupalli
* Vizianagaram

Mandals|

* Badangi
* Bobbili
* Vizianagaram

Cities and
towns|

* Bobbili
* Srungavarapukota
* Vizianagaram (district headquarters)

Census towns|

* Cheepurupalli
* Chintalavalasa
* Gajapathinagaram
* Jarjapupeta
* Kanapaka
* Kothavalasa
* Malicherla
* Nellimarla
* Sriramnagar
* Tummikapalle

Villages|

* List of villages in Vizianagaram district

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