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Dummugudem — town —

Dummugudem Barrage on Godavari

Dummugudem Location of Dummugudem in Andhra Pradesh and India

Coordinates 17°51′00″N 80°51′00″E

Country India

State Andhra Pradesh

District(s)

Nearest city Khammam

Time zone IST (UTC+05:30)

Area • 47 metres (154 ft) • Elevation

Dummagudem or Dummugudem (Telugu: దుమ్ముగూడెం) is a subdivision in , Andhra Pradesh, India. Dummugudem which is also the name of the subdivision headquarters and is 25 km from . According to religious stories, here, in Treatayuga, Lord killed 14000 demons headed by the Dummugudem 2

brothers Khara and Dushana. The village was said to be built upon the ashes of these demons. The subdivision is named after Dummugudem (In Telugu 'Dummu' means dust or ash). Here Rama is called the Atmarama. It has 80 Villages under it .[1] Dummugudem barrage across the Godavari River was constructed nearly 150 years back by the famous British India engineer Sir Arthur Cotton who also constructed Dowleswaram and Prakasam barrages.[2] Somehow this barrage / weir is not well known among Andhra Pradesh people. A major lift irrigation project called Dummugudem Lift Irrigation Scheme is under development drawing water from the barrage pond. Dummugudem to Nagarjunasagar Dam tail pond lift canal is also under construction to transfer surplus Godavari river water to Krishna river.

Geography Dummagudem is located at 17°51′00″N 80°51′00″E.[3] It has an average elevation of 47 metres (157 ft).

Population The subdivision has a population of 44,393 while Dummugudem town has a population of 3420 (2001 census)[4]

Literacy The subdivision has a literacy rate of 36% while Dummugudem town has a literacy rate of 65.8 as per the 2001 census .[5] The literacy numbers show a contrast between rural and urban areas of the Dummugudem subdivision.

Villages The villages in Dummugudem are

• Parnasala • Chinna Kamalapuram • Sitanagaram • Pedda Kamalapuram • Govindapuram • Yerraboru • Pedabandirevu • Adavi Ramavaram • Mulakanapalle • Arlagudem • Lingapuram • Dharmapuram • Paidagudem • Subbaraopeta • Gouravaram • Gangolu • Sangam • Burra Vemula • Chinnabandirevu • Kotha Dummugudem • Lakshmi Narasimharao Peta • Nadikudi • Suravaram • Reguballe • Pedanallaballi • Khalsa Reguballe • Lakshmipuram • Ramarao Peta • Paidakulamadugu • Patha Maredubaka • Kothajinnalagudem • Seetharampuram • Sughnapuram • Venkata Ramapuram • Chintaguppa • Dantenam • Pata Jinnalagudem • Narsapuram • Khalsa Veerabhadrapuram • Turubaka • Z. Veerabhadrapuram • Bandarugudem • Chinna Nallaballi • Kothagudem • Tailorpeta • Maredubaka (Z) • Kasinagaram • White Nagaram • Kesavapatnam • Singavaram Dummugudem 3

• Ramachandrapuram • Laxmipuram • Pragallapalle • Gangavaram • Byragulapadu • Fowlerpeta • Manguvai • Narayanarao Peta • Anjubaka • Gurralabayalu • Katayagudem • Lachigudem • Dummugudem • Ramachandruni Peta • Lakshminagaram • Bojjiguppa • Kannapuram • Koya Narsapuram • Achuthapuram • Bheemavaram • Mahadevapuram • Cherupalle • Dabbanuthula • Marayagudem • Kothuru • Jinnegattu • Rajupeta • Kothapalle • Kothajinnelagudem • Kommanapalle

References

[1] http:/ / khammam. nic. in/ html/ Developmental%20Activites/ population2001. htm

[2] http:/ / www. thehindu. com/ news/ cities/ Vijayawada/ protest-against-demolition-of-anicut/ article4057783. ece

[3] Dummagudem at Fallingrain.com (http:/ / www. fallingrain. com/ world/ IN/ 02/ Dummagudem. html)

[4] http:/ / khammam. nic. in/ html/ Developmental%20Activites/ population2001. htm

[5] http:/ / khammam. nic. in/ html/ Developmental%20Activites/ population2001. htm Article Sources and Contributors 4 Article Sources and Contributors

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