Kakinada district
Kakinada district is a district in the Coastal Andhra Region in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.
Kakinada district is a district in the Coastal Andhra Region in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. With Kakinada as its administrative headquarters, it was proposed on 26 January 2022 to become one of the resultant twenty six districts in the state after the final notification has been issued on 4 April 2022 by the government of Andhra Pradesh. The district was formed from Kakinada and Peddapuram revenue divisions from East Godavari district. Incidentally, during earlier times, the region comprising towns Pithapuram, Kakinada and Peddapuram were referred as Prolunadu or Polnaud, which now roughly corresponds to the areas in this district.
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Worth seeing in and around Kakinada district
3 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Rangaraya Medical College
Rangaraya Medical College is a public medical college in Andhra Pradesh. It was established in 1958 and is in Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh, India.
2.6 km · Medical college in Andhra Pradesh · Wikipedia - 02Bhavanarayana Temple, Sarpavaram
Sri Bhavanarayana Swamy Temple is a historic Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Vishnu, located in Sarpavaram, approximately 5 km from Kakinada in Andhra Pradesh, India. The temple is recognized as one of the State Protected Monuments by the Archaeological Survey of India in Andhra Pradesh and is renowned for its religious significance and historical inscriptions.
2.5 km · Hindu temple in Andhra Pradesh, India · Wikipedia - 03Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Kakinada
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Kakinada is a collegiate public state university located in Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh, India. JNTUK was established in the year 2008 vide ACT NO. 30 OF 2008 by the State of Andhra Pradesh.
2.3 km · state public university in Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh, India · Wikipedia
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Getting to Kakinada district
- Airports
- Vijayawada (VGA), 162 km · Alluri Sitarama Raju (Vizag) (VTZ), 173 km
- Stations
- Kakinada Port, 2.1 km · Kakinada Town railway station, 2.9 km · Kakinada Port railway station, 2.7 km
- Vijayawada → Kakinada district177 km · quickest by road, 3h 27m · ₹1,340–1,670
- Visakhapatnam → Kakinada district125 km · quickest by road, 2h 46m · ₹940–1,170
- Hyderabad → Kakinada district397 km · quickest by road, 7h 8m · ₹2,780–3,470
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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No local-transport research exists yet for Kakinada district
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Kakinada district. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundTaxis, Autorickshaws are the major means of transport within the city.
- Get aroundKakinada remains one of the few places in which you can enjoy an open top rickshaw ride across town while you enjoy the breeze and the colourful market streets in this beautiful city.
- Get aroundAnd for those that prefer a more personal means of quick transport, there are the auto-rickshaws.
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Next door to Kakinada district
Kakinada district is 3 km from Kākināda, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Ramanayyapetaneighborhood of Kakinada city, Andhra Pradesh, India3.8 km
- Kakinada (Urban) mandalmandal in Kakinada district, Andhra Pradesh, India3.9 km
- Kakinada (Rural) mandalmandal in Kakinada district, Andhra Pradesh, India3.9 km
- Valasapakalaneighborhood in Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh, India3.1 km
- Indrapalemneighborhood in Kakinada city, Andhra Pradesh, India3.3 km
- Ramaraopetneighborhood in Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh, India3.5 km