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Kakinada
District(s)	East Godavari
Coordinates	16.93° N 82.22° E
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Area • Elevation	• 2 m (7 ft)
Population	289,920 (2001)

Coordinates: 16.93° N 82.22° E

Kakinada pronunciation (help·info) is a town and a municipal corporation in East Godavari district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is also the headquarters of East Godavari district. This coastal town is witnessing rapid growth thanks to the recently granted Special Economic Zone status. It was recently elevated to a municipal corporation. The town also has a deep-water port which is expanding rapidly.

Contents 1 Origin of the name 2 Geography 3 Demographics 4 Religious Influence 4.1 Hinduism 4.2 Islam 4.3 Christianity 5 Industrial Influence 6 Educational Influence 7 Engineering colleges 7.1 People 7.2 Food 7.3 See also 7.4 Notes 7.5 External links

• The name of the town was originally 'Kaki Nandiwada' The name was truncated to Kakinada over the passage of time.
• The first settlers in this port town were the Dutch, followed by the British and then the missionaries of the Canadian Baptist Mission and the name was anglicised to Cocanada probably due to this Canadian connection.
• After Independence, it was renaturalized to Kakinada, although a few organisations established during the British colonial rule retain the old name (e.g., Cocanada Chamber of Commerce).
• Also Kakinada is known as Second Madras. The main roads are straight, planned and are parallel which run across the town.

• Kakinada is famous for a sweet called Kotaiah kaja.

Kakinada is located at 16.93° N 82.22° E^[1]. It has an average elevation of 2 metres (6 feet).

The 82 1/2 degrees east longitude with respect to which IST (Indian Standard Time) is calculated passes through Kakinada.

Distance Chart from Kakinada to other cities

• Bangalore 856 km
  
• Chennai 684 km
  
• Guntur City 248 km
  
• Anantapur City 685 km
  
• Howrah (Kolkatta) 1028 km
  
• Hyderabad 523 km
  
• Mumbai 1234 km
  
• New Delhi 1848 km
  
• Rajahmundry 65 km
  
• Vijayawada 223 km
  
• Visakhapatnam 162 km

As of 2001 India census^GRIndia, Kakinada had a population of 289,920. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Kakinada has an average literacy rate of 66%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 71%, and female literacy is 61%. In Kakinada, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.

The town is predominantly Hindu, but there is a fair share of people practicing Islam. Christianity is a religion that is growing in the town and there are a substantial amount of churches to cater to their needs.

See also Hinduism

• Bhavanarayanaswami Temple, in Sarpavaram village, is dedicated to Vishnu. The architecture of this temple is a blend of the Chalukyan, Dravidian and Chola styles.
• The Gaudiya Vaishnava organisation known as the Sri Krishna Chaitanya Mission (founded by Srila Bhakti Vaibhava Puri Maharaj) established its first temple in Kakinada in 1966.

See also Islam

• Kakinada is famous for its historical mosques. Some of the mosques in the city were built by muslim rulers in 16th century.
• Around Kakinada in a radius of 15 kilometers we find number of Dargahs (bashiramma dargah in ponnada, dargah in pithapuram)

See also Christianity

• St. Ann's Church, Church Square, Jagannaickpur, Kakinada
• Educational services of the Canadian Baptist Mission - Jubilee Girls School and McLaurin High School.
• Baptist Theological Seminary, Church Square, Jagannaickpur, Kakinada
• Kakinada School of Preaching, Vidyuth Nagar, Kakinada– [www.ksop.org] [1]

Kakinada is major in minor Ports. Many Export Oriented units established since 1900. Ricebran, Rice, Soyabean, Palmyra Fibre etc. M/s. J.Gopalakrishna Export House founded by Late Sri. Inti Jagannadham had been done a vast Export business of Palmyra fibre from Kakinada Port for 3 decades.

Kakinada is the "Fertilizer City" of Andhra Pradesh. Nagarjuna Fertilizers is the biggest Urea manufacturer in coastal Andhra. Another company, Godavari Fertilizers, produces DAP (Di-Ammonium Phosphate). Kakinada has been in the news recently after several oil companies decided to use it as a transit point for oil and gas shipments. The economic value of these investments has increased considerably after the recent gas finds by Reliance in the KG basin.

The Murugappa Group-owned EID Parry (India) Ltd and Cargill International SA have announced their plans to enter into a joint venture to set up a port-based stand-alone sugar refinery in Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh. EID Parry vice-chairman A Vellayan said the investment was estimated at Rs 325 crore and the plant was expected to be commissioned by December 2007.

Reliance is also planning to set up a sugar mill.

An oil and natural gas corporation is getting ready to set up a refinery in Kakinada. In 2002 lot of edible oil refineries established themselves in Kakinada and the refining capacity has touched 3000 tons per day. Kakinada port is facilitating the imports of crude palm oil, crude soyabean oil. Kakinada is having a edible oil per day refining capacity of more than 3000 MTS Major refineries are Acalmar Oils & fats limited, Ruchi In frastructure, Nikhil refineries ltd, etc. By mid 2007, kakinada will have 3 to 4 biodiesel units in operation namely Universal Biofuels , Naturol biofuels.

Andhra Pradesh has entered into a formal agreementwith Reliance Industries for Jatropha planting. The company has selected 200 acres of land at Kakinada to grow jatropha for high quality bio-diesel fuel.^[2]

In the next four years, Kakinada will need 20,000 mechanical engineers.

Kakinada is a major hub fulfilling the growing educational demand of people within the district. The past decade has witnessed exponential growth and many residential colleges have established themselves to offer quality secondary education. There are also several professional colleges in and around the town offering courses in Engineering, IT and Management at the graduate and post graduate level. Education in the town has received further impetus of late, with the arrival of IT majors such as Infosys, Wipro and Satyam to recruit bright students from their campuses.

^ Sama Public School, Jagannaickpur, Kakinada (Sama Suryanarayana Murthy Educational Society)

• Pithapuram Raja Government Degree College (known as P.R. College) established by the Kings of Pithapuram, a local dynasty
• JNTU Engineering College is one of the oldest engineering colleges in Andhra Pradesh. It is a part of the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University system. Other JNTU colleges being at Hyderabad and Anantapur.
• Nehru Convent educational institutions
• Ideal Degree college
• Rangaraya Medical College [www.rmc.ac.in] [2]
• Andhra Polytechnic
• Hamsavahini Vidyalaya http://www.hamsavahinividyalaya.com
• MSN Charities educational institutions
• Kakinada Public School. This is one of the CBSE schools started in early 80's and has been very successful in providing caliber students who later graduated in premier institutes of India ( IIT, IIM and REC's). The school intially was led by Anglo-Indian lady principle Ms Brown during 80's.
• St Joesphs Convent School
• Ashram Public School
• Gandhi Centenary School
• Nava Bharat Public High School
• Canan Ankita Hotel Management Academy
• Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Management and Sciences [www.rimsedu.in] [3]
• Kakinada School of Preaching - www.ksop.org
• St.Anthony's group of schools
• Aditya Educational Institutions
• Blue Bells school,Sreeramnagar
• Pragati engineering college
• V.S.Lakshmi Women's Degree College
• Andhra University Post-graduate Extension Center
• Akshara School
• MSN English medium school aka Nehru convent, Meher nagar
• Aditya educational group of institutions
• Sea Horse Academy of Merchant Navy (www.seahorseacademy.com)
• St.Xavier's High School ---Jagannaickpur Kakinada-533002

• pragati engineering college
• aditya engineering college
• chaitanya engineering college
• kakinada institute of technology
• sai aditya engineering college
• jawaharlal nehru technological university

People from Kakinada can easily be identified by their characteristic East Godavari Telugu accent. They have gained a reputation for being hospitable, polite and cultured in their interaction with people. Education has spread its tentacles and a large part of the younger generation are migrating to the cities and out of the country in search of opportunities that meet their scale of ambition. However, there are significant parts of the society that ride the boom by expanding their businesses and investments. Besides the local population is substituted through rural immigrants who leave their villages to seek work and opportunity in this bustling town

East Godavari is famous for traditional Andhra cuisine and Kakinada is no different - mouth watering pickles (Aavakaaya) made from Mango, Vegetables (e.g. Caulifower Aavakaaya), Chicken, Shrimp, Mutton and even Fish. Interestingly, a few people here swear by the pungent taste of dried fish (Endu Chepa) and shrimp (Endu Royya). People arrive here from distant towns on business, and consider their trip incomplete when they fail to fit in a lunch or dinner at Sri Krishna Vilas, popularly known as Subbiah Hotel. This town is also famous for its unique Kotiah Kakinada Kaaja (Kotiah Sweets was found in the year 1891), a sweet made from Maida and dipped in Sugar syrup. The locals frequent the innumerable carts strategically located at populous street corners to get their share of bhajis and a delightfully tasty mixture of onions, toasted rice, peanuts and sev (Pidatha Kindha Pappu). Kakinada is also one onf the few regions in the entire Andhra Pradesh where Chekkarakeli aratipandu (banana) and Kothapalli kobbari maamidipandu (mango) are available.

• Canadian Baptist Mission
• Baptist Theological Seminary, Church Square, Jagannaickpur, Kakinada

1. ^ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Kakinada
2. ^ RIL enters bio-diesel farming. Retrieved on November 15, 2006.

• Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Kakinada

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