Bheemunipatnam
Bheemili | |
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Nickname: భీమునిపట్నం | |
Coordinates: 17°53′04″N 83°26′22″E / 17.884560°N 83.439342°E | |
Country | India |
State | Andhra Pradesh |
District | Visakhapatnam |
City | Visakhapatnam |
Named for | Bhima |
Government | |
• Type | Municipal corporation |
• Body | Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation, VMRDA |
• MLA | Ganta Srinivas Rao |
Area | |
• Total | 18.90 km2 (7.30 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 55,082 |
• Density | 2,900/km2 (7,500/sq mi) |
Languages | |
• Official | Telugu |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
PIN | 531163/62 |
Vehicle Registration | AP31 (Former) AP39 (from 30 January 2019)[2] |
Vidhan Sabha | Bheemili |
Lok Sabha constituency | Visakhapatnam |
(MP = Sri Bharat Bheemunipatnam (also known as Bheemili[3]), is a suburb of Visakhapatnam, India. The town was named after Bhima, a character in the Hindu epic Mahabharata. It formerly administered under the Bheemunipatnam municipality, but merged into GVMC in 2017. It is currently under the administration of Bheemunipatnam revenue division and the headquarters is located at Bheemunipatnam.