Kalingapatnam
Kalinga Patana | |
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Village | |
 Salihundam Buddhist site near Kalingapatnam | |
 Dynamic map | |
.svg)  Kalingapatnam Location in Andhra Pradesh, India | |
| Coordinates: 18°20′30″N 84°07′15″E / 18.34167°N 84.12083°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Andhra Pradesh |
| Region | Srikakulam |
| Mandal | Gara |
| Area | |
| • Total | 6.51 km2 (2.51 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
| • Total | 6,459 |
| • Density | 990/km2 (2,600/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Telugu |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 532406 |
| Telephone code | 08942 |
| Vehicle Registration | AP30 (Former) AP39 (from 30 January 2019)[3] |
Kalingapatnam is a village in Srikakulam district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located in Gara mandal of Srikakulam revenue division.[1] It has one of the major beach sand deposits of the state.[4] In medieval era it was famous for the ancient port city of Kalinga. Kalingapatnam is located at a distance of 26 km from the district headquarters and 17 km from Singupuram.
Kalinga is ancient name for present day Odisha. Kalingapatnam was part of greater Kalinga Empire.
Dargah Shariff of Shaik Madeena Acquiline is situated at this place.
- ^ a b "District Census Handbook - Guntur" (PDF). Census of India. p. 27,398. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 March 2022. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
- ^ "Census 2011". The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
- ^ "New 'AP 39' code to register vehicles in Andhra Pradesh launched". The New Indian Express. Vijayawada. 31 January 2019. Archived from the original on 3 February 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
- ^ A. Sinha; Satyendra K. Singh, eds. (2005). First Indian Mineral Congress & Technological Exhibition, 28th February and 1st March, 2005, ISM, Dhanbad : showcasing the mineral industry in the 21st century. New Delhi: Allied Publishers. ISBN 8177647911. Retrieved 8 April 2015.