Rajampet


Rajampet is a town in YSR Kadapa district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, located in the Rayalaseema Region. The town has an average elevation of. Rajampet was a Nagar panchayat and upgraded as a Grade II Municipality in 2019 and has an area of. It consists of 20 election wards.
Rajampet is an Assembly constituency, Lok Sabha constituency, Revenue division, and a Forest Division. It is located in Rajampet mandal of Rajampeta revenue division.It is bordered by Chittoor district to the south, Nellore to the east, Ananthapur to the west, and Kurnool to the north.

Education

The primary and secondary school education is imparted by government, aided and private schools of the School Education Department of the state Government of Andhra Pradesh. The medium of instruction followed by different schools are English and Telugu.
Rajampet has some of famous institution for ENGINEERING Annamacharya Institute of Technology & Sciences , Narayanadri Institute of Science and Technology

Transport

Roadways

Rajampet is the entranceway to the pilgrimage site of Tirumala. National Highway NH 716 : Chennai-Kurnool Corridor, passes through the town and is well connected to all major national highways NH 40, NH 16, NH 75. The Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation operates bus services from Sri Annamayya Bus Station and from Town Old Bus Station to Major cities Kadapa, Tirupati, Nellore, Kurnool, Hyderabad, Chennai, Bengaluru, Anantapur, and to other towns and villages in the district.

Railways

Rajampet has its own railway station, which is a major station in the district that comes under the South Coast Railway Zone of Guntakal railway division.

Airways

, located in Kadapa city away and, Tirupati International Airport, away are the nearest airports to Rajampet. Local transport is available from the bus and railway stations to the airports.

Governance

Civil administration

Rajampet is a municipality of area in Kadapa District. Rajampet was a gram panchayat before 2005 and upgraded to Nagar Panchayat on 2 April 2005 up to an area of and in 2017 upgraded as municipality. It consists of 20 election wards. In 2019 this town was upgraded into a Grade II Municipality which is headed by a Municipal Chairman and governed by a Municipal Commissioner.

Politics

Rajampet is a Lok sabha constituency since 1957 and it is a Lok Sabha constituency of the twenty-five lok sabha constituencies from Andhra Pradesh in India. Currently P.V.Midhun Reddy Member of Parliament of YSR Congress Party won from RAJAMPET LOKSABHA CONSTITUENCY from General elections which is held on 2019. Meda Venkata Mallikarjuna Reddy is the present Member of Legislative Assembly of the Rajampet Assembly constituency for the YSR Congress Party.