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The Mayor of Vijayawada heads Vijayawada Municipal Corporation which governs Indian city of Vijayawada.Mayor of Vijayawada is the first citizen of the city. Municipal Corporation mechanism in India was introduced during British Rule with formation of Madras (Chennai) in 1688, later followed by municipal corporations in Bombay (Mumbai) and Calcutta (Kolkata) by 1762. [1]
The Vijayawada Municipal Corporation is in charge of the civic administration and infrastructure of the city of Vijayawada. The corporation was formed in 1981 by upgrading from municipality status. Many other neighbourhoods were later merged into the corporation limits to a total area of 61.88 km 2 (23.89 sq mi), located in Krishna district. It is adjoined by the Legislative capital of Andhra ...
The area of Vijayawada Municipal Corporation is 61.88 km 2 (23.89 sq mi). The city constitutes 64 political wards. [5] The Corporation is administered by an elected body headed by the Mayor. The corporation population as per the 2011 census was 1,039,518 with 527,307 males and a female population of 512,211. [3]
Vijayawada West mandal is one of the 20 mandals in the NTR district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. [1] It is one of the four mandals that formed from the Vijayawada Urban mandal after bifurcation in 2018 under the reorganization of revenue mandals. [ 2 ]
Vijayawada was paired as a sister city of Modesto, California in 1993. [109] The city has old and new town areas. The One Town area of the city is known as old city area, comprising areas such as Islampet, Jendachettu Centre, Kamsalipet, Rajarajeswaripet, Kothapet, Ajith Singh Nagar , and Winchipet. [ 110 ]
It includes the major cities of Vijayawada and Guntur. Vijayawada is the largest city and headquarters of the region. It is one the most populated metropolitan areas in Andhra Pradesh. [3] The region is under the jurisdiction of Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority and covers an area of 8,603 km 2 (3,322 sq mi) under 58 mandals. [4]
It is one of the seven assembly segments of Vijayawada Lok Sabha constituency. [2] Sujana Chowdary is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Bharatiya Janata Party. [3] As of 2019, there are a total of 232,555 electors in the constituency.
It is one of the seven assembly segments of Vijayawada Lok Sabha constituency. [3] Bonda Umamaheswara Rao is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party. [4] [5] As of 2019, there are a total of 269,859 electors in the constituency.