Garividi

Garividi గరివిడి
Village
FACOR unit near Garividi
Garividi Location in Andhra Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 18°17′N 83°33′E / 18.283°N 83.550°ECoordinates: 18°17′N 83°33′E / 18.283°N 83.550°E
Country	India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Vizianagaram
Languages
• Official	Telugu
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)

Garividi is a village in Vizianagaram district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.^[1]

Demography

This Mandal had a population of 68,289 in 2011Census . Males constitute 34,217 and females 34,072 of the population. The average literacy rate is 94%. The male literacy rate is 97% and that of females 90%.Garividi comes under Cheepurupalli Assembly Constituency and Vizianagaram Loksabha constituency.

Features

• Garividi railway station is located on Howrah-Chennai mainline and some express trains halt at Garividi station.
• The Vizianagaram district has only three schools affiliated to C.B.S.E...

"1. Sainik High School, Korukonda 2. Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Kiltampalem 3. Smt. Godavaridevi Saraf High School, Garividi"

The Smt. Godavaridevi Saraf High School plays a great role in Garividi to provide quality education to the children of Garividi with affordable school fees.

• St. Theressa Institute of Engineering and Technology was established here in 1999.^[2]
• The State Bank of India has a branch at Garividi.
• The LIFE INSURANCE CORPORATION OF INDIA (A state owned insurance company) has a branch at Garividi
• The Garden developed recently at the Sri Ram Temple, Shreeramnagar is a must visit place in Garividi.
• Garividi is famous for its "Chena Kaja" a sweet. Garividi is also famous for "Garividi Lakshmi" songs.
• The important Minerals that occur in the district are Manganese of High quality in Cheepurupalli, Merakamudidam and Garividi Mandals, Kankar, Lime Stone Manganese and Lime Kankar occurs in Garividi and Merakamudidam Mandals, Quartz in Cheepurupalli Mandal and Granite (Column) in Parvathipuram and Makkuva Mandals.
• There is a Flyover with a length of 850 mtr. in Garividi which crosses the railway line of Howrah-Chennai.
• Unfortunately there are no much civil servants or good leadership who can develop this mandal.
• Kandipeta is one of the nearest village.
• Shreeram High School and Shreeram Junior & Degree Colleges are well known for education.
• FACOR -one of the World's largest producers of Ferro and supplies to near by Steel Plants.
• Educational Institutions,Hospitals, Temples are very well managed and maintained by FACOR.

References

1. "Mandal wise list of villages in Vizianagaram district" (PDF). Chief Commissioner of Land Administration. National Informatics Centre. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 December 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
2. St.Theressa Institute of Engineering and Technology