Tunglam

Tunglam
Neighbourhood
Country	India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Vishakhapatnam
Government
• Body	Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation
Languages
• Official	Telugu
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	530012
Vehicle registration	AP - 33
Nearest city	Visakhapatnam
Sex ratio	3:1 ♂/♀
Literacy	84%%
Lok Sabha constituency	Visakhapatnam
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Gajuwaka

Thunglam is a suburban area in Visakhapatnam, India.

History

Thungalam, a fast developing village, has a history of over 100 years. Nothing historical here but, has been recognised in many aspects.

Features

This place is 6 km (3.7 mi) from Visakhapatnam airport, 16 km (9.9 mi) from Visakhapatnam Railway station and 6 km from Duvvada railway station.

Other information

Most of the people living here work in AutoNagar industrial area. On 14 November 2008, Mr. Ramoji Rao of Eenadu group inaugurated Eenadu's main office which is located at Seethmmadara. This place is in Gajuwaka Constituency, which is previously a part of Pendurthi constituency before constituency reformations. The first counselor of this ward was Mr.Kaki. Govinda Reddy of TDP party. This ward has been awarded "fastest developing ward" under the ruling of Mr.Govind Reddy. Telugu Desam Party which was led by Mr Chandra Babu Naidu gave him State secretary and also worked as Telugu Yuvatha Chief Secretary of Andhra Pradesh. BHPV,a well-renowned company which has been taken over by BHEL recently is just besides Tunglam. Most of the people from here work abroad, mostly in Singapore, Qatar and Dubai. This village used to be in Gajuwaka municipality with 5th ward but has been merged into Greater Visakha Municipal Corporation with 59th ward.

On 20 April 1989 the fans of Sri kala Ratna NTR & Bala Krishna Fans Constructed Jai Santoshimatha Temple. This mandir was reconstructed by nandamuri fans with around 10Lakhs rupees and was inaugurated by Mr Kala Ratna Nandamuri Bala Krishna on 24 February 2011. He attended to various poojas at this place.

Transport

RTC buses are available here. Buses are also available at BHPV.

Visakhapatnam topics

History	Satavahana dynasty Pallava Dynasty Eastern Chalukyas Chola Dynasty Kakatiya Dynasty Delhi Sultanate Musunuri Nayaks Vijayanagar Empire

Neighbourhoods and suburbs	Akkayyapalem Allipuram Anakapalle Anandapuram Arilova Asilmetta Bheemunipatnam Chintalagraharam Daba Gardens Dayalnagar Dibbapalem Dondaparthi Duvvada Dwaraka Nagar Gajuwaka Gangavaram Gnanapuram Gopalapatnam Hanumanthawaka Isukathota Jagadamba Centre Kancharapalem Kanithi Balancing Reservoir Kurmannapalem Maddilapalem Madhurawada Maharanipeta Malkapuram Marripalem Mindi Muralinagar MVP Colony NAD X Road Naiduthota Parawada Pedagantyada Peda Waltair Pendurthi Pothinamallayya Palem Railway New Colony Resapuvanipalem Rushikonda Seethammadhara Sheela Nagar Simhachalam Siripuram Sivajipalem Sriharipuram Suryabagh Thatichetlapalem Thagarapuvalasa Tunglam Venkojipalem Vepagunta Visakhapatnam Steel Plant

Visitor Attractions	Bheemili Beach Indira Gandhi Zoological Park INS Kursura Submarine Museum Kambalakonda Eco Park RK Beach Shilparamam Jaatara Sivaji Park Kailasagiri Visakha Museum Yarada Beach

Government	Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation Visakhapatnam Urban Development Authority

Places of worship	Simhachalam Sri Kanaka Maha Lakshmi Temple

Other topics: People from Visakhapatnam

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