Bheemunipatnam
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Bheemunipatnam (also known as Bheemili) is a suburb of Visakhapatnam, India. The town was named after Bhima, a character in the Hindu epic Mahabharata. It was formerly administered under the Bheemunipatnam municipality but merged into GVMC in 2017. It is currently under the administration of Bheemunipatnam Revenue Division and its headquarters is at Bheemunipatnam.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Bheemunipatnam
- Settlement.other_name
- Bheemili
- Settlement.nickname
- భీమునిపట్నం
- Settlement.image_skyline
- A View of Bheemunipatnam Hilltop Visakhapatnam.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Hill-top view of Bheemunipatnam town
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- India Visakhapatnam
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- left
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Visakhapatnam
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- India
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Andhra Pradesh
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- City
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Visakhapatnam
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Visakhapatnam
- Settlement.named_for
- Bhima
- Settlement.government_type
- Municipal corporation
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- India
- Population
- 48664
- Area
- 18.9
- Elevation
- 51
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Founded by
- Government of Andhra Pradesh
- Image
- A View of Bheemunipatnam Hilltop Visakhapatnam.jpg
- Households
- 13156
- Dialing code
- 8933
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- Commons category
- Bheemunipatnam
- postal code
- 531163
- male population
- 26466
- female population
- 28616
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
14 sectionsContents
- Geography
- History
- Buddhism
- Narasimha temple
- Dutch settlements
- East India Company
- Bheemunipatnam Port Trust
- Demographics
- Landmarks
- Member Of Legislative Assembly
- Bheemili Municipality (GVMC)
- Notes
- References
- External links
Bheemunipatnam (also known as Bheemili) is a suburb of Visakhapatnam, India. The town was named after Bhima, a character in the Hindu epic Mahabharata. It was formerly administered under the Bheemunipatnam municipality but merged into GVMC in 2017. It is currently under the administration of Bheemunipatnam Revenue Division and its headquarters is at Bheemunipatnam.
== Geography == Bheemunipatnam is located about 40 km from Visakhapatnam Airport, about 31 km from Visakhapatnam railway station, and 29 km from Visakhapatnam City Central Bus Station. It lies north of Visakhapatnam City and is loosely bordered by Rushikonda to the south, Bay of Bengal to the east, Madhurawada to the west, and Bhogapuram to the north.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bheemunipatnam” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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