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Rajam
Sign in to saveRajam is a town in Vizianagaram District of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a nagar panchayat and the headquarters of Rajam mandal. It is situated at a distance of 51 km from the district headquarters.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Rajam
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- India Andhra Pradesh
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- Location in Andhra Pradesh, India
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Andhra Pradesh
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Vizianagaram
- Settlement.government_type
- Nagar Panchayat
- Settlement.governing_body
- Rajam Nagar Panchayat
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- Metric
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 32.75
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 61
- Settlement.population_total
- 42197
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2011
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.demographics_type1
- Languages
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Rajam is a town in Vizianagaram District of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a nagar panchayat and the headquarters of Rajam mandal. It is situated at a distance of 51 km from the district headquarters.
The place has nostalgic association with Thandra Paparaya, the valiant Sardar of Bobbili and who is credited with slaying of Vijayaramaraju, the Maharaja of Vijayanagaram at the end of the Battle of Bobbili in 1757.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rajam” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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