Samarlakota
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- Settlement.name
- Samarlakota
- Settlement.official_name
- Samalkota
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Kumararama, Samarlakota.jpg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- India Andhra Pradesh
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Andhra Pradesh, India
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- India
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Andhra Pradesh
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Kakinada district
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 14.08
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 9
- Settlement.population_total
- 56864
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2011
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
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Samalkota, commonly known as Samarlakota, is a town in Kakinada district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The town forms a part of Kakinada Urban Development Authority. It was previously known as Chamarlakota, which dates back to a local kaifiyat that was written in the mid-eighteenth century.
== History == Samalkot, historically known as Chamarlakota, was part of the Pithapuram estate and was closely associated with the sirdar family that founded the zamindari. It is believed to have been the original capital of the estate before being temporarily replaced by Pithapuram. However, in the 18th century, Samalkot regained its status as the estate's capital.