(kəkĭnä'də) or Cocanada (kōkənä'də) , town (1991 pop. 327,541), Andhra Pradesh state, SE India, on the Godavari River delta. A coastal trading port on the Bay of Bengal, it is now a district administrative center and a market for sugarcane, peanuts, tobacco, cotton, and iron ore. There is a flour-milling factory and a salt-processing plant.

?Kakinada Andhra Pradesh • India
Kakinada
Coordinates: 16°′N 82°′E / 16.93, 82.22
Time zone	IST ([[UTC+5:30]])
District(s)	East Godavari
Population	(2001)
Codes • Pincode • Telephone	• 5330xx • ++91 884

Coordinates: 16°′N 82°′E / 16.93, 82.22 Kakinada  pronunciation? is a city and a municipal corporation in East Godavari district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is also the headquarters of East Godavari district.the city has a population of about 800,000(504,920) as per 2001 census. This coastal city is witnessing rapid growth thanks to the recently granted Special Economic Zone status. It is one of the largest tier-2 cities of India. The city also has a deep-water port which is expanding rapidly.

Origin of the name

• The name of the city was originally 'Kaki Nandiwada' The name was truncated to Kakinada over the passage of time.
• The first settlers in this port city were the Dutch, followed by the British and then the missionaries of the Canadian Baptist Mission and the name was anglicised to Co-Canada probably due to this Canadian connection.
• After Independence, it was renaturalized to Kakinada, although a few organisations established during the British colonial rule retain the old name (e.g., Cocanada Chamber of Commerce).
• Also Kakinada is known as Second Madras. The main roads are straight, planned and are parallel which run across the city.

• Kakinada is famous for the sweet named "kakinada kaja"

Geography

Kakinada is located at 16.93° N 82.22° E^[1]. It has an average elevation of 2 metres (6 feet).

The 82 1/2 degrees east longitude with respect to which IST (Indian Standard Time) is calculated passes through Kakinada.

Distance Chart from Kakinada to other cities

• Bangalore 856 km
• Chennai 684 km
• Guntur City 248 km
• Anantapur City 685 km
• Howrah (Kolkatta) 1028 km
• Hyderabad 523 km
• Mumbai 1234 km
• New Delhi 1848 km
• Rajahmundry 65 km
• Vijayawada 223 km
• Visakhapatnam 162 km

Demographics

As of 2001 India census^[2], Kakinada had a population of 504,920. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Kakinada has an average literacy rate of 66%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 71%, and female literacy is 61%. In Kakinada, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Religious influence

The city is predominantly Hindu.

Hinduism

• Sri Shirdi Sai Pooja Mandir Trust,known as SSSPMT in Ashok Nagar is famous for its Services.
• Bhavanarayanaswami Temple, in Sarpavaram village, is dedicated to Vishnu. The architecture of this temple is a blend of the Chalukya's, Dravida's and Chola styles.
• The Gaudiya Vaishnava organisation known as the Sri Krishna Chaitanya Mission (founded by Srila Bhakti Vaibhava Puri Maharaj) established its first temple in Kakinada in 1966.
• The Venkateswara Swamy Temple located near ontimamidi junction is very famous temple for the locals.
• The Shivalayam located in Ramarao Pet is very famous temple.
• The Bhanugudi in Bhanugudi junction is very famous Surya devalayam.
• The Bala Tripura Sundari temple situated near pindala cheruvu is one of the well known temples in kakinada and visited by more than 1 lakh devotees during the festival of Dussera.

Industrial influence

Kakinada is the "Fertilizer City" of Andhra Pradesh. Nagarjuna Fertilizers is the biggest Urea manufacturer in coastal Andhra. Another company, Godavari Fertilizers, produces DAP (Di-Ammonium Phosphate). Kakinada has been in the news recently after several oil companies decided to use it as a transit point for oil and gas shipments. The economic value of these investments has increased considerably after the recent gas finds by ONGC [Oil and Natural Gas Commission], Reliance in the KG basin.

The Murugappa Group-owned EID Parry (India) Ltd and Cargill International SA have announced their plans to enter into a joint venture to set up a port-based stand-alone sugar refinery in Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh. EID Parry vice-chairman A Vellayan said the investment was estimated at Rs 325 crore and the plant was expected to be commissioned by December 2007.

Reliance is also planning to set up a sugar mill.

An oil and natural gas corporation is getting ready to set up a refinery in Kakinada. In 2002 lot of edible oil refineries established themselves in Kakinada and the refining capacity has touched 3000 tons per day. Kakinada port is facilitating the imports of crude palm oil, crude soyabean oil. Kakinada is having an edible oil per day refining capacity of more than 3000 MTS Major refineries are Acalmar Oils & fats limited, Ruchi In frastructure, Nikhil refineries ltd, etc. By mid 2007, kakinada will have 3 to 4 biodiesel units in operation namely Universal Biofuels , Naturol biofuels.

Andhra Pradesh has entered into a formal agreement with Reliance Industries for Jatropha planting. The company has selected 200 acres of land at Kakinada to grow jatropha for high quality bio-diesel fuel.^[3]

In the next four years, Kakinada will need 20,000 mechanical engineers.

Information technology growth

• ForeTell Technologies Private Limited - ForeTell Technologies Private Limited is a Leading Software Development company in Kakinada, India

• Nyros Technologies - NYROS Technologies is the first in offshore, outsourcing software company based in Kakinada, India

Recently Software Technologies Park of India has started an IT Park in Kakinada. A software gaint, Infotech and Nyros Technologies has started their services in Kakinada STPI.

Educational influence

Kakinada is a major hub fulfilling the growing educational demand of people within the district. The past decade has witnessed exponential growth and many residential colleges have established themselves to offer quality secondary education. There are also several professional colleges in and around the city offering courses in Engineering, IT and Management at the graduate and post graduate level. Education in the town has received further impetus of late, with the arrival of IT majors such as Infosys, Wipro and Satyam to recruit bright students from their campuses.

• Pragati Little Public School,Venkata Nagar& Gandhi Nagar,Kakinada
• Pragati IIT Talent School,Venkata Nagar,Kakinada
• Pragati Junior College,Venkata Nagar,Kakinada
• Pragati Degree College,Venkata Nagar,Kakinada
• Pithapuram Raja Government Degree College (known as P.R. College) established by the Kings of Pithapuram, a local dynasty
• Pithapuram Raja Government High School (known as P.R.G.H) established by the Kings of Pithapuram, a local dynasty
• Mc Lauren High School
• JNTU Engineering College is one of the oldest engineering colleges in Andhra Pradesh. It is a part of the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University system. Other JNTU colleges being at Hyderabad, Anantapur and Pulivendala (as of 2006).
• Tagore Convent Educational Institutions - Established in 1975.
• Nehru Convent educational institutions
• Ideal Degree college
• Rangaraya Medical College [www.rmc.ac.in] [1]
• Andhra Polytechnic
• Hamsavahini Vidyalaya http://www.hamsavahinividyalaya.com
• MSN Charities educational institutions
• Kakinada Public School. This is one of the CBSE schools started in early 80's and has been very successful in providing caliber students who later graduated in premier institutes of India ( IIT, IIM and REC's). The school initially was led by Anglo-Indian lady principle Ms Brown during 80's.
• St Joseph's Convent School
• Ashram Public School
• Gandhi Centenary School (This is one of the oldest schools in kakinada started in 1969 by Kakinada Educational Society. At that time it was only for boys and it was famous for its educational standards and produced one of the best engineers and doctors who were graduates from IITs, IIM and AIIMS. This school is still active and started admitting girls beginning from 1993.
• Nava Bharat Public High School
• Canan Ankita Hotel Management Academy
• Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Management and Sciences [www.rimsedu.in] [2]
• Kakinada School of Preaching - www.ksop.org
• St. Anthony's group of schools
• Aditya Educational Institutions
• Blue Bells school, Sreeramnagar
• Pragati engineering college
• V.S.Lakshmi Women's Degree College
• Andhra University Post-graduate Extension Center
• Akshara School
• MSN English medium school aka Nehru convent, Meher nagar
• Aditya educational group of institutions
• Sea Horse Academy of Merchant Navy (www.seahorseacademy.com)
• St. Xavier's High School ---Jagannaickpur Kakinada-533002,
• Sama Public School, Jagannaickpur, Kakinada (Sama Suryanarayana Murthy Educational Society)
• Z.P.High school, vakalapudi,kakinada
• A. S. Degree College for Women
• P V R Trust Degree College
• Ideal Degree College
• Rajiv Ghandi Institute of PostGraduate & Sciences.

Engineering colleges

• Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (ESTB-1946)
• Andhra Politechic (APT)
• Pragati engineering college (ESTB-2001)
• Aditya engineering college (ESTB-2001)
• Chaitanya engineering college (ESTB-2006)
• Kakinada institute of engineering and technology (KIET) (ESTB-2002)
• Sai Aditya engineering college (ESTB-2004)
• Sri Aditya engineering college (ESTB-2007)
• Regency institute of technology, near Kakinada, Yanam, UT of Puduchery (Pondichery) (ESTB-2000)

Medical College

• Rangaraya Medical College(ESTB-1954)

People

People from Kakinada can easily be identified by their characteristic East Godavari Telugu accent. They have gained a reputation for being hospitable, polite and cultured in their interaction with people. Education has spread its tentacles and a large part of the younger generation are migrating to the cities and out of the country in search of opportunities that meet their scale of ambition. However, there are significant parts of the society that ride the boom by expanding their businesses and investments. Besides the local population is substituted through rural immigrants who leave their villages to seek work and opportunity in this bustling town.

Mr. Subhash Vobilisetti is one of the famous persons in Kakinada.

Food

East Godavari is famous for traditional Andhra cuisine and Kakinada is no different - mouth watering pickles (Aavakaaya) made from mango, vegetables (e.g. Caulifower Aavakaaya), chicken, shrimp, mutton and even fish. Interestingly, a few people here swear by the pungent taste of dried fish (Endu Chepa) and shrimp (Endu Royya). People arrive here from distant towns on business, and consider their trip incomplete when they fail to fit in a lunch or dinner at Sri Krishna Vilas, popularly known as Subbiah Hotel. This town is also famous for its unique Kotiah Kakinada Kaaja (Kotiah Sweets was founded in the year 1900), a sweet made from maida and dipped in sugar syrup. The locals frequent the innumerable carts strategically located at populous street corners to get their share of bhajis and a delightfully tasty mixture of onions, toasted rice, and sev (Pidatha Kindha Pappu). Kakinada is also one of the few regions in the entire Andhra Pradesh where Chekkarakeli aratipandu (banana) and Kothapalli kobbari maamidipandu (mango) are available.

See also

–Kakinada is also famous for its delicious pesarattu, a breakfast or brunch item formed into crepes from moong daal (pesara pappu), green chillies, ginger and cumin. These are sold in restaurants as well as street stalls.—

References

External links

• Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Kakinada

• Nyros Technologies - NYROS Technologies is an offshore, outsourcing software company based in Kakinada, India

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