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"Bhimavaram" is a city in West Godavari district of the Andhra Pradesh state of India. It is the administrative headquarters of Bhimavaram mandal in Narasapuram revenue division. It is a part of Eluru Urban Development Authority. Census of India, it is the List of cities in Andhra Pradesh by population city in the district with a population of 142,184. It is one of the major pilgrimage centers in the state, which is home to Somaramam, one of the five great Pancharama Kshetras.

Along with much of present-day coastal Andhra Pradesh, Bhimavaram was controlled by the Chola dynasty. Under Kulothunga Chola I, Bhimavaram was ruled by his sons who served as viceroys. Stone inscriptions have been found in the town dating from his reign (c. 1096 C.E.).

The name Bhimavaram literally means "the gift of Bhima". According to a legend, in around 890-918 AD, an Eastern Chalukyas king named Chalukya Bheema built a Shiva temple and laid the foundation to this city. It was originally called "Bhimapuram", but the name gradually changed to "Bhimavaram"; "puram" refers to a dwelling place while "varam" means an endowment in Telugu.

census of India, the town had a population of 142,184. The total population constitutes 70,066 males and 72,214 females—a sex ratio of 1031 females per 1000 males. 12,157 children are in the age group of 0-6 years, of which 6,149 are boys and 6,008 are girls—a ratio of 977 girls per 1000 boys. The average literacy rate stands at 83.41% with 1,08,535 literates, significantly higher than the state average of 73.00%. Its urban agglomeration population was 146,961.

# April 1948: Bhimavaram Municipality was established as a third grade municipality.# August 1963: Upgraded to a second grade municipality in August 1963.# August 1967: Upgraded to a first grade municipality in August 1967.# September 1980: Upgraded to a Special Grade Municipality in September 1980.# September 2011: It was upgraded to 'Selection Grade municipality' in 2011.# 1 January 2019: Eluru Urban Development Authority created. Bhimavaram became a part of Eluru Urban Development Authority along with places in West Godavari district

Bhimavaram (Assembly constituency) is a legislative assembly constituency in Andhra Pradesh.(The MLA was grandi Srinivas)

The town has a total road length of . It is well connected with other places in the country by National Highway (India). National Highway 216 (India) passes through the city.

The Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation operates bus services from Bhimavaram bus station. Bhimavaram town railway station is classified as 'A-category' in the Vijayawada railway division of South Central Railway zone. The Gudivada-Bhimavaram section connects it with Visakhapatnam-Vijayawada section of Howrah-Chennai main line.

There are as many as 2,69,137 vehicle owners are licensed according to transport officials in the city. Out of this, about 13,064 are autos, 1236 school buses, 9908 lorries, 11,129 cars, 2,04,728 motorbikes, 2,833 three-wheelers, 15 car travels, and 5 bus travel vehicles.

The nearest airport to Bhimavaram is Rajahmundry Airport, which is 80 km away.

Bhimavaram is famous for the Gunupudi Someswara (Somarama) temple, which is one of the five holy Pancharamas and the temple of the local deity Mavullamma.The Someswara temple was built during the 3rd century A.D., the Shiva lingam is known for changing its color according to the lunar month: black during amavasya and white during Purnima.

The local deity Mavullamma is believed to have manifested here in the year 1200 AD with the temple being built around 1880 AD.According to local folklore the goddess manifested between a mango farm earning her the name Mamillamma(arising from mangoes) which was later adapted to Mavullamma.

There are many notable people from the Telugu cinema such as, Trivikram Srinivas, Sivaji Raja, Subbaraju, Sunil (actor), Prabhas and Raja Ravindra.

Other notable personalities include Krishnam Raju Gadiraju, K. V. K. Raju, Yellapragada Subbarao in science, mystic Swami Jnanananda, Industrialists B. V. Raju, Byrraju Ramalinga Raju and freedom fighter Alluri Sitarama Raju.

Primary and secondary school education is imparted by government, aided, and private schools of the School Education Department of the state. The medium of instruction followed by schools are English and Telugu.

There are numerous higher educational institutions in and around Bhimavaram. Some of the renowned institutions are S.R.K.R Engineering College, D.N.R Educational Institutions, K.G.R.L Group of Educational Institutions, Sri Vishnu Educational Society, Bhimavaram Institute of Engineering & Technology, Grandhi Varalakshmi Venkatarao Institute of Technology (GVIT), Dr.C.S.N. degree and P.G college.

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