| Amadalavalasa | |
| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Pushpin Map: | India Andhra Pradesh |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Andhra Pradesh, India |
| Coordinates: | 18.4167°N 83.9°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name1: | Andhra Pradesh |
| Subdivision Name2: | Srikakulam |
| Founder: | Budumuru Navajeevan kumar |
| Government Type: | Municipality |
| Governing Body: | Amudalavalasa Municipality, SUDA |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 19.65 |
| Population Total: | 39799 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code Type: | PIN |
| Postal Code: | 532185 |
| Area Code: | 08942 |
| Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
| Registration Plate Type: | Vehicle Registration |
| Registration Plate: | AP30 (former) AP39 (from 30 January 2019)[3] |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Telugu |
| Leader Title: | MLA |
| Leader Name: | Thammineni Seetharam |
Amadalavalasa is a town in Srikakulam district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a municipality and also the mandal headquarters of Amadalavalasa mandal.[4] The town is spread over an area of 19.65km2, which is under the jurisdiction of Visakhapatnam Metropolitan Region Development Authority. Srikakulam Road railway station is situated at Amadalavalasa.
Amadalavalasa is located at .[5] It has an average elevation of 29 metres (98 feet).
Amadalavalasa means 'the town of castor oil'. During the times of Ashoka, this place was called Herandapalli. Heranda in Sanskrit means castor oil. Ironically, there are no castor oil plants being grown or castor oil being produced in this place.
Iron Age habitation
Evidence of early historic man and his activities have been recently discovered on the hills of Sangamayya Konda,[6] in Amudalavalasa mandal.
Buddhism and JainismSangamayya Konda
Sangamayya Konda is 3 km from Amudalavalasa. It was a Buddhist site and is known for the Jain vestiges and Buddhist monasteries excavated recently. A freelance archaeologist[7] [8] conducted recent explorations on the hills of Sangamayya Konda and found several pre-historic Dolmen, Menhir, Cave, Caverns and Cisterns.
Danthapuri (Danthavarapukota)
Danthapuri (Danthavarapukota) is one of the historical places near Amadalavalasa. This village is between Amudalavalasa and Hiramandalam. Ancient Buddha stupas are present in this place.
Amadalavalasa Municipality is classified as a 3rd grade municipality with 23 wards. The famous veteran parliamentarian Boddepalli Raja Gopal Rao and MLA Boddepalli Satyavathi is also from this constituency. The Current MLA Is Koona Ravi Kumar.
India census,[9] Amadalavalasa had a population of 37,852. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%.
There is a large-scale sugar factory in Amadalavalasa, presently not working. Other industries like jute, oil etc. are located at that town. There is head post office at Amadalavalasa.
The primary and secondary school education is imparted by government, aided and private schools, under the School Education Department of the state.[10] [11] The medium of instruction followed by different schools are English, Telugu.