Tunglam

Tungalam is a suburban area in Visakhapatnam, India.

Tungalam
Neighbourhood
Tungalam Location in Visakhapatnam
Coordinates:
Country	India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Vishakhapatnam
Government
• Body	Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation
Languages
• Official	Telugu
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	530012
Vehicle registration	AP - 33
Sex ratio	3:1 ♂/♀
Literacy	84%%
Lok Sabha constituency	Visakhapatnam
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Gajuwaka

History

Tungalam, a fast developing village, has a history of over 100 years. Nothing historical here but, has been recognised in many aspects. Villagers believes and Worships Grama Devathas kunchalamma, Durgalamma and Muthyalamma from the most ancient days. People from different places come to this village for their livelyhood as it concentric place for many industries . Latest sportspark k nitish reddy u19 cricket player is from this place.

Features

This place is 6 km (3.7 mi) from Visakhapatnam airport, 16 km (9.9 mi) from Visakhapatnam Railway station and 6 km from Duvvada railway station.

Other information

Most of the people living here work in AutoNagar industrial area. On 14 November 2008, ramoji Rao of Eenadu group inaugurated Eenadu's main office which is located at Seethmmadara. This place is in Gajuwaka Constituency, which is previously a part of Pendurthi constituency before constituency reformations. The first counselor of this ward was Mr. Kaki. Govinda Reddy of TDP party. This ward has been awarded "fastest developing ward" under the ruling of Mr.Govind Reddy. Telugu Desam Party which was led by Mr Chandra Babu Naidu gave him State secretary and also worked as Telugu Yuvatha Chief Secretary of Andhra Pradesh. BHPV, a well-renowned company which has been taken over by BHEL recently is just besides Tungalam. Most of the people from here work abroad, mostly in Singapore, Qatar and Dubai. This village used to be in Gajuwaka municipality with 5th ward but has been merged into Greater Visakha Municipal Corporation with 59th ward.

On 20 April 1989 the fans of Sri kala Ratna NTR & Bala Krishna Fans Constructed Jai Santoshimatha Temple. This mandir was reconstructed by nandamuri fans with around 10Lakhs rupees and was inaugurated by Mr Nata Ratna Nandamuri Bala Krishna on 24 February 2011. He attended to various poojas at this place.

Transport

RTC buses are available here. Buses are also available at BHPV.

APSRTC routes

Route Number	Start	End	Via
1	Vudapark	Yadavajaggarajupeta	RK Beach, Jagadamba, Town Kotharoad, Convent, Scindia, Malkapuram, Gajuwaka, Tunglam
1T	Vudapark	Kaputungalam	RK Beach, Jagadamba, Town Kotharoad, Convent, Scindia, Malkapuram, Gajuwaka, kapuTungalam