Rajampet

Rajampet is a city in Annamayya district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, located in the Rayalaseema Region formed on the banks of Cheyyeru River. The town has an average elevation of 139 meters. Rajampet is a Grade II Municipality which upgraded in 2019 and has an area of 35.38 sqkm. It consists of 29 election wards.

Rajampet is an Assembly constituency, Lok Sabha constituency, Annamayya district, and a Forest Division. It is located in Rajampet mandal of Rajampeta revenue division. It is bordered by Tirupati to the south, Nellore to the east, Sri Sathya Sai to the west, and YSR district to the north.

Education
The primary and secondary school education is imparted by government aided and private schools of the School Education Department of the state Government of Andhra Pradesh. The medium of instruction followed by different schools are English and Telugu. Rajampet has some of famous institution for ENGINEERING Annamacharya Institute of Technology & Sciences (AITS), Narayanadri Institute of Science and Technology (NIST)

There are two Central government schools in Rajampet. Kendriya Vidyalaya is located near to Railway station. PM SHRI Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya is located at N.R.Palli village which is six kilo metres away from Akepadu cross road.

Civil administration
Rajampet is a municipality of area 35.87 sqkm in Annamayya District (formerly Kadapa District). Rajampet was a gram panchayat before 2005 and upgraded to Nagar Panchayat on 2 April 2005 up to an area of 20.60 km2 and in 2017 upgraded as municipality. It consists of 20 election wards. In 2019 this town was upgraded into a Grade II Municipality which is headed by a Municipal Chairman and governed by a Municipal Commissioner.

Politics
Rajampet is a Lok sabha constituency since 1957 and it is a Lok Sabha constituency of the twenty-five lok sabha constituencies from Andhra Pradesh in India and only one Parliamentary Constituency in the district.

Currently P.V Midhun Reddy Member of Parliament (India) of YSR Congress Party won from Rajampet (Lok Sabha constituency) from General elections held on 2019.

Meda Venkata Mallikarjuna Reddy is the present Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) of the Rajampet Assembly constituency for the YSR Congress Party.

Roadways
Rajampet is the entranceway to the pilgrimage site of Tirumala.

• National Highway NH 716 : Chennai-Kurnool Green filed Corridor, passes through the town.

• Proposed NH 370 Nellore to Anathapuram (Nellore–Rapur–Rajampet–Rayachoti–Kadiri–Anathapuram) is currently under planning.

• Rajampeta well connected to all major national highways NH 40, NH 16, NH 75.

The Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation operates bus services from Sri Annamayya Bus Station and from Town Old Bus Station to Major cities Kadapa, Tirupati, Nellore, Kurnool, Vijaywada, Chennai, Bengaluru, Anantapur, and to other towns and villages in the district.

Railways
Rajampet has its own railway station, which is a major station in the district that comes under the South Central Railway Zone of Guntakal railway division.

• Rajampeta is the only railway station well connected to major cities from the Annamayya District (Rajampeta).

• Very well railway connected to Chennai, Mumbai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Guntakal, Hubli, Goa, Arakonam, Renigunta Junction, Kurnool, Kolhapur.

Airways
The nearest airports from Rajampeta are:

• Kadapa Airport, located in Kadapa city 54 km away.

• Tirupati International Airport, 90 km away.

• Local transport is available from the bus and railway stations to the airports.