Kumili

See also: Kumily

Kumili
village
Country	India
State	Andhra Pradesh
Languages
• Official	Telugu
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	535204
Vidhan Sabha constituency	nerlimarla

Kumili is a historical village and panchayat in Pusapatirega^[1] mandal of Vizianagaram district, Andhra Pradesh, India.

Kumili was the former seat of the erstwhile Vizianagaram Kingdom. Ruins of this mud fort still exist here.

The village has a population of 5,929 and about 1,300 houses in 2001. Males constitutes 2,991 and Females 2938 of the population.

This small village is famous on account of a huge complex of temples from ancient time. The temples are unique with extremely attractive sculptures, paintings on the walls and idols. The story of Ramayana was painted on the walls of the temples. The temples within the complex are of Ganapathi, Shiva, Kalika Devi, Navagrahalu, Satyanarayana Swamy, Subramanyeswaraswamy, Seetharamaswamy, Anjaneya Swamy and Venu Gopalaswamy.

It is famous for its 9 temples (kovela) and well-organized streets. The streets are well partitioned based on the family work and approximately 26 streets are there in the village. The Kumili village has 1,600 acres (6 km²) of fertile land (rice paddies and corn) and 1,200 acres (5 km²) of commercial plantation mainly mango and cashew.

References

↑ Details of Andhra Pradesh till Village Panchayat Tier. panchayat.gov.in

External links

Tourism site

Vizianagaram district

District headquarters	Vizianagaram

Revenue divisions	Vizianagaram * Parvatipuram

Mandals	Badangi Bobbili Makkuva Mentada Pachipenta Ramabhadrapuram Salur Vizianagaram

Cities	Vizianagaram

Towns	Bobbili Parvathipuram Salur Srungavarapukota

Census Towns	Cheepurupalli Chintalavalasa Gajapathinagaram Jarjapupeta Kanapaka Kothavalasa Malicherla Nellimarla Sriramnagar Tummikapalle

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