Kakinada is a city in Andhra Pradesh located on the coast of the Bay of Bengal. It has a population of over 300,000 people and is a major port and industrial center. The city has experienced rapid population and economic growth due to the establishment of a special economic zone and proposed petroleum and chemical industries zone. Key facts about Kakinada include its location on national and state highways and rail lines, literacy rate of over 80%, and economy centered around agriculture, fishing, and industry such as fertilizers. The document provides details on the city's demographics, infrastructure, land use, and economic and tourism activities.

1. KAKINADA CITY PROFILE
Date: 22.01.2015
DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING
SCHOOL OF PLANNING AND ARCHITECTUREVIJAYAWADA
Submitted by:
Nirupama Stalin
Lavanya Chintagunta
Manaswini Madasu
Aditya Narayan
BandaTejasweri
RohitThakur
Uppada Suresh
Ramavath Naveen

2. CONTENTS
■ INTRODUCTION
■ ETYMOLOGY
■ FACTSAND FIGURES
■ GENERAL INFORMATION
■ POPULATIONOFTHE CITY
■ INCOME AND EXPENDITURE
■ CITY FORMAND CITY GROWTH
■ KAKINADA ROAD NETWORK
■ CONNECTIVITY
■ CITY DYNAMICS
■ LANDUSE DETAILS
■ PLANNNG ZONES
■ PROPOSEDWIDENING OF ROADS
■ KAKINADATOURISM
■ KAKINADA PORT

3. INTRODUCTION
 Kakinada is a city and a municipal
corporation in the Indian state of Andhra
Pradesh.
 It is located 223 kilometres north-east of
Vijayawada.
 It is also the headquarters of East
Godavari district.
 It is nicknamed 'Fertilizer City‘,
'Pensioner's Paradise' and 'Second
Madras'.
 It is spread over an area of 90 km.
 The city is part of a Special Economic
Zone and a proposed 'Petroleum,
Chemical and Petrochemical Investment
Region (PCPIR)'.
Location of the city
Latitude: 16.93˚N
Longitude: 82.22˚E

4. ETYMOLOGY
■ This place was full of ponds filled with red lotus
which is called as Kokanadamu inTelugu.
■ The city of Kakinada was called Kakinandiwada
(Nandi kings).
■ The British used to call it Cocanada.
■ After Independence, the name was renaturalised
to Kakinada.
■ Even now, the City's two railway stations are
codenamed CCT (KakinadaTown Junction) and
COA (Kakinada Port) by Indian Railways.

5. FACTS AND FIGURES
State: Andhra Pradesh
District: East Godavari
Elevation: 2 Metres
Latitude: 16.93˚N
Longitude: 82.22˚E
Population: 312,255
Literacy rate: 81.23%
AverageTemperature: 28˚C
Average rainfall: 110-115 cm
Languages:Telugu(Official), English, Hindi
Religions: Hindu, Muslim
Best time to visit: December to February
STD Code: 884
Postal Code: 533001

6. GENERAL
INFORMATIONArea (sq. km) 31.69
No. of House Holds (2001) 73,373
No. of MunicipalWards 50
No. of Slums 101
No. of Urban Health Centers 6
Municipal High Schools 14
U.P. Schools 1
Primary Schools 52
No. of Burial Grounds 9
No. Of Major Parks 6
No. of Minor Parks 20
No. ofVegetable Markets 7
No. of Open Spaces 150
Total Area of Open Spaces Ac 85.135 cents
No. of PublicToilets 52

7. POPULATION OFTHE CITY
Population (2001 Census) 2,96,329
Population at Present (2011 census) 3,25,985
Projected Population (2031) 10,54,157
Slum Population 1,32,185
% of Slum Population on Total Population 41%
No. of pupil studying in High Schools 6830
No. of pupil studying in U.P. Schools 88
No. of pupil studying in Primary Schools 4777
INCOMEAND EXPENDITURE
Annual Income (2013-2014) 30976.93 lakhs
Annual Expenditure (2013-14) 30371.00 lakhs
Surplus 605.93 lakhs
Annual Income 2012-13 5714.71 lakhs
Annual Expenditure 2012-13 3032.62 lakhs
Surplus 2682.09 lakhs

8. CITY FORM AND CITY GROWTH
 Major Spine of the town is the National Highway and the
State Highway
 Rail Network and the Sea connectivity has led the
concentration of town growth horizontally.
 New Layouts have come up on the northeast towards
Samalkot. (Overall 663 approved layouts)
 Influence ofVKPCPIR, the North direction towards
Uppada and Samalkot also has potential for
development.
Regional Influence:
 VKPCPIR
 Kakinada – SEZ
 Port Connectivity
 Good Road Connectivity
 Educational and Health hub
 Hope island and Coringa Wildlife Sanctuary

9. KAKINADA ROAD
NETWORK

10. CONNECTIVIT
YBy Road:
 NH-214 from Kathipudi to Ongole (both on NH-5)
passes through the city
 S.H-40 connects the town to Rajahmundry and other
towns in the district.
 ADB Road and Samalkot- Kakinada Bypass Road
By Rail:
Being a shore city, Kakinada is a railway terminus.
 Kakinada Town Junction (CCT),
 Kakinada port (COA),
 Sarpavaram.
Connected to Samalkot Junction (13 km away) on the
Chennai- Howrah trunk line.
By Air:
 Rajamundry (61 km away)
 Visakapatnam (145 km away)
Water Ways:
 Connects rivers and canals between Bhadrachalam-
Rajahmundry- Kakinada- Eluru-Vijayawada and
Chennai
 Length of the water ways is 1,095 km

11. CITY
DYNAMICS Earlier Settlement:
Areas in the south of the creek with some historical importance.
(Jagannatha temple, Dutch, French architecture)
 New Planned Development:
North of the creek is an extension of the old town (Planned
town).
 With the establishment of JNTUK and the other
educational institutes the city started growing towards
Pithapuram
DEMOGRAPHY
Density/ Ha 220 persons
Sex Ratio 1046
Literacy Rate 74%
Work Force Participation 34%
HighestWard Density 646.47 PPH(28˚ward)
LowestWard Density 14.92 PPH(12˚ward)

13. PLANNING
ZONES Wards andVillage Boundaries, Population to be
served
 Density of population, Growth potentials
 6 in the KMC area, 5 in the surrounding villages

14. PROPOSED WIDENING
OF ROADS
Major roads widened for horizon period
RR Road 100’
Temple Road 60’
Main Road 100’
Pithapuram Road 100’
NFCL Road 80’
Cinema Road 80’
Approach Road 80’
 New linkage roads were proposed in grid
iron pattern in the vicinity area.
 +1 bus stand was proposed near
Sarpavaram Junction.
 +3 truck terminals proposed.
 Bridges, Flyover, ROB were proposed
where required.

15. KAKINADA
TOURISMKakinada has some good places in and around to visit, like ancient
temples, some beaches, mangrove forests and Godavari delta.
The UnionTerritory ofYanam on the banks of River Godavari,25 km south
of Kakinada.
A replica of the world famous EiffelTower, 100m in height, is being built
there.
■ Annavaram Satyanarayana SwamyTemple (40 km)
■ Draksharama ShivaTemple (25 km)
■ Samalkot ShivaTemple (12 km)
■ Sri BhimeswaraswamyVariTemple (10 km)
■ Kukkuteshwara SwamyTemple (12 km)
■ Kotipalli KotilingeswaraTemple (30 km)
■ Shri Bhavanarayana SwamyTemple (5 km)
■ CoringaWildlife Sanctuary (5 km)
■ Hope Island ((5 km offshore, fromVakalapudi beach)
■ Konaseema (30 km)
■ Kakinada-Uppada Beach (Vakalpudi Beach), (5 km)
■ Rajiv Gandhi Beach (25 km)
■ JainTemple, located in Main road

16. KAKINADA
PORT■ Kakinada DeepWater Port is located on the
East Coast of India. It is in the East Godavari
district of Andhra Pradesh, INDIA and is
strategically located between major Ports of
Vishakhapatnam and Chennai.
Navigational Channel
Length: 10000 m
Width: 160 m
Depth: 14 m
Turning Circle: 350 m
Island Breakwater:1050 m
Channel Buoys (Solar
Powered): 16
Transit lights (Solar
Powered): 2 nos
Beacon Lights: 2 nos
Berths
MAIN JETTY
Main Jetty has six berths & one OSV
berth
Total length of quay (six berths): 1510
m
Total width of quay: 25 m
Length of OSV berth: 58 m
Width of OSV berth: 25 m
Permissible vessel dimensions at Main
Jetty:
Max LOA permissible: 230 m
Max Beam permissible: 32.40 m
Max permissible draught: 13 m (on high
tide)
OSV JETTY
Two Finger Jetties: a) 4 x 90 m
with berthing faces: b) 2 x 40 m
Permissible dimensions:
LOA permissible: 90 m
Beam permissible: No restriction
Permissible draught: 8.5 m
NRW Extension
Multi-purpose berth: 635 m (North)
/150 m (South)
Permissible dimensions:
LOA: 170 m
Draft: 10 m

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