Payakaraopeta
Payakaraopeta is a City in anakapalli district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India. Payakaraopeta City is a gate Way of Visakhapatnam. Tuni and Payakaraopeta Cities are Twin Cities in Andhra Pradesh. Payakaraopeta City is fastest growing City in Andhra Pradesh. In the year 2011, The first AC library in united Andhra Pradesh was opened here. Demographics
As of Census 2021 the town has a population of 182,878. Average Sex Ratio of the town is of 1038 against state average of 993. Population of Children with age of 0-6 is 2864 which is 10.61 % of total population of Payakaraopeta. Child Sex Ratio in Payakaraopeta is around 978 compared to Andhra Pradesh state average of 939. Literacy rate of the town is 76.81 % higher than state average of 67.02%. Transport
Payakaraopet City has an APSRTC bus station from where there are buses to Anakapalli, Narsipatnam, Visakhapatnam, Rajahmundry and Kakinada.It is located at a distance of 0km from Tuni. State runs APS RTC bus services from many cities in the State to this City. Being next to Tuni railway station, you can go anywhere in the country from this railway station. Politics

Assembly constituency
Payakaraopeta is an assembly constituency in Andhra Pradesh. List of Elected Members:
1951 - Raja Sagi Suryanarayana Raju
1962 - Mande Pitchaiah
1967 and 1972 - Gantlana Suryanarayana
1978 - Maruthi Adeyya
1983 - Sumana Gantela
1989 and 1994 - Kakara Nookaraju
1999 and 2004 - Chengala Venata Rao
2009 - Golla Baburao (Congress)
2012 - Golla Baburao resigned
2012 - Golla Baburao (YSRCP)
2014 - Vangalapudi Anitha (TDP)
2019 - Golla Baburao (ysrcp)

Education
The primary and secondary school education is imparted by government, aided and private schools, under the School Education Department of the state. The medium of instruction followed by different schools are English, Telugu. Schools and Colleges

 Samayamanthula Reddy Government Junior College
 Government I.T.I College
 Siddhartha Junior College
 Connossa school
 Sri Prakash vidhya Niketan
 Sri Prakash Junior College
 Sun flower school
 Manna public school
 Sri Chaitanya College
 Sri Prakash PG College
 Gowtham Model School

References

Cities and towns in Anakapalli district