Kavali Municipality is Located 14.920 North Longitude & 79.980 East Latitude & 8 KM. from Bay of Bengal. The town having railway station on Chennai Howrah Railway line. The National Highway NH -5 passing to the town. Kavali is located in Sripottisriramulu Nellore District, with Head quarters of Nellore with a distance of 60 KM. The nearest Airports are Tirupathi and Channai with a distance above 200 KM. The area of Municipality 60.09 Sq KM with a population of 97053 as per 2011 census. The town having elevation varies from + 25.00.M to + 8.00. Number of House Holds as per 2011 Census 21.567 & as per 2014 Census 22.840.
The climate of the town is characterized by aggressive summer and good seasonal rain-fall – The annual average rainfall in Kavali region is around 1050.00MM, the rainfall during the south West Monsoon is about 70 % of the annual rain fall and that during the North West Monsoon is about 30 % of the annual rain fall.
The Kavali Municipality as constituted as 3rd grade Municipality on 01-04-1967 and its present grade is 2nd grade Municipality.
Decades Population
As per 1971 Census 29616
As per 1981 Census 48119
As per 1991 Census 65910
As per 2001 Census 79682
As per 2011 Census 97053
It is observed that average increase of population per decade from 1971 to 1981 is rapid i.e., 18503 (62.48% increase). After wards the growth rate 1981 to 2011 the percentage increase of the population is gradually decreases and the average percentage of increase population per year is 3.09%.
Kavali is a main trading centre for clothes like hosiery and wholesale readymade garments. A large number of cloth markets contribute to the local economy. Many readymade garments factories operate in this town. Kavali is mainly depend on agriculture for income, paddy being the main crop. There are many rice mills around the town. Farmers from Kavali grow one of the finest rice varieties, “Molakolukulu”, which forms a sizable share of business.
The town is a local hub for farm inputs, and is the main market for agricultural produce around the area. Kavali Diary (APDDC) is one of the famous ones here, supporting dairy industry. Brick Manufacturing is the one of the major activity of in and around the town.
The Municipality is divided into 40 wards. The general information of the Municipality as detailed.
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Road network
BT Roads 2.20 KM
CC Roads 49.50 KM
WBM & Other Roads 153.82 KM
Total Roads 205.52 KM
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Drains
Major pucca CC drains 45.20 KM
Medium and small pucca drains 32.50 KM
Kucha drains 342.70 KM
Total Drains 405.52 KM
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Street Lights
MH Lamps 519
Tube Lights 4325
Total 4754
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Sanitation
Garbage generated /day 43.00 MT
Garbage lifted/ day 43.00 MT