{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2019}} {{Use Indian English|date=January 2019}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Tekkali | native_name = | native_name_lang = te | nickname = | settlement_type = Census Town | image_skyline = {{multiple image | border = infobox | total_width = 280 | image_style = border:1; | perrow = 1/2/2/1 | caption_align = center | image1 = An APSRTC Express bus in new livery.jpg | alt1 = |caption1 = An APSRTC Express bus bound to Tekkali from Visakhapatnam | image2 = Tekkali RTC bs stand.jpg | alt2 = |caption2 = APSRTC bus station, Tekkali }} | image_alt = | image_caption = | pushpin_map = India Andhra Pradesh | pushpin_label_position = left | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Andhra Pradesh, India | coordinates = {{coord|18.6167|N|84.2333|E|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = India | subdivision_type1 = State | subdivision_name1 = Andhra Pradesh | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = Srikakulam | established_title = <!-- Established --> | established_date = | founder = | named_for = | government_type = | governing_body = | unit_pref = Metric | area_footnotes = <ref name=census>{{cite web|title=District Census Handbook - Srikakulam|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/2811_PART_B_DCHB_SRIKAKULAM.pdf|website=Census of India|accessdate=11 January 2016|pages=26–28, 54|format=PDF}}</ref> | area_rank = | area_total_km2 = 13.58 | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | population_total = 28631 | population_as_of = 2011 | population_rank = | population_density_km2 = auto | utc_offset1 = +5:30 | postal_code_type = PIN | postal_code = 532201 | area_code_type = Telephone code | area_code = 91–8945 | registration_plate_type = Vehicle registration | registration_plate = AP-30 (former)<br /> AP–39 (from 30 January 2019)<ref>{{cite news |title=New 'AP 39' code to register vehicles in Andhra Pradesh launched |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/vijayawada/2019/jan/31/new-ap-39-code-to-register-vehicles-in-state-launched-1932417.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190203234146/http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/vijayawada/2019/jan/31/new-ap-39-code-to-register-vehicles-in-state-launched-1932417.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 February 2019 |accessdate=9 June 2019 |work=The New Indian Express |date=31 January 2019 |location=Vijayawada}}</ref> | website = | footnotes = | leader_title = MLA | leader_name = Atchannaidu Kinjarapu }} '''Tekkali''' is a census town in Srikakulam district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is the mandal headquarters of Tekkali mandal and Tekkali revenue division and is located at a distance of 51 km from the district headquarters.<ref name=census /><ref>{{cite web|title=Srikakulam district mandals |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/maps/atlas/28part31.pdf|website=Census of India |publisher=The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India|accessdate=18 May 2015 |pages=189, 214–15|format=PDF}}</ref>
== Etymology == The town derives its name from the eponymous medicinal tree. The Latin botanical name of Tekkali plant is ''Clerodendrum phlomides Linn''. It belongs to the family Verbenacae. The ''Tekkali'' chettu (tree) is known by various alternate names too in various regions of Andhra Pradesh. For instance, it's also known by the name of ''Nelli'' (నెల్లి) from which Nellore City in Nellore district, and Nellimarla Town in Vizianagaram district are said to derive their names.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=584&parname=0|title=Plant Details|publisher=}}</ref>
== Geography == Tekkali is located at {{coord|18.6167|N|83.2333|E|}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/02/Tekkali.html|title=redirect to /world/IN/02/Tekkali.html|publisher=}}</ref> It has an average elevation of 27 meters (91 feet). It lies on the coast of Bay of Bengal with an area of 275 square miles.
==Connectivity== The nearest airport is the Vishakhapatnam, which is at a distance of 150 km. National Highway 16 (Chennai - Kolkata) passes through the town. It is well connected with the nearest towns of Nandigam, Palasa, Meliaputti, Chapara, Sompeta, Mandasa, Kaviti, Itchapuram, Narasannapeta, Pathapatnam, Paralakhemundi and the district headquarter Srikakulam. Tekkali is 50 km away from Srikakulam headquarter.
There is a Railway station in Tekkali. Another nearby railway station is at Naupada called Naupada Junction (NWP). Naupada Junction is 4 km from Tekkali and is accessible by autorickshaws and private bus services.
==Demography== According to The Imperial Gazetteer of India,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V23_281.gif|title=Imperial Gazetteer2 of India, Volume 23, page 275 -- Imperial Gazetteer of India -- Digital South Asia Library|publisher=}}</ref> Tekkali in 1901 was a Zamindari tahsil in Ganjam district of Madras province.
==Education== The primary and secondary school education is enabled by government, government-aided and private schools, under the ''School Education Department'' of the state of Andhra Pradesh.<ref>{{cite web|title=School Education Department|url=http://rmsaap.nic.in/Notification_TSG_2015.pdf|publisher=School Education Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh|accessdate=7 November 2016|format=PDF|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161107220545/http://rmsaap.nic.in/Notification_TSG_2015.pdf|archive-date=7 November 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The Department of School Education - Official AP State Government Portal {{!}} AP State Portal|url=http://www.ap.gov.in/department/organizations/school-education/|website=www.ap.gov.in|accessdate=7 November 2016|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161107155331/http://www.ap.gov.in/department/organizations/school-education/|archivedate=7 November 2016}}</ref> The medium of instruction followed by different schools are English and Telugu.
== Politics == Nandhamuri Taraka Rama Rao represented this assembly constituency in Andhra Pradesh General Legislative assembly Elections 1994.
== References == {{reflist}}
{{Srikakulam district}} {{Mandal headquarters in Srikakulam district}}
Category:Cities and towns in Srikakulam district Category:Mandal headquarters in Srikakulam district