Palakollu

Palakollu is the administrative headquarters of Palakollu Mandal in Narasapuram income division in West Godai region of the Indian territory of Andhra Pradesh. Palakollu is arranged in Coastal Andhra area of the state. Involving 19.49 square kilometers 7.53 sq mi As of 2011 statistics, it has a populace of around 61.2 kilo and a Metro populace of around 81.1 kilo, making it the fourth most crowded city in West Godai District in Andhra pradesh.

Palakollu City was chosen for the year 2015-16 Housing for All Under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana for house less poor in the urban regions. At a normal height of 1.5 meters 4.9 ft, Palakollu city is arranged on National Highway 165 India and National Highway 216 India It is limited by Krishna area on the west, East Godai locale on the east, Bay of Bengal on the south and the province of Telangana on the north. which is home to Ksheerarama, one of the five incredible Pancharama Kshetras. Palakol or Palakollu was initially known as Kshiraramam or Kshirapuram or Palakolanu or Upamanyapuram.

In 1613, the Dutch constructed their first Indian processing plant at Palakollu, which was incidentally relinquished in 1730. Some portion of Dutch Coromandel, it was an exchanging post for materials, light oil, wood, rooftop tiles, and blocks. Under the 1783 Treaty of Paris, the town was surrendered to the British, yet the Dutch kept on leasing it from them until 1804. In 1818 it was in the past reestablished to the Dutch just to be surrendered again to the British in 1824. Palakollu is otherwise called Trilinga Desam, the locale limited by three lingas Srisailam, Draksharamam and Kaleswaram.