Payment Gateway Integration for Palasa businesses
Local businesses in Palasa
Listed in OpenStreetMap within 3.5 km of the city centre.
- Restaurants and cafes: 1
- sun dhaba
Palasa facts
- District
- Srikakulam district
- Population, 2011 Census
- 97,551 (87,850 in 2001)
- Area
- about 32.75 sq km, about 38 m above sea level
- PIN codes
- 532221 (Palasa), 515241 (Palasamudram), 517599 (Palasamudram), 532284 (Palasapuram)
- Local economy
- Palasa is a significant cashew-producing centre, with more than 350 cashew processing units, the most among the northern coastal districts of Andhra Pradesh, and is one of the largest cashew processing hubs in India.
- Geography
- Palasa covers about 32.75 sq km at about 38 m above sea level, with a tropical wet and dry climate.
- History
- The name Palasa is said to come from the first Telugu letters of three goddesses, Parvati, Lakshmi and Saraswati.
Sources: Census of India 2011, Wikipedia, Wikidata, India Post and OpenStreetMap. Last checked 14 October 2026.