Local businesses in Samarlakota
Listed in OpenStreetMap within 3.5 km of the city centre.
- Restaurants and cafes: 1
- DORABABU TEA STALL
- Clinics: 4
- Harsha Clinic; Kushi Child Care Clinic; Manoj Koppireddy Homeo Clinic; Ratna Raju Nursing Home
Samarlakota facts
- District
- Kakinada district
- Population, 2011 Census
- 56,864 (53,602 in 2001)
- Area
- about 14.88 sq km, about 9 m above sea level
- People
- 74.58% literacy
- Places nearby
- Mandavya Narayana Swamy Temple (Hindu temple, 1 km), Srungara Vallabha Swamy Temple (Hindu temple, 10 km), Kukkuteswara Temple (Hindu temple, 10 km)
- Getting there
- APSRTC runs buses from Samarlakota bus station and the town has a railway station.
- History
- Samarlakota was formerly called Chamarlakota and was part of the Pithapuram estate, possibly its original capital.
- Education
- The town's first boarding school was set up in 1882 by the Canadian Baptist Mission.
Sources: Census of India 2011, Wikipedia, Wikidata, India Post and OpenStreetMap. Last checked 14 October 2026.