Araku Valley
| Araku Valley అరకు లోయ |
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Araku Valley Scenic View
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 Araku Valley
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| Country |  India |
| State | Andhra Pradesh |
| District | Visakhapatnam |
| Elevation | 910 m (2,990 ft) |
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| • Official | Telugu |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 531 149 |
| Telephone code | 08936 |
Araku Valley is a Hill station in Visakhapatnam district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India. It is a valley in the Eastern Ghats inhabited by different tribes.
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Geography
Araku is located at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found..[1] It has an average elevation of 911 metres (2,989 ft).
It is located 114 km from Visakhapatnam, close to the Odisha state border. The Anantagiri and Sunkarimetta Reserved Forest which are part of Araku Valley, are rich in biodiversity. This valley is surrounded by mountains like Galikonda, Raktakonda, Sunkarimetta and Chitamogondi. These hills are endowed with rich quality bauxite ore.[2] Galikonda hill rising to a height of 5,000 feet (1,500 m) is one of the highest in Andhra Pradesh. The average rainfall is 1700 mm, bulk of which is received during June–October.[3]
Demography
Languages
Telugu is largely spoken which is also the official language. Local tribals having their own dialects which do not have any script. most of the tribal population speak Telugu and Adivasi Oriya particularly residing in adjoining mandals to Odisha state
Coffee
Araku is popular for its famous coffee plantations. India’s first tribal growers' organic coffee brand was launched in the Araku Valley in 2007. The premium organic "Araku Emerald" brand of coffee sells globally. Thousands of tribals in the Agency area are engaged in coffee cultivation as farm hands or small farmers.[4]
Transportation
The valley is connected through both rail and road to the city of Visakhapatnam. There are two railway stations at Araku on the Kothavalasa-Kirandul railway line of Visakhapatnam division of the East Coast Railway, on the Indian Railways network. Shimiliguda railway station is located at an altitude of 996 meters above mean sea level.
In films
Tollywood films like Happy Days, KathaDarling and Life is beautifulwere shot here because of its scenic beauty.
References
- ↑ Falling Rain Genomics.Araku
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- ↑ Need for conservation of biodiversity in Araku Valley, Andhra Pradesh
- ↑ Cheated: how Andhra Pradesh is circumventing all regulations to mine bauxite from tribal land
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Araku Valley. |
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Wikivoyage has a travel guide for [[Wikivoyage:Aruku Valley#Lua error in Module:Wikidata at line 863: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).|Aruku Valley]]. |
- Araku Valley Pictures of Tribal museum, Horticulture nursery, Tribal dancing & Borra caves.
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