Srikakulam

Srikakulam is a city and the district headquarters of Srikakulam district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a municipal corporation and also the mandal headquarters of Srikakulam mandal in Srikakulam revenue division.  census, it was ranked as the 23rd most populous city in the state with a population of 125,939. It had a metropolitan population of 147,015. The city was known as Chicacole before Indian Independence.