The total population constitute, 24,334 males, 25,143 females and 4,912 children, in the age group of 0–6 years.

[7] In olden days it was referred as Kimmuru by natives and a Paragana within the Rajamundry Sarkar of Mughal empire's Deccan subah.

[8] By the time of 1785 the Peddapuram Estate extended from Totapalli to Nagaram encompassing villages and towns.

The first school was established here in Peddapuram[10] in 1891[11] by the Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church Society[11] which also had boarding facilities.

Among the eminent personalities who studied in this school include Archbishop Marampudi Joji and M. Victor Paul.

College has completed 50 years; it celebrated its Golden Jubilee on 4 February 2018 by its old students association, considered a very prestigious college, was established in 1967 by Sri S.B.P.B.K.Satyanarayana Rao, then Zilla Parishad chairman as the founder president in memory of Maharani of Peddapuram Samsthanam Peddapuram Kings Srimati Raja Vatsavayi Bucchi Sitayamma Jagapati Bahadur.

In order to provide good quality modern education to the talented children predominantly from the rural areas, without regard to their family socio-economic conditions, the Government of India established Navodaya Vidyalayas, on an average, one in each district of the country during the seventh Five Year Plan period and Peddapuram was selected to establish Navodaya Vidyalaya.

Colleges located in Peddapuram Rural : Peddapuram is one of the Industrial Development Area (IDA) in Kakinada District of AP and has lot of popular industries established in the town and its rural surroundings.