meaning the 'Crab Hill' is the seventh highest peak of Andhra Pradesh with an elevation of 1568 metres above sea-level. A historic river called 'Matsyakunda' originates from the hills of Madugula and then turn westwards into Odisha to the erstwhile kingdom of Jeypore. It has a historical significance as it used to flow from the Matsya kingdom to the neighbouring kingdom of the Silavanshis and later Suryavanshis. In the later medieval period, the name of the river changed from Matsyakunda to Machkunda. The river flows as a boundary between Andhra Pradesh and Odisha for almost fifty miles and then completely into Malkangiri. The famous Duduma Waterfalls named after a legendary Rani Duduma is formed in the Machkund river and three kilometres away from these waterfalls is a popular tourist spot called Matsya Tirth. The waterfalls of river Machkund are used for generating electricity under the banner of "Machkund Hydroelectric Project". Legislative Assembly Madugula is an assembly constituency in Andhra Pradesh. There are 1,70,350 registered voters in Madugula constituency in 2014 elections. List of Elected Members: 1955 - Donda Sreerama Murty (Vaddadhi) 1968 - Maharani Rama Kumari Devi (Jeypore-Madugula royal family) 1972 - boddu kalavathi 1978 - Kuracha Ramunaidu (Appalarajupuram) 1983, 1985, 1989, 1994 and 1999 - Reddi Satyanarayana (Gogada) 2004 - Karanam Dharmasri (K.J.puram) 2009 - Gavireddi Ramu Naidu (Appalarajupuram) 2014 - BUDI. MUTYALA NAIDU (Taruva (v)) •2019 - BUDI. MUTYALA NAIDU (Taruva (v)) References Villages in Anakapalli district