Rajampeta is a town in Kadapa district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, located in the Rayalaseema Region formed on the banks of Cheyyeru River. The town has an average elevation of .
Rajampet is an Assembly constituency, Lok Sabha constituency and a Forest Headquarters. It is located in Rajampet mandal of Rajampeta revenue division. It is bordered by Tirupati from south to the east, Veeraballe mandal to the west, and Nandalur mandal to the north.
Rajampet is a municipality of area in Kadapa District. Rajampet was a gram panchayat before 2005 and upgraded to Nagar Panchayat on 2 April 2005 up to an area of and in 2017 upgraded as municipality. It consists of 29 election wards. In 2019 this town was upgraded into a Grade II Municipality which is headed by a Municipal Chairman and governed by a Municipal Commissioner.
Rajampet is a Lok sabha constituency since 1957 and it is a Lok Sabha constituency of the twenty-five lok sabha constituencies from Andhra Pradesh in India and only one Parliamentary Constituency in the district.
Currently P.V Midhun Reddy Member of Parliament (India) of YSR Congress Party won from Rajampet (Lok Sabha constituency) from General elections held on 2024.
Akepati Amarnath Reddy is the present Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) of the Rajampet Assembly constituency for the YSR Congress Party.