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Guntur
Guntur () is a city and the administrative headquarters of Guntur district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Guntur is spread across 168.49 km square and is the third-largest city in the state. It is situated to the west of the Bay of Bengal, on the Eastern Coastal Plains. The city is the heartland of the state, located in the centre of Andhra Pradesh and making it a central part connecting different regions. It serves as a major hub for exports chilli, cotton and tobacco and has the largest chili market yard in Asia. It is a major transportation, education and commercial hub for the state. Guntur city is a municipal corporation and also the headquarters of Guntur East and Guntur West mandals in Guntur revenue division. The city region is a major part of Amaravati Metropolitan Region. census of India the city is the third most populous in the state with a population of 743,354. It is classified as a ''Y-grade'' city as per the Seventh Central Pay Commiss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guntur District
Guntur district is one of the twenty six districts in the Coastal Andhra region of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The administrative seat of the district is located at Guntur, the largest city of the district in terms of area and with a population of 670,073. It has a coastline of approximately on the right bank of Krishna River, that separates it from Krishna district and NTR district. It is bounded on the south by Bapatla district and on the west by Palnadu district. It has an area of and with a population of 20,91,075 as per 2011 census of India. The district is often referred to as the ''Land of Chillies''. It is also a major centre for agriculture, education and learning. It exports large quantities of chillies and tobacco. Etymology The district derives its name from its district headquarters, Guntur. There are several opinions on the meaning and origin of the word Guntur. The word owes its origin to words like gundu (a rock), gunta (a pond) and kunta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guntur West Mandal
Guntur West mandal is one of the 58 mandals in Guntur district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is under the administration of Guntur revenue division and was formed by bifurcating Guntur urban mandal into '' Guntur East'' and ''Guntur West'', with its headquarters at Guntur. Governance The mandal is under the administration of a tahsildar. It forms part of the Andhra Pradesh Capital Region, under the jurisdiction of the APCRDA. Guntur west assembly constituency represents the state assembly and it is a segment of Guntur Lok sabha constituency. Settlements Guntur West mandal covers a western part of Guntur Municipal Corporation and its urban agglomerations namely, Ankireddipalem, Chowdavaram, Guntur West constituency, Koritepadu, Nallapadu, Pedapalakaluru, Pothuru and R Agraharam. Except Chinapalakaluru, all other areas were already de-notified and merged with Guntur Municipal Corporation in 2012. See also * List of mandals in Andhra Pradesh Mandal in And ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guntur East Mandal
Guntur East mandal is one of the 58 mandals in Guntur district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is under the administration of Guntur revenue division and was formed by bifurcating Guntur urban mandal into ''Guntur East'' and '' Guntur West'', with its headquarters at Guntur. Governance The mandal is under the administration of a tahsildar. It forms part of the Andhra Pradesh Capital Region, under the jurisdiction of the APCRDA. Guntur East assembly constituency represents the state assembly and it is a segment of Guntur Lok sabha constituency. Settlements Guntur East mandal covers eastern part of Guntur Municipal Corporation and its urban agglomerations namely, Budampadu, Etukur, Gorantla, Guntur East constituency, Jonnalagadda, Reddypalem. Except Jonnalagadda, all other areas were already de-notified and merged with Guntur Municipal Corporation in 2012. See also * List of mandals in Andhra Pradesh Mandal in Andhra Pradesh, India is a sub-District. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amaravati
Amaravati () is the capital of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located on the banks of the river Krishna in Guntur district. The Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone at a ceremonial event in Uddandarayunipalem village on 22 October 2015. Dharanikota, the ancient city site nearby, was founded more than 2,200 years ago, serving as an ancient capital. The Amaravati Stupa was an important Buddhist site of pilgrimage and holy learning. Under the British Raj, many ancient Buddhist sculptures were taken to other museums in India and Britain. The office of the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh has operated from Velagapudi since April 2016. The Andhra Pradesh Legislature remained in Hyderabad until March 2017, when it was relocated to newly constructed interim legislative buildings in Velagapudi. Etymology The name "Amaravati" only dates back to the 18th century; the Amaravathi village, is near Dharanikota, the ancient capital of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guntur Municipal Corporation
Guntur Municipal Corporation is the civic body that governs the Guntur City in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is one of the oldest municipalities and the third largest municipal corporation in the state. History Guntur municipality was constituted in the year 1866 and the first elected body was formed in 1881. The municipality was upgraded to II-Grade in 1891, I-Grade in 1917, Special Grade in 1952 and then to Selection Grade in 1960. In 1994, the Municipal Corporation was formed. Governance Jurisdiction The city limits were expanded by merging the ten surrounding villages into the corporation. The present jurisdictional area of the corporation is spread over an area of with a population of 7,43,354 (2011 census). There exists 57 political divisions post merger of villages into the corporation. Functions Guntur Municipal Corporation is created for the following functions: * Planning for the town including its surroundings which are covered under its Department's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh (, abbr. AP) is a state in the south-eastern coastal region of India. It is the seventh-largest state by area covering an area of and tenth-most populous state with 49,386,799 inhabitants. It is bordered by Telangana to the north-west, Chhattisgarh to the north, Odisha to the north-east, Tamil Nadu to the south, Karnataka to the west and the Bay of Bengal to the east. It has the second longest coastline in India after Gujarat, of about . Andhra State was the first state to be formed on a linguistic basis in India on 1 October 1953. On 1 November 1956, Andhra State was merged with the Telugu-speaking areas (ten districts) of the Hyderabad State to form United Andhra Pradesh. ln 2014 these merged areas of Hyderabad State are bifurcated from United Andhra Pradesh to form new state Telangana . Present form of Andhra similar to Andhra state.but some mandalas like Bhadrachalam still with Telangana. Visakhapatnam, Guntur, Kurnool is People Capital ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guntur Medical College
Guntur Institute of Medical Sciences/Guntur Medical College is a medical college in Guntur, India. It offers graduate (master's) and undergraduate (bachelor's) courses in Medical Sciences. The college is affiliated to the NTR University of Health Sciences (NTRUHS) and is in the process of becoming autonomous as Guntur Institute of Medical Sciences. The college works in conjunction with Government General Hospital-Guntur, a tertiary care hospital with 1500 beds, catering to the health needs of the public of the coastal belt of Andhra Pradesh, India. It has the Motto of - సత్యం - జ్ఞానం - అనంతం which means of Truth - Knowledge - Infinity Departments * Departments in the college campus: Anatomy, Biochemistry, Physiology, Pharmacology, Microbiology, Forensic Medicine, Pathology, Social & Preventive Medicine * Departments in the hospital campus Casualty (Emergency Medicine), Internal Medicine, Paediatrics, Cardiology, Neurology, Venereology, Der ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guntur Revenue Division
Guntur revenue division is an administrative division in the Guntur district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It comprises 10 mandals and is one of the two revenue divisions in the district, along with Tenali. Guntur Guntur () is a city and the administrative headquarters of Guntur district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Guntur is spread across 168.49 km square and is the third-largest city in the state. It is situated to the west of the Ba ... serves as the headquarters of the division. Administration The mandals in the revenue division are: See also * List of revenue divisions in Andhra Pradesh References Revenue divisions in Guntur district {{AndhraPradesh-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Cities In Andhra Pradesh By Population
This article is about the list of most populated cities in Andhra Pradesh state of India as per '' 2011 Census of India'', conducted by ''The Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner,'' under '' Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India''. Cities statistics As per 2011 Census of India, ''towns with population of 100,000 and above are called Cities''. Visakhapatnam is the most populated city with a population of 2,278,000 after merger of surrounding towns of Bheemunipatnam and Anakapalle Municipalities into Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (VMC) and it was upgraded to Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation ( GVMC). Proposals to merge some near by villages to Vijayawada, Kakinada, and Rajamahendravaram Municipal Corporations. Visakhapatnam, Kakinada, and Tirupati are being developed as Smart cities by Government of India under Smart Cities Mission. ''The cities written in bold are the headquarters of their respective district.'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Cities In Andhra Pradesh
This article is about the list of most populated cities in Andhra Pradesh state of India as per '' 2011 Census of India'', conducted by ''The Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner,'' under '' Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India''. Cities statistics As per 2011 Census of India, ''towns with population of 100,000 and above are called Cities''. Visakhapatnam is the most populated city with a population of 2,278,000 after merger of surrounding towns of Bheemunipatnam and Anakapalle Municipalities into Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (VMC) and it was upgraded to Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation ( GVMC). Proposals to merge some near by villages to Vijayawada, Kakinada, and Rajamahendravaram Municipal Corporations. Visakhapatnam, Kakinada, and Tirupati are being developed as Smart cities by Government of India under Smart Cities Mission. ''The cities written in bold are the headquarters of their respective district.'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Telugu Language
Telugu (; , ) is a Dravidian language spoken by Telugu people predominantly living in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, where it is also the official language. It is the most widely spoken member of the Dravidian language family and one of the twenty-two scheduled languages of the Republic of India. It is one of the few languages that has primary official status in more than one Indian state, alongside Hindi and Bengali. Telugu is one of six languages designated as a classical language (of India) by the Government of India. Telugu is also a linguistic minority in the states of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Chhattisgarh, Orissa, West Bengal, and the union territories of Puducherry and Andaman and Nicobar Islands. It is also spoken by members of the Telugu diaspora spread across countries like United States, Australia, United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand in the Anglosphere; Myanmar, Malaysian Telugu, Malaysia, Indian South Africans, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
APCRDA
The Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority (abbreviated as APCRDA), Amaravati, ACT No. 27 of 2020. It was notified on 31 July 2020 by the Government of Andhra Pradesh as per ''The Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority Repeal Act, 2020'', it replaced the Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority Act, 2014. The authority has a jurisdictional area of 8,352.69 km2 (3,224.99 sq mi), covering the districts of Guntur, NTR, Krishna, Palnadu, and Bapatla. The Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority (hereinafter referred to as APCRDA) as constituted under Section 4 of the Principal Act shall cease to exist. History The APCRDA was formerly known as AMDA and the former was VGTM Urban Development Authority (VGTM UDA), which was formed in 1978 with an area of . In 2012, it was expanded to . Post bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh, it was defunct and was renamed as APCRDA. APCRDA is Defunct now and Amaravati Metropolitan Development Authority i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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