Ponduru is a

census town In India and some other countries, a census town is designated as a town that satisfies certain characteristics. India In India, a census town is one which is not statutorily notified and administered as a town, but nevertheless whose population ...

Srikakulam district Srikakulam district is one of the twenty-six districts of the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, located in the Uttarandhra region of the state, with its headquarters located at Srikakulam. It is one of the si ...

of the

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

n state of

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 ...

. The town is the mandal headquarters of Ponduru

mandal A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluka, or taluk) is a local unit of administrative division in some countries of South Asia. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administr ...

Srikakulam Srikakulam is a city and the headquarters of Srikakulam district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. census,. it has a population of 165,735. There are many other places of Buddhist Tourism such as Salihundam, Kalinga Patnam, Dabbaka Vaa ...

revenue division A Revenue division is an administrative division of some of the States and union territories of India, Indian states. It is a geographic area covering many tehsils, which in turn comprises villages. A revenue division is headed by a Revenue Divisio ...

. It falls under the Amadalavalasa Assembly Constituency and Srikakulam Loksabha Constituency. It is at a distance of from the district headquarters.

Population

Ponduru town has total population of 12,640 of which 6,111 are males while 6,529 are females as per the report released by Census India 2011.

Education

The primary and secondary school education is imparted by government, aided and private schools, under the School Education Department of the state. Instruction is in English and Telugu in different schools.

Ponduru khadi

Ponduru is famous for its

khadi Khadi (, ), derived from khaddar, is a hand-spun and woven natural fibre cloth promoted by Mahatma Gandhi as ''swadeshi'' (self-sufficiency) for the freedom struggle of the Indian subcontinent, and the term is used throughout India, Pakistan ...

. The texture of handspun and handwoven khadi of this place is 125 count on account of its quality. Former freedom fighter

Chowdary Satyanarayana Chowdary Satyanarayana (July 13, 1908 – July 15, 1981), also known as Jananayaka Chowdary Satyanarayana was an Indian freedom fighter, anti-colonial nationalist, politician, legislator in Andhra Pradesh Assembly (1955–62, 1967–72) and ...

gifted a dhoti made of Ponduru khadi to

Mahatma Gandhi Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (; ; 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948), popularly known as Mahatma Gandhi, was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist Quote: "... marks Gandhi as a hybrid cosmopolitan figure who transformed ... anti- ...

when he stopped in Dusi Railway Station in 1942 and Gandhi was impressed with the finesse of the khadi produced here. Later Gandhi sent his son

Devdas Gandhi Devdas Mohandas Gandhi (22 May 1900 – 3 August 1957) was the fourth and youngest son of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. He was born in the Colony of Natal and came to India with his parents as a grown man. He became active in his father's movem ...

to Ponduru to study the process followed in making khadi textiles in this place.

Transportation

Train service

Ponduru railway station Ponduru railway station is a railway station on Khurda Road–Visakhapatnam section, part of the Howrah–Chennai main line under Waltair railway division of East Coast Railway zone. It is situated at Ponduru in Srikakulam district in the Indian ...

is situated on

Khurda Road–Visakhapatnam section The Khurda Road–Visakhapatnam section is a railway line connecting in the Indian state of Odisha and Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh. The main line is part of the Howrah–Chennai main line. Geography The Khurda Road–Visakhapatnam section ...

, part of the Howrah-Chennai main line under

Waltair railway division Waltair railway division is one of the three railway divisions under under East Coast Railway zone. A section of the division will be part of the new South Coast Railway zone upon operationalization. The Rayagada railway division has been pro ...

of East Coast Railway zone. All passenger trains and a couple of express trains halt in Ponduru Railway Station.

Bus service

Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation runs buses to Ponduru. It is well connected with Srikakulam District head quarters with regular bus services, both ordinary and express service.

Air service

The nearest airport is Visakhapatnam Airport which is around from Ponduru town which is around two and half hours drive by car.

Villages

Kinthali Kinthali is a village in Srikakulam district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located in Ponduru Ponduru is a census town in Srikakulam district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The town is the mandal headquarters of Pond ...

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{{Mandal headquarters in Srikakulam district Census towns in Andhra Pradesh Uttarandhra