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Yemmiganur is a town in
Kurnool district Kurnool district is one of the eight districts in the Rayalaseema region of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located in the North western part of the state and is bounded by Jogulamba Gadwal district of Telangana in the north, Raich ...
of the
Indian state India is a federal union comprising 28 states and 8 union territories, with a total of 36 entities. The states and union territories are further subdivided into districts and smaller administrative divisions. History Pre-indepen ...
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 ...
. It is located in Yemmiganur
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 ...
of Adoni revenue division. It is famous for Vaggani bhajji..


History

Yemmiganur is one of the major towns in the Kurnool district. It was part of the
Vijayanagar The Vijayanagara Empire, also called the Karnata Kingdom, was a Hinduism, Hindu empire based in the region of South India, which consisted the modern states of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Goa and some parts of Telangana an ...
from the 14th century to the 16th century. From 1953 to 1956 it was an Andhra state, now in part of Andhra Pradesh. In 1965 the Panchayat of Yemiganur was upgraded to a Municipality. Now it is a Grade -I Municipality. It is a city at present. The current MLA is K . Chennakesava Reddy (YSRCP).


Demographics

Census of India The decennial Census of India has been conducted 16 times, as of 2021. While it has been undertaken every 10 years, beginning in 1872 under British Viceroy Lord Mayo, the first complete census was taken in 1881. Post 1949, it has been conducted by ...
, the town had a population of . The total population constitute, males, females and children, in the age group of 0–6 years. The average literacy rate stands at 62.98% with literates, significantly lower than the national average of 73.00%.


Transport

The
Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC) is the state-owned road transport corporation in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Its headquarters is located at NTR Administrative Block of RTC House in Pandit Nehru bus station of ...
operates bus services from Yemmiganur bus station.


Education

The primary and secondary school education is imparted by government, aided and private schools, under the ''School Education Department'' of the state. The medium of instruction followed by different schools are English, Telugu. St.John's College of Engineering and Pharmaceutical Sciences is situated in Yerrakota near Yemmiganur.


See also

List of towns in Andhra Pradesh This article is about the list of most populated towns 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 o ...
Yemmiganur (Assembly constituency) Yemmiganur Assembly constituency is a constituency of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India. It is one of 14 constituencies in the Kurnool district. K.Chennakesava Reddy of YSR Congress Party is currently representing the constituenc ...


References

{{Cities and towns in Kurnool district Cities and towns in Kurnool district