Nowlur is a
neighbourhood
A neighbourhood (British English, Irish English, Australian English and Canadian English) or neighborhood (American English; see spelling differences) is a geographically localised community within a larger city, town, suburb or rural are ...
and a part of ''Urban Notified Area'' of
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 Uddandar ...
, the state capital 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 was an
out growth of
Mangalagiri Municipality
Mangalagiri Tadepalli Municipal Corporation is the local self government in Mangalagiri, Tadepalle towns of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is classified as a ''Municipal Corporation''.
Administration
The municipality was establishm ...
in
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 po ...
, prior to its merger in the urban area of the state capital.
Geography
Nowlur is located at .
Demographics
census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses incl ...
, Nowlur had a population of 24,861. The total population constitute, 12,431 males and 12,430 females —a sex ratio of 999 females per 1000 males. 2,598 children are in the age group of 0–6 years, of which 1,321 are boys and 1,277 are girls. The average literacy rate stands at 68.19% with 15,180 literates, significantly higher than the state average of 67.41%.
Transport
is the nearest railway station to the out growth.
References
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Neighbourhoods in Amaravati