Salur or Saluru is a

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town and

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headquarters in

Parvathipuram Manyam district Parvathipuram Manyam district is a district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. With Parvathipuram as its administrative headquarters, it became functional from 4th April 2022. The district was formed from Parvathipuram revenue division fr ...

, of the

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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 ...

Geography

Salur is on the banks of River Vegavathi at . It has an average elevation of 118 metres (387 ft). It is bounded by

Makkuva Makkuva is a village in Parvathipuram Manyam district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Geography Makkuva is located at . It has an average elevation of 123 meters (406 feet). Demography Makkuva mandal has a population of about 60,000 ...

Bobbili Bobbili is a town in Vizianagaram district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Geography Bobbili is located at . It has an average elevation of 103 metres (337 feet). History The town of Bobbili was founded during the 17th ce ...

Ramabhadrapuram Rama-bhadra-puram is a village and Ramabhadrapuram mandal headquarters in Vizianagaram district 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 ...

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Pachipenta Pachipenta is a village in Vizianagaram district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located in Pachipenta mandal. History Pachipenta gained sudden significance in the later medieval history of Kalinga under its rulers - the Jeypore S ...

mandals of Andhra Pradesh state. Salur is surrounded with green forests and chains of hills on two sides and by River Vegavathi on the other two. The climate of the town is generally characterized by high humidity almost all round the year, oppressive summer, and seasonal rainfall. The temperature varies between 17 and 40 degrees of Celsius. Average annual rainfall is 1074.0 mm. The nature of the soil is generally black cotton soil.

Demographics

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, the town had a population of . The total population constitutes males, females and children (age 0–6 years). The average literacy rate stands at 73.22% with literates, approximately equal to the national average of 73.00%.

Administration

Municipality

Salur was a major panchayat till 1950. It was established in 1950 and was upgraded as grade II municipality in 2001. The extent of Salur municipality area is . The source of water supply is River Vegavathi, with 200 public taps and 226 public bore–wells. The municipality supplies

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per day of total drinking water is supplied with a per capita of 80

per day. The municipality has of roads, 4 public parks, 5 playgrounds, 11 community halls etc. There are 23 elementary and 2 secondary schools for education purpose.

Legislative Assembly

Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Constituency of Salur is reserved for

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Education

The primary and secondary school education is imparted by government, aided and private schools, under the state School Education Department. The medium of instruction followed by schools are English and Telugu.

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{{Authority control Towns in Vizianagaram district Mandal headquarters in Vizianagaram district