Allur

Allur
అల్లూరు
Town

Ramakrishna Junior College Entrance
Allur

Location in Andhra Pradesh, India

Coordinates: 14°41′N 80°04′E / 14.68°N 80.06°E / 14.68; 80.06Coordinates: 14°41′N 80°04′E / 14.68°N 80.06°E / 14.68; 80.06
Country  India
State Andhra Pradesh
District Nellore
Elevation 3 m (10 ft)
Population (2004)
 • Total 52,925
Languages
 • Official Telugu
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 524315
Telephone code +91-8622
Sex ratio 26,584:26,341 ♂/♀

Allur is a Town in Nellore district in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. It is also the headquarters of Allur Mandal.Allur is also called as Pantala Allur as it is famous for its rice production. The rice produced in Allur is also called as Nellore Rice throughout India. Poleramma goddess temple in Allur is a very well known temple in Nellore district. Every year in January first week a very big festival is celebrate praying Poleramma goddess.

Etymology

The word Allur is combination of two Telugu words Allu+ooru. Allu means a seeded grass plant that gives Kodo millet (also known as Arikalu or Aruga in Telugu and Varugu in Tamil) and Ooru means Village. Kodo millet grows on rain fed dry soils and is used as human food and fodder. The grain can be kept good for two years and hence it is used as famine reserve, though it is inferior to rice.

Geography

Allur is bounded by Bay of Bengal on east, by Bitragunta Mandal on north, Vidavalur Mandal on south and Dagadarthi Mandal on west. Part of the area is served by Pennar canals and the rest of the area is served by rainfed tanks. Most soils are red soils and low in Nitrogen, medium in Phosphorus, high in Carbon and high in Potash.,[1][2]

Allur village, seat of the Mandal, is located at 14°41′N 80°3′E / 14.683°N 80.050°E / 14.683; 80.050.[3] It is about 25 km north of Nellore and 25 km south of Kavali.

Assembly Constituency

Allur is an assembly constituency (seat 126) in Andhra Pradesh from 1978 to 2009. There are 1,36,127 registered voters in Allur constituency in 1999 elections. As part of reorganization in 2009 and Allur Mandal became part of Kavali assembly constituency and Bucchi and other areas became part of Kovur assembly constituency.[4]

List of Elected Members till 2009 :

year name
1978 Giddaluru Sundara Ramaiah
1983 Bezawada Papireddy
1985 Jakka Venkaiah
1989 Katamreddy Vishnuvardhan Reddy
1994 Jakka Venkaiah
1999 Adala Prabhakar Reddy
2004 Katamreddy Vishnuvardhan Reddy
2009 Beeda Masthan rao(B.M.R)
2014 Ramireddy Prathap Kumar Reddy

Gram Panchayat

Allur is a major panchayat in Andhra Pradesh.

Transport

Nearest railway station is 8 miles (13 km) away at Bitragunta. The national highway is 8 miles (13 km) away at Kodavaluru. The sea is 3 miles (4.8 km) away at Iskapalle. Nearest airport is Tirupati for National Flights and Chennai for International Flights. The best way to reach Allur is by road from Nellore or Kavali. The Andhra Pradesh state road transportAPSRTC runs lot of buses daily from either place to Allur. The proposed domestic Nellore Airport is 7 miles (11 km) from Allur.

In earlier days the local transport in the village is by bicycles or bullock carts, but nowadays autos and taxis are available.

References

  1. ↑ Falling Rain Genomics
  2. ↑ Government schools
  3. ↑ The maps of India info about Allur
  4. ↑ Election Commission of AP Assembly results.1978-2004

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