Kandukur, Prakasam district

For other uses, see Kandukuru (disambiguation).
Kandukuruk
కందుకూరు
Skandapurik
Town
Kandukuruk

Location in Andhra Pradesh, India

Coordinates: 15°13′00″N 79°54′15″E / 15.2166650°N 79.9042°E / 15.2166650; 79.9042Coordinates: 15°13′00″N 79°54′15″E / 15.2166650°N 79.9042°E / 15.2166650; 79.9042
Country India
State Andhra Pradesh
District Prakasam
Area[1]
 • Total 71.86 km2 (27.75 sq mi)
Population (2011)[2]
 • Total 57,246
 • Density 800/km2 (2,100/sq mi)
Languages
 • Official Telugu
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 523 105

Kandukur or Kandukuru is a town in Prakasam district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a municipality and the manadl headquarters of Kandukur mandal in Kandukur revenue division.[3]

Geography

Kandukuru (earlier known as Skandapuri) is located at 15°12′59″N 79°54′15″E / 15.2165°N 79.9042°E / 15.2165; 79.9042.[4] It has an average elevation of 13 metres (43 ft). kandukur road

Language

Telugu is the official languages of the state of Andhra Pradesh and is spoken very commonly in Kandukuru.

Demographics

As of 2014 India census,[5] Kandukur had a population of 1,85,120. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Kandukur has an average literacy rate of 63%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 72%, and female literacy is 55%. In Kandukuru, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Assembly constituency

Kandukuru is an assembly constituency in Praksam District, Andhra Pradesh. There were 1,76,773 registered voters in Kandukuru constituency for the 1999 elections. Kandukuru is part of "Nellore" parliament constituency.

Politics in kandukur majorly ran between two big families namely 'DIVI' and 'MANUGUNTA'.

The major development and success in kandukur till now was mainly done by Divi. Venkata Subbaiah Naidu (Late Ex-Municipal chairman). Divi Lingaiah naidu garu also contributed in the development of tha mandal. Also, Dr.Divi Sivaram garu (Ex-MLA) is a well educated holding MBBS degree and a well known person to all , as his father is one of the famous persons of A.P Mr. Divi Kondaiah chowdary, who was the first member of legislative assembly (Speaker) and laid the foundations for the developmant of kandukur . He worked even as a minister and also in a most respectable position in assembly as a speaker of assembly.He too elected as mla for couple of times, his son Dr .Divi sivaram in his tenure of 10 years changed the entire town to a well popular constituency in A.P , with his assistance two engineering colleges wer established in his tenure namely prakasham engg. college and malineni lakshmaiah engg. college , both now playing a key role in providing awesome education in the constituency. Mr. Mahidhar Reddy also contributed his best, by completing ramatheertham project which provides drinking water to kandukur municipality area.

List of Elected Members:

Transport

The town is very well connected by Road to all the major Cities(Hyderabad, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam, Bengaluru, Chennai) and towns in Andhra Pradesh.[6] The nearest Railway stations is "Singarayakonda" (SKM). However the nearest Major Railway station is "Ongole"(OGL). Ongole is District Headquarters. The nearest domestic Airport is at Vijayawada at a distance of 213 km. Renigunta Airport is at 230 km Distance. For International Travel the Nearest airport is in Chennai(Meenabakkam Airport) at a distance of 314 km.

Media

The major Telugu newspapers in city are Eenadu,Andhra jyothi, Sakshi, Andhra Bhoomi, Andhra Prabha, Vaartha, Suryaa, Prajasakti and Vishalandra. The major English newspapers in the city are The Hindu, The Times of India, Deccan Chronicle, The Hindu Business Line, The New Indian Express and The Hans India. Electronic Media include ETV,Andhra jyothi, HMTV, and Sakshi.

References

  1. ↑ "Municipalities, Municipal Corporations & UDAs" (PDF). Directorate of Town and Country Planning. Government of Andhra Pradesh. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 January 2016. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  2. ↑ "Census 2011". The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
  3. ↑ "Prakasam District Mandals" (PDF). Census of India. pp. 166,180. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  4. ↑ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Kandukur
  5. ↑ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
  6. ↑ APSRTC Official Website for Online Bus Ticket Booking - APSRTConline.in


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