Kollur, Guntur district

Kolluru
కొల్లూరు
Village
Kolluru

Location in Andhra Pradesh, India

Coordinates: 16°11′05″N 80°47′46″E / 16.18472°N 80.79611°E / 16.18472; 80.79611Coordinates: 16°11′05″N 80°47′46″E / 16.18472°N 80.79611°E / 16.18472; 80.79611
Country India
State Andhra Pradesh
District Guntur
Mandal Kollur
Area
 • Total 42.88 km2 (16.56 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
 • Total 16,079
 • Density 370/km2 (970/sq mi)
Languages
 • Official Telugu
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 522 xxx
Telephone code +91–8644

Kollur is a village and mandal headquarter of Kollur mandal, located in Guntur district of the state Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.[2]

Geography

It is located at a distance of 4 km off the bank of the krishna river.[3]

Economy

Agriculture

The major occupation of the village is agriculture and main crop cultivated is paddy.[4]

Brick industry

The village is famous for Brick manufacturing.[5] The soil which is available at the bank of Krishna river is very good to make bricks. Every year millions of bricks are manufactured and transported to nearby districts and far off places like Hyderabad too. There are around 400 trucks owned by the local citizens. The Brick industry was started by Sri. Koganti Venkata Rattaiah.[6]

Mines

The Koh-i-Noor diamond was mined in the Kollur Mines, which was once a largest diamond in the world and is now a part of Queen Elizabeth II's crown.[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Census 2011". The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
  2. ↑ "List of Sub-Districts". Census of India. Archived from the original on 2007-04-08. Retrieved 2007-04-27.
  3. ↑ "Kolluru, India". fallingrain.com.
  4. ↑ "Helen causes extensive damage to crops". The New Indian Express (Vijayawada). 25 November 2013. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  5. ↑ "Thurakapalem Village". onefivenine.com.
  6. ↑ "Layout page".
  7. ↑ "Return 'Koh-i-Noor' to India, Says UK Lawmaker Keith Vaz". NDTV Convergence Limited (London). 29 July 2015. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
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