Nandyal, commonly called as Nandyala, is a city and the district headquarters of

Nandyal district Nandyal district is a district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh with Nandyal as its administrative headquarters, it was formed on 4 April 2022 to become one of the resultant 26 districts. It is part of the Rayalaseema region. The district ...

of the

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

n state of the

Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh (ISO 15919, ISO: , , AP) is a States and union territories of India, state on the East Coast of India, east coast of southern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, seventh-largest state and th ...

. It is a

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and the headquarters of Nandyal

mandal A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluk, or taluka () is a local unit of administrative division in India and Pakistan. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administrative c ...

in Nandyal revenue division.

Demographics

In the 2011

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, Nandyal had a population of 211,424 making it the 13th most populous town in the state.

Governance

Civic administration

Nandyal municipality was constituted in the year 1899. The jurisdictional area is spread over an area of . Its urban agglomeration is spread over an area of which includes constituents of Nandyal municipality,

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s of Moolasagaram, Noonepalle and partial outgrowths of Udumalpuram, Ayyalur.

Culture and tourism

Nandyal is surrounded by nine sacred temples known as the ''Nava Nandi''. ''Sri Yaganti Uma Maheswara Temple'' near Nandyal has one of the largest Nandi idols of the world. As per the

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, the rock grows at a rate of per 20 years. Nandyal District also consists of Belum Caves, Mahanandi and

Srisailam Srisailam is a census town in Nandyal district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is the mandal headquarters of Srisailam mandal in Atmakur revenue division, Nandyal district, Atmakur revenue division. It is located about from the distri ...

Climate

Economy

The city is a major hub of industry and agriculture. It is rich in

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. There are many rice mills and

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s and

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s and industries which produce

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, PVC pipes, etc. Some of the renowned industries in the City are the Vijaya Dairy, Nandi Dairy, Nandi Pipes, Nandi Polymers, S. P. Y. Agro, Nandi Steels, etc.

Transport

The

Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation The Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (abbreviated as APSRTC) is the state-owned road transport corporation in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Its headquarters is located at NTR Administrative Block of RTC House in Pandit Ne ...

operates bus services from Nandyal bus station. Junction Railway Station is administered under Guntur railway division of South Central Railways. Kurnool Airport is 50 km from Nandyal.

Education

Nandyal Municipal High School named after Kaderbad Narsinga Rao

The primary and secondary school education is imparted by government, aided and private schools, under the ''School Education Department'' of the state. A government medical college, GMC Nandyal was established in 2023 by the government of Andhra Pradesh.

References

{{Authority control Cities and towns in Nandyal district District headquarters of Andhra Pradesh