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Chittoor
Chittoor is a city and district headquarters in Chittoor district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is also the mandal and divisional headquarters of Chittoor mandal and Chittoor revenue division respectively. The city has a population of 189,332. Etymology The name Chittoor is believed to have originated from a combination of two words: Chitti and Ooru. In Telugu, Chitti means "small" and Ooru means "town" or "village." Thus, Chittoor translates to "small town" or "small village". Historical records show that Chittoor, due to its strategic location, developed as a trading hub between Telugu and Tamil regions, leading to the use of both languages in the town’s name. History After Indian independence in 1947, Chittoor became a part of the erstwhile Madras State. The modern Chittoor district was formerly North Arcot district, which was established by the British in the 19th century and had Chittoor as its headquarters. On 1 April 1911, the district was split ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chittoor Revenue Division, Andhra Pradesh
Chittoor revenue division is an administrative division in the Chittoor district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is one of the 4 List of revenue divisions in Andhra Pradesh, revenue divisions in the district with 12 mandals under its administration and its headquarters at Chittoor. The division has 1 municipal corporation. Administration The details of the mandals and urban settlements in the division are: History See also *List of revenue divisions in Andhra Pradesh *List of mandals in Andhra Pradesh *Chittoor district *Kuppam Revenue Division *Palamaner Revenue Division *Nagari Revenue Division References External links {{coord missing, Andhra Pradesh Chittoor Revenue divisions in Andhra Pradesh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tirupati District
Tirupati district () is one of the eight districts of Rayalaseema region in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.The district headquarters is located at Tirupati city. This district is known for its numerous historic temples, including the Hindu shrine of Venkateswara Temple, Tirumala, Tirumala Venkateswara Temple and Srikalahasteeswara temple, Sri Kalahasteeswara temple. The district is also home to Satish Dhawan Space Centre (formerly Sriharikota Range), a rocket launch centre located in Sriharikota. The district is an educational hub and has central and state universities and institutes including IISER TirupatiIIT Tirupati, , IIT Tirupati, Sri Venkateswara University, National Sanskrit University, IIIT Sri City. Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical sciences (SVIMS), Sri Padmavati Mahila Visvavidyalayam, Sri Venkateswara Vedic University, Sri Venkateswara Veterinary University, Sri Venkateswara Agriculture College, Sri Padmavati Women's Medical College, Sri Venkateswara Ayurved ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chittoor Mandal
Chittoor mandal is one of the 66 mandals in Chittoor district of the state of Andhra Pradesh in India. Its headquarters are located at Chittoor. The mandal is bounded by Yadamari, Gudipala, Thavanampalle, Puthalapattu, Penumuru, Gangadhara Nellore mandals. Demographics census, the mandal had a population of 212,816. The total population constitute, 106,211 males and 106,605 females —a sex ratio of 996 females per 1000 males. 20,533 children are in the age group of 0–6 years, of which 10,781 are boys and 9,752 are girls —a ratio of 905 per 1000. The average literacy rate stands at 83.02% with 159,641 literates. Towns and villages Mangasamudram (Rural) is the most populated settlement and Krishnapuram is the least populated settlement in the mandal. census A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, populati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chittoor Urban Development Authority
The Chittoor Urban Development Authority (abbreviated: CHUDA) is an urban planning agency in Chittoor district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It was constituted on 12 February 2019, under ''Andhra Pradesh Metropolitan Region and Urban Development Authorities Act, 2016'' with the headquarters located at Chittoor. Jurisdiction The jurisdictional area of CHUDA is spread over an area of and has a population of 12,42,315. It covers 457 villages in 23 mandals of Chittoor Chittoor is a city and district headquarters in Chittoor district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is also the mandal and divisional headquarters of Chittoor mandal and Chittoor revenue division respectively. The city has a popul .... The below table lists the urban areas of CHUDA. References Chittoor district Urban development authorities of Andhra Pradesh Urban development authorities in India {{india-gov-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chittoor Railway Station
Chittoor railway station (station code:CTO) is an Indian railway station in Chittoor city of Andhra Pradesh. It lies on the Gudur–Katpadi branch line and is administered under Guntakal railway division of South Coast Railway zone South Coast Railway ( SCoR) is one of the 18 railway zones of the Indian Railways. The zonal headquarters is located at Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. The formal notification for operationalization of this zone is yet to be issued. History .... Classification Chittoor railway station is classified as a ''B–category'' station in the Guntakal railway division. References External links Railway stations in Chittoor district Guntakal railway division {{AndhraPradesh-railstation-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Arcot
North Arcot was a former district in Madras Presidency, acquired by the annexation of the Arcot State in 1855 when its Nawab died without issue. It had Chittoor as its headquarters (currently in Andhra pradesh). On 1 April 1911, the Chittoor district was separated from North Arcot. The remaining district, with Vellore as its headquarters, passed intact into the Madras State of independent India. On 30 September 1989 the district was split into Tiruvannamalai-Sambuvarayar district (present-day Tiruvannamalai district) and North Arcot Ambedkar district (present-day Vellore district). It contained the present day districts of Tiruvannamalai district, Tiruvannamalai, Vellore district, Vellore, Chittoor district, Chittoor, Tirupati district, Tirupati, Tirupattur district, Tirupattur and Ranipet district, Ranipet. History Historically, the name "Arcot" is said to be derived from a Corruption (linguistics), linguistic corruption of the original Tamil word "Aaru Kaadu", meaning "Six ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Highway 40 (India)
National Highway 40 (NH 40), a combination of previous national highways 4 and 18, is a national highway in India. It starts at National Highway 44 junction at Kurnool and passes through Kadapa and Chittoor and terminates at Ranipet in Tamil Nadu. It is called Rayalaseema Express Highway. The highway was transformed into four lanes between Kurnool and Kadapa & between Rayachoty-Ranipet. Route It starts at Kurnool on NH44 and passes through Nandyal, Allagadda, Mydukur, Kadapa, Rayachoti, Pileru, Chittoor and ends on NH48 at Ranipet Ranipet (lit. Queen's colony) is an industrial town and the administrative headquarters of Ranipet district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located on the Northern banks of the Palar River. It is a Tri-City with the adjacent municipali .... The highway runs for a distance of in Andhra Pradesh and in Tamil Nadu. Kurnool ↔ Nandyal ↔ Allagadda ↔ Mydukur ↔ Kadapa ↔ Rayachoti ↔ Pileru ↔ Chittoor ↔ Ranipet Juncti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rayalaseema
Rayalaseema (IAST: ''Rāyalasīma'') is a geographic region in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It comprises four southern districts of the State, from prior to the districts reorganisation in 2022, namely Kurnool, Anantapur, Kadapa, and Chittoor. Four new districts were created from these, namely Sri Sathya Sai, Nandyal, Annamayya, and Tirupati. As of 2011 census of India, the western four districts (before the district realignment) of the region had a population of 15,184,908 and cover an area of . Etymology The region was previously called ''Ceded districts'' during the rule of the British Raj. This is with reference to the time when the Nizam of Hyderabad, Ali Khan, ceded the region to the British as a part of subsidiary alliance. Chilukuri Narayana Rao, a Telugu lecturer and activist from Anantapur, deemed the term "ceded" as derogatory and coined the term ''Rayalaseema''. In the Andhra Mahasabha and Ceded Districts Conference held at Nandyala in November 1928 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Highway 69 (India)
National Highway 69 (''NH 69), (previously National Highway 206 (From Honnavara to Banavara section) '' and National Highway 234 (From Huliyar to Mulbagal section)), is a long major National Highway in India, that runs through the states of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. The western terminal is at the junction of NH 66 near Honnavar, connects NH 48 near Sira, connects NH 44 near Chikkaballapur, connects NH 75 near Mulbagal and terminates at the east end Renigunta. Its old name was NH 234. Route It starts from Honnavar & passes through Sagara, Shivamoga, Tarikere, Kadur, Banavara, Huliyar, Bukkapatna, Sira, Madhugiri, Kotaladinne, Gowribidanur, Manchenahalli, Chikkaballapur, Sidlaghatta, Chintamani, Srinivasapura, Mulbagal, Nangali in Karnataka and in Andhra Pradesh it passes through Palamaner, Chittoor, Pallipattu, Puttur & ends at Renigunta Route length in states: *Andhra Pradesh – *Karnataka - See also * List of national highways in India * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiruvallur District
Thiruvallur District, also spelled as Tiruvallur District, is one of the 38 districts (an administrative district) in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The fast developing city of Tiruvallur is the district headquarters. The district has a mixture of urban and rural characteristics. The eastern part of Tiruvallur district is dominated by urban characteristics while the Northern part of the district has influence of Andhra culture due to its position. In 2011, the district had a population of 3,728,104 with a sex-ratio of 987 females for every 1,000 males. The district has been divided into three revenue divisions viz, Tiruvallur division, Tiruvallur, Tiruttani division, Tiruttani and Ponneri division, Ponneri. There are four ''taluks'' under Tiruvallur division, two under Tiruttani divisions and two under Ponneri division. There are 46 ''firkas'' and 820 revenue villages. Likewise there are 12 blocks, five municipalities and ten town panchayats which implement rural development act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 the List of states and union territories of India by population, tenth-most populous in the country. Telugu language, Telugu is the most widely spoken language in the state, as well as its official language. Amaravati is the state capital, while the largest city is Visakhapatnam. Andhra Pradesh shares borders with Odisha to the northeast, Chhattisgarh to the north, Karnataka to the southwest, Tamil Nadu to the south, Telangana to northwest and the Bay of Bengal to the east. It has the Coastline of Andhra Pradesh, third-longest coastline in India at about . Archaeological evidence indicates that Andhra Pradesh has been continuously inhabited for over 247,000 years, from early archaic Hominini, hominins to Neolithic settlements. The earliest r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamil Language
Tamil (, , , also written as ''Tamizhil'' according to linguistic pronunciation) is a Dravidian language natively spoken by the Tamil people of South Asia. It is one of the longest-surviving classical languages in the world,. "Tamil is one of the two longest-surviving classical languages in India" (p. 7). attested since 300 BC, 300 BCE.: "...the most acceptable periodisation which has so far been suggested for the development of Tamil writing seems to me to be that of A Chidambaranatha Chettiar (1907–1967): 1. Sangam Literature – 200BC to AD 200; 2. Post Sangam literature – AD 200 – AD 600; 3. Early Medieval literature – AD 600 to AD 1200; 4. Later Medieval literature – AD 1200 to AD 1800; 5. Pre-Modern literature – AD 1800 to 1900" at p. 610 Tamil was the lingua franca for early maritime traders in South India, with Tamil inscriptions found outside of the Indian subcontinent, such as Indonesia, Thailand, and Egypt. The language has a well-documented history wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
