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Guntur
Guntur (), natively spelt as Gunturu, is a city in the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Andhra Pradesh and the administrative headquarters of Guntur district. The city is part of the Andhra Pradesh Capital Region and is located on the Eastern Coastal Plains approximately south-west of the state capital Amaravati. According to data from the 2011 Census of India, Guntur had a population of 743,354 in that year, making it the List of cities in Andhra Pradesh by population, third-most-populous city in the state, and occupies of land. The city is the heartland of the state, located in the center of Andhra Pradesh and making it a central part connecting different regions. The city is home to numerous state government offices and agencies. being part of the district capital and being in close proximity to the state capital Amaravati. The city is about 1100 miles south of the national capital New Delhi. It is classified as a ''Y-grade'' city as per the Pay Commi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guntur District
Guntur district is one of the twenty six districts in the Coastal Andhra region of the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The administrative seat of the district is located at Guntur, the List of urban agglomerations in Andhra Pradesh, largest city of the district in terms of area and with a population of 670,073. It has a coastline of approximately on the right bank of Krishna River, that separates it from Krishna district and NTR district. It is bounded on the south by Bapatla district and on the west by Palnadu district. It has an area of , with a population of 20,91,075, as per 2011 Census of India, 2011 census of India. The district is often referred to as the ''Land of Chillies''. It is also a major centre for agriculture, education and learning. It exports large quantities of chillies and tobacco. Etymology The district derives its name from its district headquarters, Guntur. There are several opinions on the meaning and origin of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guntur (Lok Sabha Constituency)
Guntur Lok Sabha constituency is one of the twenty-five lok sabha constituencies of Andhra Pradesh in India. It comprises seven assembly segments and belongs to Guntur district. Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani is currently serving as the MP since June 2024. This constituency was earlier represented by Galla Jayadev who won the 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha elections representing Telugu Desam Party. Assembly segments Guntur constituency presently comprises the following legislative assembly segments: Members of Parliament Election results General Election 2024 Legislative Assembly Constituency wise Results 2024 General Election 2019 General Election 2014 General Election 2009 General Election 2004 General Election 1999 General Election 1998 General Election 1996 General Election 1991 General Election 1989 See also * List of constituencies of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guntur Municipal Corporation
Guntur Municipal Corporation is the civic body that governs the Guntur city in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is one of the oldest municipalities and the third largest municipal corporation in the state. History Guntur municipality was constituted in the year 1866 and the first elected body was formed in 1881. The municipality was upgraded to II-Grade in 1891, I-Grade in 1917, Special Grade in 1952 and then to Selection Grade in 1960. In 1994, Guntur municipality is upgraded to Guntur Municipal Corporation was formed. Governance Jurisdiction The city limits were expanded by merging the ten surrounding villages into the corporation. The present jurisdictional area of the corporation is spread over an area of with a population of (2011 census). There exists 57 political divisions post merger of villages into the corporation. List of Mayors 2021 Ordinary Elections Functions Guntur Municipal Corporation is created for the following functions: * Planning ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amaravati
Amaravati ( , Telugu language, Telugu: ) is the capital city of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located in Guntur district on the right bank of the Krishna River, southwest of Vijayawada. The city derives its name from the nearby historic site of Amaravathi, Palnadu district, Amaravathi, which served as the capital of the Satavahana dynasty, Satavahana Empire nearly two thousand years ago. The city is an urban notified area. Urban development and planning activities are undertaken by the Amaravati Development Corporation Limited and Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority (APCRDA). The APCRDA has jurisdiction over the city and the conurbation covering Andhra Pradesh Capital Region. The city is spread over an area of , and comprises villages (including some hamlet (place), hamlets) from three mandals viz., Mangalagiri mandal, Mangalagiri, Thullur mandal, Thullur and Tadepalli mandal, Guntur district, Tadepalli. The seed capital is spread over an area of . ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guntur Medical College
Guntur Medical College is a medical college in Guntur, India. It offers graduate and undergraduate courses in medical sciences. The college is affiliated to Dr. NTR University of Health Sciences and is in the process of becoming autonomous as Guntur Institute of Medical Sciences. The college works in conjunction with Government General Hospital-Guntur, a tertiary care hospital with 1500 beds, catering to the health needs of the public of the coastal belt of Andhra Pradesh, India. Departments * Departments in the college campus: Anatomy, Biochemistry, Physiology, Pharmacology, Microbiology, Forensic Medicine, Pathology, Social & Preventive Medicine * Departments in the hospital campus Casualty (Emergency Medicine), Internal Medicine, Paediatrics, Cardiology, Neurology, Venereology, Dermatology, Nephrology, Gastroenterology, Radiodiagnosis, Radiotherapy, Psychiatry, Neurology, Anaesthesiology, Fever Hospital, Surgery, Orthopaedics, ENT, Plastic Surgery, Paediatric Surgery, U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coastal Andhra
Coastal Andhra, also known as Kosta Andhra (International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration, IAST: Kōstā Āndhra), is a geographic region in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, comprising the coastal districts of the state between the Eastern Ghats and the Bay of Bengal, from the northern border with Odisha, Orissa to Rayalaseema in the south. It includes major cities such as Visakhapatnam and Vijayawada as well as the state capital Amaravati and is recognized for its fertile lands, rich cultural heritage, and economic importance. Coastal Andhra plays a significant role in the state's agricultural output, particularly in rice and tobacco production, supported by abundant water resources from the Godavari River, Godavari, Krishna River, Krishna, and Penna River, Penna rivers. While Coastal Andhra generally includes the districts along the Bay of Bengal, the North Andhra, Uttarandhra (Northern Andhra) area is sometimes regarded as distinct due to its unique cultural and histo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani
Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani (born 7 March 1976) is a physician by profession and an Indian politician currently serving as the 28th Minister of State for Rural Development and Communications since June 2024. He was elected as a Member of parliament to the 18th Lok Sabha from Guntur Lok Sabha constituency, Andhra Pradesh. He won the Indian general election, 2024 as a Telugu Desam Party (TDP) candidate. Early life and education Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani was born on 7 March 1976 at Burripalem, Guntur District in present-day Andhra Pradesh in an agricultural family to Pemmasani Sambasiva Rao and his wife Suvarchala. He has a brother named Ravi Shankar Pemmasani. Although he was born in Burripalem, he spent some time in his childhood in Narasaraopet because of his father's hotel business. He completed his 10th class in 1991 and his intermediate in 1993. With aspirations to become a doctor, he secured 27th rank in the EAMCET in 1993–94 and obtained a seat at Osmania Medical Colleg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andhra Pradesh Capital Region
Andhra Pradesh Capital Region (ISO: Āndhra Pradēś Rājadhāni Prāntaṁ) is the metropolitan area of the capital city of Andhra Pradesh in India. The region is spread across the districts of Krishna, Guntur, Palnadu, NTR, Bapatla and Eluru. It includes the major cities of Vijayawada and Guntur. Vijayawada is the largest city and headquarters of the region. It is one the most populated metropolitan areas in Andhra Pradesh. The region is under the jurisdiction of Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority and covers an area of under 58 mandals. The capital city Amaravati is an urban notified area and will cover , within the Andhra Pradesh Capital Region. Background After the bifurcation of United Andhra Pradesh, the newly formed Government of Andhra Pradesh constituted the Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority in 2014 and the Andhra Pradesh Capital Region was formed with a extent of . The limits of the region was expanded on 22 September 2015, whi ... [...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] |
List Of Cities In Andhra Pradesh
This article is about the list of most populated cities in Andhra Pradesh state of India as per the 2011 Census of India, conducted by the Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, under Ministry of Home Affairs (India), Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. Statistics As per the 2011 Census of India, towns with population of 100,000 and above are called "cities". Visakhapatnam is the most populated city, with a population of 2,278,000 after the merger of surrounding towns into Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (VMC) and it being upgraded to Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC). There have been proposals to merge some nearby villages to Vijayawada, Kakinada, and Rajahmundry, Rajamahendravaram Municipal Corporations. Visakhapatnam, Kakinada, and Tirupati are being developed as Smart city, smart cities by Government of India under Smart Cities Mission. In 2021 Mangalagiri and Tadepalli Municipalities and villages in mandals were merged t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Cities In Andhra Pradesh By Population
This article is about the list of most populated cities in Andhra Pradesh state of India as per the 2011 Census of India, conducted by the Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, under Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. Statistics As per the 2011 Census of India, towns with population of 100,000 and above are called "cities". Visakhapatnam is the most populated city, with a population of 2,278,000 after the merger of surrounding towns into Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (VMC) and it being upgraded to Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation ( GVMC). There have been proposals to merge some nearby villages to Vijayawada, Kakinada, and Rajamahendravaram Municipal Corporations. Visakhapatnam, Kakinada, and Tirupati are being developed as smart cities by Government of India under Smart Cities Mission. In 2021 Mangalagiri and Tadepalli Municipalities and villages in mandals were merged to form Mangalagiri-Tadepalli. ''The cities wr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Cities In India By Population
This is a list of the most populous cities in India. Cities are a type of Local government in India, sub-administrative unit and are defined by the Ministry of Home Affairs (India), Ministry of Home Affairs. In some cases, cities are bifurcated into Municipal governance in India, municipalities, which can lead to cities being included within other cities. This list is based on the Census of India using data from the 2001 census of India and the 2011 census of India. Map {{location map+, India, float=none, width=400, caption=Location of Indian cities. Hover over the dot to see the city name with rank in parentheses., places= {{location map~, India, position=none, mark=City locator 13.svg, label=Adoni (271), lat=15.63, long=77.27 {{location map~, India, position=none, mark=City locator 13.svg, label=Agartala (113), lat=23.833, long=91.267 {{location map~, India, position=none, mark=City locator 13.svg, label=Agra (23), lat=27.18, long=78.02 {{location map~, India, position=none, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
