Dharmavaram is a

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Sri Sathya Sai District Sri Sathya Sai district is a district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Its headquarters is at Puttaparthi. It was formed on 4 April 2022 from parts of the erstwhile Anantapur district. Etymology This district is named after Indian Gur ...

of the

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. It is mandal and divisional headquarters of Dharmavaram

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and Dharmavaram revenue division respectively. The city is known for its handloom

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s. The city is renowned for

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industries and leather puppets. The city is called as Silk city of

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. Dharmavaram is famous for Handloom Weavers, Saree Designs, Jacquard designs, Silk Extraction from

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Cacoons, Dyeing and it is fully populated by maximum weavers and by developing technology makes changes by producing various types of machine equipment emerging for weavers to weave quickly than the past decades and quality production was happening now and the production was famous for Sarees.

Demographics

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, the town had a

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of . The total population constitute, males, females –a sex ratio of 958 females per 1000 males, higher than the national average of 940 per 1000. children are in the age group of 0–6 years, of which are boys and are girls—a sex ratio of 863 girls per 1000 boys. The average literacy rate stands at 71.07% with literates, 44,055 male and 33,509 female, slightly lower than the national average of 73.00%.

Economy

Dharmavaram is a hub for pure silk sarees. The economy of the town is dependent on the weaving industry. Farmers depend on rainwater due to lack of water resources. A major crop in this area is ground nuts.

Education

The primary and secondary school education is imparted by the government, aided and private schools ''School Education Department'' of the state. The medium of instruction followed by different schools are English, Telugu,

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Etymology

Dharmavaram tank was constructed by Kriyasakthi Odeyar. The name of the city was derived from the name of his mother, ''Dharmamba''.

Geography

Dharmavaram is located at . It has an average elevation of 345 metres (1131 feet).

Governance

Civic administration

Dharmavaram Municipality was formed on 1 April 1964 as a ''Grade–III'' municipality. It is upgraded to ''Selection Grade'' and has a jurisdictional area of with 40 election wards. Each ward is represented by a ward member and the ward committee is headed by a chairperson. The present chairperson of the municipality is Beere Gopala Krishna and the commissioner is V. Mallikarjun.

Transport

The

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operates bus services from Dharmavaram bus station. Dharmavaram Junction railway station is a major railway station located on the Guntakal–Bangalore section and the Dharmavaram–Pakala branch line. There are two trains starting from this station to

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and

Machilipatnam Machilipatnam (), also known as Masulipatnam and Bandar (), is a city in Krishna district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a municipal corporation and the administrative headquarters of Krishna district. It is also the Tehsil, mandal ...

References

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