Pothunuru is a village in

Denduluru Denduluru is a village in the Eluru district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.And the ruling MLA is Chintamaneni Prabhakar. It is located on the north-east side of district headquarters Eluru at a distance of 11 km. It is a member of t ...

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Eluru district Eluru district is a district in coastal Andhra Region in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. With Eluru as its administrative headquarters, it was proposed on 26 January 2022 to become one of the resultant List of districts of Andhra Pradesh, t ...

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 ...

, India.

Demographics

Census of India The decennial census of India has been conducted 15 times, as of 2011. While it has been undertaken every 10 years, beginning in 1872 under Viceroy Lord Mayo, the first complete census was taken in 1872. Post 1949, it has been conducted by the R ...

, Pothunuru had a population of 7177. The total population constitute, 3619 males and 3558 females with a sex ratio of 993 females per 1000 males. 684 children are in the age group of 0–6 years, with sex ratio of 1024. The average literacy rate stands at 74.51%.

Eminent persons

Kommareddi Suryanarayana Kommareddi Suryanarayana (8 March 1907 – 6 May 1995) was a Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha member in Indian Parliament, an Indian freedom activist and Gandhian.Suryanarayana Kommareddi, Luminaries of 20th Century, Part II, Potti Sriramulu Telugu Un ...

- a parliamentarian was born here.
Biography of Suryanarayana, Kommareddi at Lok Sabha website.
Parvathaneni Upendra, a parliamentarian and Ex Central minister was born here. Maganti Varalaksmi Devi, Ex Member of Legislature Assembly was born here.

References

Villages in Eluru district {{AndhraPradesh-geo-stub