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Yemmiganur, natively known as Yemmiganuru,is a town in
Kurnool district Kurnool district is one of the eight districts in the Rayalaseema region of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh after the districts are reorganised in April 2022. It is located in the north western part of the state and is bounded by Nandyal d ...
of the
Indian state India is a federal union comprising 28 states and 8 union territories, for a total of 36 subnational entities. The states and union territories are further subdivided into 800 districts and smaller administrative divisions by the respe ...
of
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 located in Yemmiganur
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 ...
of
Adoni revenue division Adoni revenue division (or Adoni division) is an administrative division in the Kurnool district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is one of the List of revenue divisions in Andhra Pradesh, 3 revenue divisions in the district with 9 mand ...
.


History

Yemmiganur is one of the major towns in the Kurnool district. It was part of the
Vijayanagar The Vijayanagara Empire, also known as the Karnata Kingdom, was a late medieval Hindu empire that ruled much of southern India. It was established in 1336 by the brothers Harihara I and Bukka Raya I of the Sangama dynasty, belonging to the ...
from the 14th century to the 16th century. From 1953 to 1956 it was an Andhra state, now in part of Andhra Pradesh. In 1965 the Panchayat of Yemiganur was upgraded to a Municipality. Now it is a Grade -I Municipality. It is a city at present.


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 ...
, the town had a population of . The total population constitute, males, females and children, in the age group of 0–6 years. The average literacy rate stands at 62.98% with literates, significantly lower than the national average of 73.00%.


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 Yemmiganur bus station.


Education

The primary and secondary school education is imparted by government, aided and private schools, under the ''School Education Department'' of the state. The medium of instruction followed by different schools are English, Telugu. St.John's College of Engineering and Pharmaceutical Sciences is situated in Yerrakota near Yemmiganur.


See also

List of towns in Andhra Pradesh Towns in Andhra Pradesh, India, are as follows: The 2011 Census of India, conducted by The Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, under the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, determined that settlements with a pop ...
Yemmiganur (Assembly constituency) Yemmiganur Assembly constituency is a constituency in Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. It is one of the seven assembly segments of Kurnool Lok Sabha constituency ...


References

{{Cities and towns in Kurnool district Cities and towns in Kurnool district