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Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Guntur (distrikt)" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B6%D9%84%D8%B9_%DA%AF%D9%86%D9%B9%D8%B1" title="ضلع گنٹر – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="ضلع گنٹر" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guntur_(dystrykt)" title="Guntur (dystrykt) – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Guntur (dystrykt)" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a 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district in Andhra Pradesh" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Guntur_in_Andhra_Pradesh_%28India%29.svg/250px-Guntur_in_Andhra_Pradesh_%28India%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="207" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Guntur_in_Andhra_Pradesh_%28India%29.svg/375px-Guntur_in_Andhra_Pradesh_%28India%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Guntur_in_Andhra_Pradesh_%28India%29.svg/500px-Guntur_in_Andhra_Pradesh_%28India%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1027" data-file-height="849" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Location of Guntur district in Andhra Pradesh</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a class="mw-kartographer-map notheme mw-kartographer-container center" style="width: 270px; height: 200px;" data-mw-kartographer="mapframe" data-style="osm-intl" data-width="270" data-height="200" data-zoom="8" 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class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Guntur_district&params=16_18_N_80_27_E_type:adm3rd_region:IN_dim:200000"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">16°18′N</span> <span class="longitude">80°27′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">16.300°N 80.450°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">16.300; 80.450</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" 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class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_subdistricts_in_India" title="List of subdistricts in India">Mandals</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><b></b>18</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/District_magistrate" title="District magistrate">Collector & District Magistrate</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Nagalakshmi Selvarajan, <a href="/wiki/Indian_Administrative_Service" title="Indian Administrative Service">I.A.S.</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Superintendent_of_Police" class="mw-redirect" title="Superintendent of Police">Superintendent of Police</a></th><td class="infobox-data">S. Satish Kumar, <a href="/wiki/Indian_Police_Service" title="Indian Police Service">I.P.S.</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/List_of_constituencies_of_the_Lok_Sabha" title="List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha">Lok Sabha constituency</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Guntur_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Guntur (Lok Sabha constituency)">Guntur</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament,_Lok_Sabha" title="Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha">MP</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Chandra_Sekhar_Pemmasani" title="Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani">Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Vidhan_Sabha" class="mw-redirect" title="Vidhan Sabha">Assembly constituencies</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_constituencies_of_the_Andhra_Pradesh_Legislative_Assembly" title="List of constituencies of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly">07</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">2,443 km<sup>2</sup> (943 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Urban<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">130.3 km<sup>2</sup> (50.3 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2011)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">2,091,075</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">860/km<sup>2</sup> (2,200/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Urban_area" title="Urban area">Urban</a><div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">1,012,331</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Demographics<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Literacy_in_India" title="Literacy in India">Literacy</a></th><td class="infobox-data">67.40%</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Sex ratio</th><td class="infobox-data">1003</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plate" title="Vehicle registration plate">Vehicle registration</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_RTO_districts_in_India" class="mw-redirect" title="List of RTO districts in India">AP-07 (former)</a><br /> AP39 (from 30 January 2019)<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Roads_in_India" title="Roads in India">Major highways</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/National_Highway_16_(India)(old_numbering)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Highway 16 (India)(old numbering)">NH-16</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://guntur.ap.gov.in/">guntur<wbr />.ap<wbr />.gov<wbr />.in</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Guntur district</b> is one of the twenty six districts in the <a href="/wiki/Coastal_Andhra" title="Coastal Andhra">Coastal Andhra</a> region of the <a href="/wiki/States_and_union_territories_of_India" title="States and union territories of India">Indian state</a> of <a href="/wiki/Andhra_Pradesh" title="Andhra Pradesh">Andhra Pradesh</a>. The administrative seat of the district is located at <a href="/wiki/Guntur" title="Guntur">Guntur</a>, the <a href="/wiki/List_of_urban_agglomerations_in_Andhra_Pradesh" title="List of urban agglomerations in Andhra Pradesh">largest city</a> of the district in terms of area and with a population of 670,073.<sup id="cite_ref-district_info_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-district_info-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It has a coastline of approximately 100 km (62 mi) on the right bank of <a href="/wiki/Krishna_River" title="Krishna River">Krishna River</a>, that separates it from <a href="/wiki/Krishna_district" title="Krishna district">Krishna district</a> and <a href="/wiki/NTR_district" title="NTR district">NTR district</a>. It is bounded on the south by <a href="/wiki/Bapatla_district" title="Bapatla district">Bapatla district</a> and on the west by <a href="/wiki/Palnadu_district" title="Palnadu district">Palnadu district</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It has an <a href="/wiki/Area" title="Area">area</a> of 2,443 km<sup>2</sup> (943 sq mi), with a population of 20,91,075, as per <a href="/wiki/2011_Census_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="2011 Census of India">2011 census of India</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-aponline_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aponline-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-census_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The district is often referred to as the <i>Land of Chillies</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is also a major centre for agriculture, education and learning. It exports large quantities of <a href="/wiki/Chillies" class="mw-redirect" title="Chillies">chillies</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tobacco" title="Tobacco">tobacco</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-guntur_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guntur-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guntur_district&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The district derives its name from its district headquarters, Guntur.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBabu200977_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBabu200977-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There are several opinions on the meaning and origin of the word <a href="/wiki/Guntur" title="Guntur">Guntur</a>. The word owes its origin to words like gundu (a rock), gunta (a pond) and kunta (1/3 of an acre). In Sanskrit Guntur is called Garthapuri (Guntlapuri). </p><p>The earliest reference to Guntur, a variant of Guntur, comes from the Idern plates of Ammaraja I (922-929 AD) of the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Chalukyas" title="Eastern Chalukyas">Chalukyas of Vengi</a>. Guntur also appears in another two inscriptions dated 1147 AD and 1158 AD.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guntur_district&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1261442011">.mw-parser-output .abbr-header{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-bottom:none;background-color:lavender}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .caption-purple{background:inherit!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .caption-purple{background:inherit!important}}.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-top:none;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:5px}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border-top:1px #a2a9b1 solid!important}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:none}}</style><table class="table-pale" style="width:15em;border-top-width:0;border-spacing: 0;float:left;clear:left;margin:0.5em 1em 0.5em 0;"><caption class="caption-purple" style="padding:0.25em;font-weight:bold">Historical population</caption><tbody><tr style="font-size:95%"><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;width:3em">Year</th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px 2px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Population" class="abbr-header">Pop.</abbr></th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Per annum growth rate" class="abbr-header">±% p.a.</abbr></th></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1901</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,133,968</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">—    </td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1911</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,299,257</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.37%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1921</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,385,050</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+0.64%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1931</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,563,095</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.22%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1941</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1,755,986</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+1.17%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1951</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,975,395</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.18%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1961</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">2,327,246</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.65%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1971</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">2,844,488</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+2.03%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1981</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">3,434,724</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.90%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1991</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">4,106,999</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+1.80%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2001</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">4,465,144</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+0.84%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2011</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">4,887,813</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+0.91%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);font-size:85%;text-align:left">source:<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The original <a href="/wiki/Sanskrit" title="Sanskrit">Sanskrit</a> name (ancient <a href="/wiki/Vedic_civilization" class="mw-redirect" title="Vedic civilization">Vedic</a> culture) for Guntur was Garthapuri. The 'Agasthyeswara Sivalayam' in the old city of Guntur is an ancient temple for <a href="/wiki/Shiva" title="Shiva">Siva</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> It has inscriptions on two stones in 'Naga Lipi' (ancient script). It is said that <a href="/wiki/Agastya" title="Agastya">Agastya</a> built the temple in the last <i><a href="/wiki/Treta_Yuga" title="Treta Yuga">Treta Yuga</a></i> around the <a href="/wiki/Swayambhu" class="mw-redirect" title="Swayambhu">Swayambhu</a> Linga and hence the name. The 'Nagas' were said to have ruled the region. The place of <a href="/wiki/Sitanagaram" title="Sitanagaram">Sitanagaram</a> and the Guthikonda Caves can be traced (through Vedic <a href="/wiki/Puranas" title="Puranas">Puranas</a>) back to the traditional timescale <i><a href="/wiki/Treta_Yuga" title="Treta Yuga">Treta Yuga</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Dvapara_Yuga" title="Dvapara Yuga">Dvapara Yuga</a></i>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Guntur District is home to the second oldest evidence of human habitation in India, in the form of <a href="/wiki/Palaeolithic" class="mw-redirect" title="Palaeolithic">Palaeolithic</a> (old Stone Age) implements. Ancient history can be traced from the time of Sala kings who ruled during the 5th century BCE. The earliest reference to Guntur, a variant of <i>Guntur</i>, comes from the Idern plates of Ammaraja I (922–929 CE), the <a href="/wiki/Vengi" title="Vengi">Vengi</a> <a href="/wiki/Chalukya" class="mw-redirect" title="Chalukya">Chalukyan</a> King. Guntur also appears in two inscriptions dated 1147 and 1158 CE. <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></p><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Brahmi_Script_inscribed_on_a_Railing_Pillar_at_Velpuru_02.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Brahmi_Script_inscribed_on_a_Railing_Pillar_at_Velpuru_02.jpg/220px-Brahmi_Script_inscribed_on_a_Railing_Pillar_at_Velpuru_02.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="171" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Brahmi_Script_inscribed_on_a_Railing_Pillar_at_Velpuru_02.jpg/330px-Brahmi_Script_inscribed_on_a_Railing_Pillar_at_Velpuru_02.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Brahmi_Script_inscribed_on_a_Railing_Pillar_at_Velpuru_02.jpg/440px-Brahmi_Script_inscribed_on_a_Railing_Pillar_at_Velpuru_02.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2316" data-file-height="1800" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Brahmi_script" title="Brahmi script">Brahmi Script</a> inscribed on a Railing Pillar at <a href="/wiki/Velpuru" title="Velpuru">Velpuru</a></figcaption></figure><p>Since the beginning of Buddhist time, Guntur stood in the forefront in matters of culture, education and civilisation. <a href="/wiki/Gautama_Buddha" class="mw-redirect" title="Gautama Buddha">Gautama Buddha</a> preached at <a href="/wiki/Dharanikota" title="Dharanikota">Dharanikota</a>/Dhanyakatakam near Guntur and conducted <a href="/wiki/Kalachakra" title="Kalachakra">Kalachakra</a> ceremony, which takes its antiquity to 500 BCE.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Taranatha, a Buddhist monk writes: "On the full moon of the month Chaitra in the year following his enlightenment, at the great stupa of Dhanyakataka, the Buddha emanated the mandala of "The Glorious Lunar Mansions" (Kalachakra).<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Buddhists established universities in ancient times at Dhanyakataka and <a href="/wiki/Amaravathi_village,_Guntur_district" class="mw-redirect" title="Amaravathi village, Guntur district">Amaravathi</a>. Scores of Buddhist stupas were excavated in the villages of Guntur district. <a href="/wiki/Nagarjuna" title="Nagarjuna">Acharya Nagarjuna</a>, an influential <a href="/wiki/Buddhist" class="mw-redirect" title="Buddhist">Buddhist</a> <a href="/wiki/Philosophy" title="Philosophy">philosopher</a> taught at <a href="/wiki/Nagarjunakonda" title="Nagarjunakonda">Nagarjunakonda</a> and is said to have discovered <a href="/wiki/Mica" title="Mica">Mica</a> in 200 BCE. <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">Chinese</a> traveller and Buddhist monk Hiuen Tsang (<a href="/wiki/Xuanzang" title="Xuanzang">Xuanzang</a>) visited Amaravati in 640 C.E., stayed for sometime and studied 'Abhidhammapitakam'. He observed that there were many Viharas and some of them were deserted, which points out that <a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a> was gaining ground at that time. Xuanzang wrote a glorious account of the place, <a href="/wiki/Vihara" class="mw-redirect" title="Vihara">Viharas</a> and monasteries that existed.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Guntur was successively ruled by famous dynasties such as the <a href="/wiki/Satavahana" class="mw-redirect" title="Satavahana">Satavahanas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Andhra_Ikshvaku" title="Andhra Ikshvaku">Andhra Ikshvakus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pallava" class="mw-redirect" title="Pallava">Pallavas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ananda_Gotrikas" class="mw-redirect" title="Ananda Gotrikas">Ananda Gotrikas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vishnukundina" class="mw-redirect" title="Vishnukundina">Vishnukundina</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kota_Vamsa" title="Kota Vamsa">Kota Vamsa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chalukya" class="mw-redirect" title="Chalukya">Chalukyas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chola" class="mw-redirect" title="Chola">Cholas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kakatiya" class="mw-redirect" title="Kakatiya">Kakatiyas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Musunuri_Nayakas" title="Musunuri Nayakas">Musunuris</a>, <a href="/wiki/Reddi_kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Reddi kingdom">Reddys</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vijayanagara" title="Vijayanagara">Vijayanagara</a> and <a href="/wiki/Qutb_Shahi" class="mw-redirect" title="Qutb Shahi">Qutb Shahis</a> during ancient and medieval times. The famous battle of <a href="/wiki/Palnadu" title="Palnadu">Palnadu</a> which is enshrined in legend and literature as <i><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Palnadu" title="Battle of Palnadu">Palnati Yuddham</a></i> was fought in Guntur district in 1180 CE.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Qutb_Shahis,_Nizams_and_later"><span id="Qutb_Shahis.2C_Nizams_and_later"></span>Qutb Shahis, Nizams and later</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guntur_district&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Qutb Shahis, Nizams and later"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the 16th century Guntur became part of the <a href="/wiki/Mughal_empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Mughal empire">Mughal empire</a>. In 1579 Khasa Rayarao, a <a href="/wiki/Deshastha_Brahmin" title="Deshastha Brahmin">Deshastha Brahmin</a> who was the <a href="/wiki/Commander-in-Chief" class="mw-redirect" title="Commander-in-Chief">Commander-in-Chief</a> of <a href="/wiki/Ibrahim_Quli_Qutb_Shah_Wali" title="Ibrahim Quli Qutb Shah Wali">Ibrahim Quli Qutb Shah</a> captured <a href="/wiki/Kondaveedu_Fort" title="Kondaveedu Fort">Kondaveedu Fort</a>. After that, Khasa Rayarao was made the Governor of the Kondaveedu Sima (present Guntur district) by changing its name to Murtazanagar Sircar and kept the financial administration of this region in his hands. Khasa Rayarao appointed many <a href="/wiki/Deshastha_Brahmin" title="Deshastha Brahmin">Deshastha Brahmins</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kammas" class="mw-redirect" title="Kammas">Kammas</a> and some <a href="/wiki/Golconda_Vyapari" class="mw-redirect" title="Golconda Vyapari">Golconda Vyaparis</a> as <a href="/wiki/Deshmukh" title="Deshmukh">Deshmukhs</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chowdary" class="mw-redirect" title="Chowdary">Chowdarys</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1687 CE when the emperor <a href="/wiki/Aurangzeb" title="Aurangzeb">Aurangzeb</a> conquered the <a href="/wiki/Qutb_Shahi_dynasty" class="mw-redirect" title="Qutb Shahi dynasty">Qutb Shahi sultanate</a> of <a href="/wiki/Golconda" title="Golconda">Golconda</a>, of which Guntur was then a part. In 1724 CE, <a href="/wiki/Asaf_Jah" class="mw-redirect" title="Asaf Jah">Asaf Jah</a>, viceroy of the empire's southern provinces, declared his independence as the <a href="/wiki/Nizam" class="mw-redirect" title="Nizam">Nizam</a> of <a href="/wiki/Hyderabad_state" class="mw-redirect" title="Hyderabad state">Hyderabad</a>. The coastal districts of Hyderabad, known as the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Circars" title="Northern Circars">Northern Circars</a>, were occupied by the <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">French</a> in 1750. During this time, the Manur Rao family of <a href="/wiki/Deshastha_Brahmin" title="Deshastha Brahmin">Deshastha Brahmin</a> community, the Vasireddi family of <a href="/wiki/Kamma_(caste)" title="Kamma (caste)">Kamma</a> community and the Manik Rao family of <a href="/wiki/Velama" title="Velama">Velama</a> community were prominent Zamindar families in the present day Guntur district. The Manur Rao family were rulers of <a href="/wiki/Chilakaluripet" title="Chilakaluripet">Chilakaluripet Zamindari</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sattenapalle" title="Sattenapalle">Sattenapalle Zamindari</a>, The Vasireddi family were rulers of <a href="/wiki/Amaravathi,_Guntur_district" class="mw-redirect" title="Amaravathi, Guntur district">Amaravathi Zamindari</a> and The Manik Rao family were the rulers of <a href="/wiki/Repalle" title="Repalle">Repalle Zamindari</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrand1973113_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrand1973113-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post_Independence">Post Independence</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guntur_district&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Post Independence"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Guntur region played a significant role in the struggle for independence and the formation of <a href="/wiki/Andhra_Pradesh" title="Andhra Pradesh">Andhra Pradesh</a>. The northern, <a href="/wiki/Telugu_language" title="Telugu language">Telugu- speaking</a> districts of <a href="/wiki/Madras_State" title="Madras State">Madras State</a>, including Guntur, advocated to become a separate state after independence. The new state of Andhra region named <a href="/wiki/Andhra_State" title="Andhra State">Andhra State</a>, was created in 1953 from the eleven northern districts of Madras State. In 1970, part of Guntur district was split off to become part of the <a href="/wiki/Prakasam_district" title="Prakasam district">Prakasam district</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Statoids_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Statoids-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The district suffers from <a href="/wiki/Naxalite" class="mw-redirect" title="Naxalite">Naxalite</a> <a href="/wiki/Insurgency" title="Insurgency">insurgency</a> and is a part of the <a href="/wiki/Red_corridor" title="Red corridor">Red corridor</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guntur_district&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:NASA-GNT.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/NASA-GNT.jpg/220px-NASA-GNT.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="218" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/NASA-GNT.jpg/330px-NASA-GNT.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/NASA-GNT.jpg/440px-NASA-GNT.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="633" /></a><figcaption><b>Guntur Coast</b> by NASA</figcaption></figure> <p>Guntur district occupies an area of approximately 2,443 square kilometres (943 sq mi),<sup id="cite_ref-Reference_Annual_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reference_Annual-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Islands_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Islands-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Krishna_River" title="Krishna River">Krishna River</a> forms the northeastern and eastern boundary of the district, separating it from <a href="/wiki/Krishna_district" title="Krishna district">Krishna district</a>. The district is bounded on the southeast by the <a href="/wiki/Bay_of_Bengal" title="Bay of Bengal">Bay of Bengal</a>, on the south by <a href="/wiki/Bapatla_district" title="Bapatla district">Bapatla district</a>, on the west by <a href="/wiki/Palnadu_district" title="Palnadu district">Palnadu district</a> and on the northwest by <a href="/wiki/NTR_district" title="NTR district">NTR district</a> and north east <a href="/wiki/Krishna_district" title="Krishna district">Krishna district</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Guntur Coast is located on the south east coast of India (also known as the <a href="/wiki/Coromandel_Coast" title="Coromandel Coast">Coromandel Coast</a>) (quotes from NASA site). Krishna river merges into Bay of Bengal at the coastal area of Guntur district. The braided stream channels, broad floodplain, and extensive sandbars suggest that this part of the Krishna river flows through relatively flat terrain and carries substantial amounts of sediment, especially during the monsoon season. <a href="/wiki/Suryalanka_Beach" title="Suryalanka Beach">Suryalanka Beach</a> near <a href="/wiki/Bapatla" title="Bapatla">Bapatla</a>, <i>Bobbarrlanka</i> in <a href="/wiki/Repalle" title="Repalle">Repalle</a>, Nizampatnam Beach in <a href="/wiki/Nizampatnam" title="Nizampatnam">Nizampatnam</a> are tourist beaches in Guntur coastline.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guntur_district&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="barbox tleft" style="overflow-x: auto;"> <div style="border:1px solid silver; font-size:88%; padding:0.4em; width:auto; background: var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,white); color: var(--color-base,black)"> <table style="text-align:left; border-collapse:collapse; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr style="background:#Fcd116"><th style="text-align:center;" colspan="5">Religions in Guntur district (2011)<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-religion_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-religion-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th></tr> <tr style="font-size:88%; height:4px;"> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; text-align:left;">Religion</td> <td style="width:100px; text-align:left;"></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; width:1em; text-align:right;">Percent</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:darkorange; width:83.94%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">83.94%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Andhra_Muslims" title="Andhra Muslims">Islam</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:green; width:13.37%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">13.37%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Telugu_Christians" title="Telugu Christians">Christianity</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:dodgerblue; width:2.21%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">2.21%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Other or not stated</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:black; width:0.48%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">0.48%</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="5" style="padding:5px; text-align:left;">Distribution of religions</td></tr> </tbody></table> </div> </div> <p>As of 2011<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Guntur_district&action=edit">[update]</a></sup> <a href="/wiki/2011_Census_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="2011 Census of India">census of India</a>, the district had a population of 4,887,813 with a density of 193 inhabitants per square kilometre (500/sq mi). The total population constitute, 2,440,521 males and 2,447,292 females – a <a href="/wiki/Human_sex_ratio" title="Human sex ratio">sex ratio</a> of 1003 females per 1000 males. The total urban population is 16,52,738 (33.81%).<sup id="cite_ref-census_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 19">: 19 </span></sup> There are 29,60,441 literates with a literacy rate of 67.40%. </p><p>After bifurcation the district had a population of 20,91,075, of which 1,072,544 (51.29%) lived in urban areas. Guntur district had a sex ratio of 1007 females to 1000 males. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 4,21,861 (20.17%) and 69,017 (3.30%) of the population respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-demographics_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-demographics-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 77–82">: 77–82 </span></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1277850240">.mw-parser-output .smooth-pie{display:none;position:relative;width:100px;height:100px;border-radius:50%;background-color:yellowgreen;color:black;border:1px solid black}.mw-parser-output .smooth-pie div{position:absolute;transform-origin:left bottom;background-color:#655;color:black;top:0;left:50%;width:50%;height:50%;border-radius:0 500%0 0}.mw-parser-output .smooth-pie .pie50{transform-origin:left center;height:100%;border-radius:0 100%100%0/50%}.mw-parser-output .smooth-pie .pie12-5{clip-path:polygon(0%0%,100%0%,0 100%)}.mw-parser-output .smooth-pie .pie5{clip-path:polygon(0%0%,32.49197%0%,0 100%)}.mw-parser-output .smooth-pie .pie7{clip-path:polygon(0%0%,47.056428%0%,0 100%)}.mw-parser-output .smooth-pie .pie1{clip-path:polygon(0%0%,6.2914667%0%,0 100%)}@supports(clip-path:circle(50%)){.mw-parser-output .smooth-pie{display:block}}.mw-parser-output .smooth-pie-container{display:flex;align-items:flex-start;gap:1em;flex-wrap:wrap}.mw-parser-output .smooth-pie-legend{list-style-type:none!important;margin:0!important;padding:0!important}.mw-parser-output .smooth-pie-legend li{display:flex;align-items:baseline;gap:.5em}.mw-parser-output .smooth-pie-legend li span{display:block;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .smooth-pie-legend li .l-color{border:1px solid var(--color-base,black);width:.8em;height:.8em;flex-shrink:0}.mw-parser-output .pie-thumb{display:flex}.mw-parser-output .pie-thumb .smooth-pie-container{padding:.5em;padding-bottom:0;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .pie-thumb .smooth-pie-caption{margin-bottom:1em;font-size:94%}@media print{.mw-parser-output .smooth-pie-container{break-inside:avoid-page}}</style> <div class="pie-thumb thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner"><div class="smooth-pie-container" style="width: min-content;flex-direction: column-reverse;"> <div class="smooth-pie-legend-container"><div class="smooth-pie-caption">Languages of Guntur district (2011)<sup id="cite_ref-language_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-language-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div> <ol class="smooth-pie-legend"> <li><span class="l-color" style="-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;background:steelblue;color:#000"></span><span class="l-label"><a href="/wiki/Telugu_language" title="Telugu language">Telugu</a> 86.14 (86.1%)</span></li> <li><span class="l-color" style="-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;background:green;color:#000"></span><span class="l-label"><a href="/wiki/Urdu" title="Urdu">Urdu</a> 12.32 (12.3%)</span></li> <li><span class="l-color" style="-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;background:grey;color:#000"></span><span class="l-label">Others 1.54 (1.54%)</span></li> </ol> </div> <div class="smooth-pie" style="width:200px;height:200px;background:grey;color:#000;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;" title="Others 1.54 (1.54%)" aria-hidden="true"> <div class="pie50" style="background:steelblue;color:#000" title="Telugu 86.14 (86.1%)"></div> <div class="pie50" style="background:steelblue;color:#000; transform: rotate(0.361turn)" title="Telugu 86.14 (86.1%)"></div> <div class="pie7" style="background:green;color:#000; transform: rotate(0.861turn)" title="Urdu 12.32 (12.3%)"></div> <div class="pie7" style="background:green;color:#000; transform: rotate(0.915turn)" title="Urdu 12.32 (12.3%)"></div> </div> </div></div></div> <p>At the time of the 2011 census, 86.14% of the population spoke <a href="/wiki/Telugu_language" title="Telugu language">Telugu</a> and 12.32% <a href="/wiki/Urdu" title="Urdu">Urdu</a> as their first language.<sup id="cite_ref-language_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-language-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Administrative_setup">Administrative setup</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guntur_district&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Administrative setup"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Collectorate">Collectorate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guntur_district&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Collectorate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Collectorate play a pivotal role in the district administration. <a href="/wiki/District_magistrate" title="District magistrate">Collector</a> in the cadre of <a href="/wiki/Indian_Administrative_Service" title="Indian Administrative Service">IAS</a> heads the district. He acts as the District Magistrate for maintaining Law and order in his jurisdiction. He deals mainly with planning and development. Law and Order, scheduled areas/ agency areas, general elections, arms licensing etc.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The Joint Collector, who also belongs to the IAS cadre, runs the Revenue administration under various enactments in the district. He is also designated as Additional District Magistrate. He mainly deals with civil supplies,land matters, mines and minerals,village officers etc.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The District Revenue Officer (DRO), in the cadre of Special Grade Deputy Collectors, assists the Collector and Joint Collector in discharging their duties. The District Revenue Officer looks after all the branches of the Collectorate. He deals mainly with general administration and is vested with supervision of day-to-day functions of the collectorate.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The administrative officer in the rank of a Tahsildar is the general assistant to the collector. He directly supervises all the sections in the collectorate and most of the files are routed through him.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The collectorate is divided into 8 sections as per the administrative reforms taken up by the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Andhra_Pradesh" title="Government of Andhra Pradesh">Government of Andhra Pradesh</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <ul><li>Section A:: Deals with Establishment and Office Procedures</li> <li>Section B:: Deals with Accounts and audit</li> <li>Section C:: Deals with Magisterial (Court/Legal) matters.</li> <li>Section D:: Deals with land Revenue and relief</li> <li>Section E:: Deals with Land Administration</li> <li>Section F:: Deals with Land Reforms</li> <li>Section G:: Deals with Land Acquisition</li> <li>Section H:: Deals with Protocol, elections and Residual work.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Administrative_divisions">Administrative divisions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guntur_district&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Administrative divisions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_villages_in_Guntur_district" title="List of villages in Guntur district">List of villages in Guntur district</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_revenue_divisions_in_Andhra_Pradesh" title="List of revenue divisions in Andhra Pradesh">List of revenue divisions in Andhra Pradesh</a></div> <p>The district is divided into Two <a href="/wiki/List_of_revenue_divisions_in_Andhra_Pradesh" title="List of revenue divisions in Andhra Pradesh">Revenue divisions</a>, namely, <a href="/wiki/Guntur_revenue_division" title="Guntur revenue division">Guntur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tenali_revenue_division" title="Tenali revenue division">Tenali</a>. These are sub-divided into 18 <a href="/wiki/Tehsil" title="Tehsil">mandals</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which are in turn divided as 57 <a href="/wiki/Panchayat_samiti" title="Panchayat samiti">Panchayat Samiti</a> (Block)s, 712 villages and 16 towns. These 16 towns includes, 2 <a href="/wiki/Municipal_corporation" title="Municipal corporation">municipal corporation</a>, 2 <a href="/wiki/Municipality" title="Municipality">municipalities</a><sup id="cite_ref-The_New_Indian_Express_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_New_Indian_Express-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and 1 <a href="/wiki/Census_town" title="Census town">census town</a>. Gurazala revenue division was newly formed in the year 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-gurazala_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gurazala-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Guntur" title="Guntur">Guntur</a> city is the one municipal corporation and district headquarter <a href="/wiki/Mangalagiri_Tadepalli_Municipal_Corporation" class="mw-redirect" title="Mangalagiri Tadepalli Municipal Corporation">Mangalagiri Tadepalli Municipal Corporation</a> is the second municipal corporation in Guntur district. <a href="/wiki/Vaddeswaram" title="Vaddeswaram">Vaddeswaram</a> is categorised as a census town.<sup id="cite_ref-divisions_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-divisions-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 2 municipalities in the district are <a href="/wiki/Tenali_Municipality" title="Tenali Municipality">Tenali</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ponnur_Municipality" title="Ponnur Municipality">Ponnur</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-The_New_Indian_Express_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_New_Indian_Express-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Politics">Politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guntur_district&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Parliament_segment">Parliament segment</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guntur_district&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Parliament segment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Guntur_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Guntur Lok Sabha constituency">Guntur Lok Sabha constituency</a> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Assembly_segments">Assembly segments</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guntur_district&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Assembly segments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Guntur constituency presently comprises the following <a href="/wiki/List_of_Assembly_constituencies_of_Andhra_Pradesh" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Assembly constituencies of Andhra Pradesh">legislative assembly</a> segments:<sup id="cite_ref-loksabha_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-loksabha-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th width="50px" style="font-size:75%">Constituency number </th> <th>Name </th> <th style="font-size:75%">Reserved for<br />(<a href="/wiki/Dalit" title="Dalit">SC</a>/<a href="/wiki/Adivasi" title="Adivasi">ST</a>/None) </th> <th>Parliament </th></tr> <tr> <td>86 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tadikonda_(Assembly_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tadikonda (Assembly constituency)">Tadikonda</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dalit" title="Dalit">SC</a> </td> <td rowspan="7"><a href="/wiki/Guntur_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Guntur Lok Sabha constituency">Guntur</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>87 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mangalagiri_(Assembly_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mangalagiri (Assembly constituency)">Mangalagiri</a> </td> <td>None </td></tr> <tr> <td>88 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ponnuru_(Assembly_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ponnuru (Assembly constituency)">Ponnur</a> </td> <td>None </td></tr> <tr> <td>91 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tenali_(Assembly_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tenali (Assembly constituency)">Tenali</a> </td> <td>None </td></tr> <tr> <td>93 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Prathipadu_(SC)_(Assembly_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Prathipadu (SC) (Assembly constituency)">Prathipadu</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dalit" title="Dalit">SC</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>94 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Guntur_West_(Assembly_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Guntur West (Assembly constituency)">Guntur West</a> </td> <td>None </td></tr> <tr> <td>95 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Guntur_East_(Assembly_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Guntur East (Assembly constituency)">Guntur East</a> </td> <td>None </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mandals">Mandals</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guntur_district&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Mandals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Guntur_district.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Guntur District" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Guntur_district.png/220px-Guntur_district.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Guntur_district.png/330px-Guntur_district.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Guntur_district.png/440px-Guntur_district.png 2x" data-file-width="1618" data-file-height="833" /></a><figcaption> Satellite view of Guntur District Mandals</figcaption></figure> <p>The below table categorises the 18 <a href="/wiki/Tehsil" title="Tehsil">mandals</a> into their respective revenue divisions in the district:<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col"> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/Guntur_revenue_division" title="Guntur revenue division">Guntur revenue division</a> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/Guntur_East_mandal" title="Guntur East mandal">Guntur East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guntur_West_mandal" title="Guntur West mandal">Guntur West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medikonduru_mandal" title="Medikonduru mandal">Medikonduru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pedakakani_mandal" title="Pedakakani mandal">Pedakakani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pedanandipadu_mandal" title="Pedanandipadu mandal">Pedanandipadu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phirangipuram" title="Phirangipuram">Phirangipuram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prathipadu_mandal" title="Prathipadu mandal">Prathipadu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tadikonda_mandal" title="Tadikonda mandal">Tadikonda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thullur_mandal" title="Thullur mandal">Thullur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vatticherukuru" title="Vatticherukuru">Vatticherukuru</a></li></ol></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tenali_revenue_division" title="Tenali revenue division">Tenali revenue division</a> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/Chebrolu_mandal" title="Chebrolu mandal">Chebrolu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duggirala_mandal" title="Duggirala mandal">Duggirala</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kakumanu_mandal&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kakumanu mandal (page does not exist)">Kakumanu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kollipara_mandal" title="Kollipara mandal">Kollipara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mangalagiri_mandal" title="Mangalagiri mandal">Mangalagiri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ponnur_mandal" title="Ponnur mandal">Ponnur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tadepalle_mandal,_Guntur_district" class="mw-redirect" title="Tadepalle mandal, Guntur district">Tadepalle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tenali_mandal" title="Tenali mandal">Tenali</a></li></ol></li></ol> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cities_and_towns">Cities and towns</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guntur_district&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Cities and towns"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1219497266">.mw-parser-output .largestCities-table-background{background:#f9f9f9;color:#222}.mw-parser-output .largestCities-cell-background{background:#f0f0f0;color:#222}</style> <div> <table style="font-size:88%;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 100%; border: 1px solid darkgray;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="10" style="padding:0.3em 0.75em;"><div style="float:right; width:6em; height:2.6em"> </div><div style="float:left; width:6em; height:2.6em"> </div> <div style="height:2.6em;line-height:1.3em;"><span style="font-size:110%;">Largest cities or towns in Guntur District</span><br /><div style="display:inline;font-weight:normal;">As per the <a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Andhra_Pradesh" class="mw-redirect" title="List of cities in Andhra Pradesh">2011 Census</a></div></div> </th></tr> <tr> <th></th> <th><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_towns_in_Guntur_District&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of towns in Guntur District (page does not exist)">Rank</a> </th> <th> </th> <th><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_towns_in_Guntur_District&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of towns in Guntur District (page does not exist)">Division</a> </th> <th><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_towns_in_Guntur_District&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of towns in Guntur District (page does not exist)"> Pop.</a> </th> <th> </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="11" style="text-align: center"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sri_Sringeri_Muth.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Guntur"><img alt="Guntur" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Sri_Sringeri_Muth.jpg/120px-Sri_Sringeri_Muth.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="81" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Sri_Sringeri_Muth.jpg/180px-Sri_Sringeri_Muth.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Sri_Sringeri_Muth.jpg/240px-Sri_Sringeri_Muth.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3552" data-file-height="2390" /></a></span><br /><a href="/wiki/Guntur" title="Guntur">Guntur</a><br /><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mangalagiri_town.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Mangalagiri"><img alt="Mangalagiri" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Mangalagiri_town.jpg/120px-Mangalagiri_town.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Mangalagiri_town.jpg/180px-Mangalagiri_town.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Mangalagiri_town.jpg/240px-Mangalagiri_town.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a></span><br /><a href="/wiki/Mangalagiri" title="Mangalagiri">Mangalagiri</a> </td> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">1</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Guntur" title="Guntur">Guntur</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Guntur_revenue_division" title="Guntur revenue division">Guntur Division</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">10,566,677 </td> <td rowspan="11" style="text-align: center"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Residential_houses_at_Tadepalli.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Tadepalle"><img alt="Tadepalle" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Residential_houses_at_Tadepalli.jpg/120px-Residential_houses_at_Tadepalli.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Residential_houses_at_Tadepalli.jpg/180px-Residential_houses_at_Tadepalli.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Residential_houses_at_Tadepalli.jpg/240px-Residential_houses_at_Tadepalli.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2137" data-file-height="1336" /></a></span><br /><a href="/wiki/Tadepalle,_Guntur" class="mw-redirect" title="Tadepalle, Guntur">Tadepalle</a><br /><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Martyrs%27_Memorial,_Tenali.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Tenali"><img alt="Tenali" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Martyrs%27_Memorial%2C_Tenali.jpg/120px-Martyrs%27_Memorial%2C_Tenali.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Martyrs%27_Memorial%2C_Tenali.jpg/180px-Martyrs%27_Memorial%2C_Tenali.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Martyrs%27_Memorial%2C_Tenali.jpg/240px-Martyrs%27_Memorial%2C_Tenali.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2479" data-file-height="1859" /></a></span><br /><a href="/wiki/Tenali" title="Tenali">Tenali</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">2</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Mangalagiri" title="Mangalagiri">Mangalagiri</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Tenali_revenue_division" title="Tenali revenue division">Tenali Division</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">207,197 </td></tr> <tr> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">3</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Tadepalle,_Guntur" class="mw-redirect" title="Tadepalle, Guntur">Tadepalle</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Tenali_revenue_division" title="Tenali revenue division">Tenali Division</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">174,937 </td></tr> <tr> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">4</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Tenali" title="Tenali">Tenali</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Tenali_revenue_division" title="Tenali revenue division">Tenali Division</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">164,937 </td></tr> <tr> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">5</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Ponnur" title="Ponnur">Ponnur</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Tenali_revenue_division" title="Tenali revenue division">Tenali Division</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">59,913 </td></tr> <tr> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">6</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Pedakakani" title="Pedakakani">Pedakakani</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Guntur_revenue_division" title="Guntur revenue division">Guntur Division</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">23,201 </td></tr> <tr> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">7</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Namburu" title="Namburu">Namburu</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Guntur_revenue_division" title="Guntur revenue division">Guntur Division</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">19,676 </td></tr> <tr> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">8</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Tadikonda" title="Tadikonda">Tadikonda</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Guntur_revenue_division" title="Guntur revenue division">Guntur Division</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">18,505 </td></tr> <tr> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">9</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Pedavadlapudi" title="Pedavadlapudi">Pedavadlapudi</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Tenali_revenue_division" title="Tenali revenue division">Tenali Division</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">13,076 </td></tr> <tr> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">10</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Kaza" title="Kaza">Kaza</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Tenali_revenue_division" title="Tenali revenue division">Tenali Division</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">11,098 </td></tr> </tbody></table></div> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Municipal Bodies in Guntur District </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>S.No. </th> <th>City / Town </th> <th>Civic Status of Town </th> <th>Municipality <p>Formation Year </p> </th> <th>2011 Census <p>Population </p> </th> <th>2001 Census <p>Population </p> </th> <th>1991 Census <p>Population </p> </th> <th>1981 Census <p>Population </p> </th> <th>1971 Census <p>Population </p> </th> <th>1961 Census <p>Population </p> </th> <th>1951 Census <p>Population </p> </th></tr> <tr> <td>1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Guntur_Municipal_Corporation" title="Guntur Municipal Corporation">Guntur</a> </td> <td>Municipal Corporation </td> <td>1866 </td> <td>670,073 </td> <td>514,461 </td> <td>417,051 </td> <td>367,699 </td> <td>2,69,991 </td> <td>1,87,122 </td> <td>1,25,255 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mangalagiri_Tadepalli_Municipal_Corporation" class="mw-redirect" title="Mangalagiri Tadepalli Municipal Corporation">Mangalagiri Tadepalli</a> </td> <td>Municipal Corporation </td> <td>2021 </td> <td>300,497 </td> <td>63,349 </td> <td>59,152 </td> <td>46,172 </td> <td>32,850 </td> <td>22,182 </td> <td>17,586 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tenali_Municipality" title="Tenali Municipality">Tenali</a> </td> <td>Municipality Grade - Special </td> <td>1912 </td> <td>164,937 </td> <td>153,756 </td> <td>143,726 </td> <td>119,257 </td> <td>102,937 </td> <td>78,525 </td> <td>58,116 </td></tr> <tr> <td>4 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ponnur_Municipality" title="Ponnur Municipality">Ponnur</a> </td> <td>Municipality Grade - 2 </td> <td>1964 </td> <td>59,913 </td> <td>57,640 </td> <td>54,363 </td> <td>50,206 </td> <td>31,463 </td> <td>22,872 </td> <td>17,972 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b><u>Note -</u></b> </p> <ul><li>Dachepalli Nagar Panchayat includes Dachepalli and Nadikudi.</li> <li>Gurazala Nagar Panchayat includes Gurazala and Jangamaheswaram.</li></ul> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Erstwhile Talukas [Non-Municipalities] Population. </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>S.No </th> <th>Town </th> <th>Civic Status of Town </th> <th>2011 Census <p>Population </p> </th></tr> <tr> <td>1 </td> <td>Prathipadu </td> <td>Grama Panchayat </td> <td>14,305 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 </td> <td>Tadikonda </td> <td>Grama Panchayat </td> <td>18,505 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Village_Panchayats">Village Panchayats</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guntur_district&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Village Panchayats"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output 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Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">February 2021</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Guntur district has 1022 Gram Panchayats covering 58 mandals including seized mandals. Panchayat secretaries have been working for the cluster Headquarter Gram Panchayats. The main objective of the Panchayat Raj Department is to provide civic amenities to the rural public. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Erstwhile_Talukas">Erstwhile Talukas</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guntur_district&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Erstwhile Talukas"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Before Formation of mandals, Administration was done through Taluka system.</li> <li>Guntur District had 8 Talukas in 1971, later in 1978 they were increased to 21 Talukas.</li> <li>In 1985, Mandal system was created and 57 mandals were formed in the district.</li> <li>In 2018, <a href="/wiki/Guntur_mandal" title="Guntur mandal">Guntur mandal</a> is split into <a href="/wiki/Guntur_East_mandal" title="Guntur East mandal">Guntur East</a> and <a href="/wiki/Guntur_West_mandal" title="Guntur West mandal">Guntur West</a> mandals making a total of 58 mandals.<sup id="cite_ref-mandal_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mandal-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In 2022, with 18 mandals new district was formed.</li></ul> <table class="wikitable"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>S.No. </th> <th>Erstwhile Talukas <p>in 1971 </p> </th> <th>Newly formed Talukas <p>in 1978 </p> </th> <th>Newly formed Mandals <p>in 1985 </p> </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4">1 </td> <td rowspan="4">Guntur </td> <td>Guntur </td> <td>Guntur, Pedakakani, Chebrolu [part] </td></tr> <tr> <td>Prathipadu </td> <td>Prathipadu, Vatticherukuru, Pedanandipadu [part] </td></tr> <tr> <td>Tadikonda </td> <td>Tadikonda, Thullur, Amaravathi [part] </td></tr> <tr> <td>Mangalagiri </td> <td>Mangalagiri, Tadepalli, </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">2 </td> <td rowspan="3">Tenali </td> <td>Tenali </td> <td>Tenali, Tsundur,Vemuru [part], Chebrolu [part] </td></tr> <tr> <td>Emani </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Duggirala" title="Duggirala">Duggirala</a>, Kollipara, </td></tr> <tr> <td>Amruthalur </td> <td>Amruthalur, Kolluru, Vemuru [part] </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">3 </td> <td rowspan="2">Repalle </td> <td>Repalle </td> <td>Repalle, Bhattiprolu, </td></tr> <tr> <td>Pallapatla </td> <td>Cherukupalli, Nagaram, Nizampatnam, </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">4 </td> <td rowspan="2">Bapatla </td> <td>Bapatla </td> <td>Bapatla, Karlapalem, Pittalavanipalem </td></tr> <tr> <td>Ponnur </td> <td>Ponnuru, Kakumanu, </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">5 </td> <td rowspan="2">Narsaraopeta </td> <td>Narsaraopeta </td> <td>Narasaraopeta, Nakirekallu, Rompicherla, </td></tr> <tr> <td>Chilakaluripeta </td> <td>Chilakaluripeta, Edlapadu, Nadendla, Pedanandipadu [part], </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">6 </td> <td rowspan="2">Vinukonda </td> <td>Vinukonda </td> <td>Vinukonda, Nuzendla, Savalyapuram [part] </td></tr> <tr> <td>Ipur </td> <td>Ipur, Bollapalle, Savalyapuram [part] </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">7 </td> <td rowspan="3">Palnadu </td> <td>Palnadu </td> <td>Gurajala, Karempudi, Rentachintala [part], </td></tr> <tr> <td>Macherla </td> <td>Macherla, Durgi, Veldurthy, Rentachintala [part], </td></tr> <tr> <td>Piduguralla </td> <td>Piduguralla, Dachepalle, Machavaram, </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">8 </td> <td rowspan="3">Sattenapalle </td> <td>Sattenapalle </td> <td>Sattenapalle, Phirangipuram, Medikonduru, </td></tr> <tr> <td>Rajupalem </td> <td>Rajupalem, Bellamkonda, Muppala, Krosuru [part] </td></tr> <tr> <td>Talluru </td> <td>Atchampet, Pedakurapadu, Amaravathi [part], Krosuru [part] </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guntur_district&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tobacco_Drying_at_Grandhasiri_village.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Tobacco_Drying_at_Grandhasiri_village.JPG/220px-Tobacco_Drying_at_Grandhasiri_village.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Tobacco_Drying_at_Grandhasiri_village.JPG/330px-Tobacco_Drying_at_Grandhasiri_village.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Tobacco_Drying_at_Grandhasiri_village.JPG/440px-Tobacco_Drying_at_Grandhasiri_village.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption>Tobacco Drying at Grandhasiri village in Guntur district</figcaption></figure> <p>The Gross District Domestic Product (GDDP) of the district is <span class="nowrap"><span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span>49,722 crore</span> (US$5.7 billion) and it contributes 9.5% to the <a href="/wiki/Gross_State_Domestic_Product_of_Indian_states" class="mw-redirect" title="Gross State Domestic Product of Indian states">Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP)</a>. For the FY 2013–14, the <a href="/wiki/Per_capita_income" title="Per capita income">per capita income</a> at current prices was <span class="nowrap"><span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span>82,026</span> (US$950). The <a href="/wiki/Primary_sector_of_the_economy" title="Primary sector of the economy">primary</a>, <a href="/wiki/Secondary_sector_of_the_economy" title="Secondary sector of the economy">secondary</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tertiary_sector_of_the_economy" title="Tertiary sector of the economy">tertiary sectors</a> of the district contribute <span class="nowrap"><span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span>16,111 crore</span> (US$1.9 billion), <span class="nowrap"><span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span>8,770 crore</span> (US$1.0 billion) and <span class="nowrap"><span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span>24,841 crore</span> (US$2.9 billion) respectively to the GDDP.<sup id="cite_ref-apedb_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-apedb-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The major products contributing to the <a href="/wiki/Gross_value_added" title="Gross value added">GVA</a> of the district from agriculture and allied services are <a href="/wiki/Paddy_mail" title="Paddy mail">paddy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cotton" title="Cotton">cotton</a> kapas, <a href="/wiki/Chili_pepper" title="Chili pepper">chillies</a>, <a href="/wiki/Banana" title="Banana">banana</a>, <a href="/wiki/Milk" title="Milk">milk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Meat" title="Meat">meat</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fisheries" class="mw-redirect" title="Fisheries">fisheries</a>. The GVA to the industrial and service sector is contributed from <a href="/wiki/Construction" title="Construction">construction</a>, <a href="/wiki/Electricity" title="Electricity">electricity</a>, <a href="/wiki/Manufacturing" title="Manufacturing">manufacturing</a>, <a href="/wiki/Transport" title="Transport">transport</a> and <a href="/wiki/Education" title="Education">education</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-apedb_34-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-apedb-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transport">Transport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guntur_district&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Transport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The total road length of <a href="/wiki/State_highway" title="State highway">state highways</a> in the district is 1,258 km (782 mi).<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There exists 406 km (252 mi) of rail network in the district.<sup id="cite_ref-apedb_34-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-apedb-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education_and_research">Education and research</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guntur_district&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Education and research"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hindu_college_in_Guntur.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Hindu_college_in_Guntur.jpg/220px-Hindu_college_in_Guntur.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Hindu_college_in_Guntur.jpg/330px-Hindu_college_in_Guntur.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Hindu_college_in_Guntur.jpg/440px-Hindu_college_in_Guntur.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2272" data-file-height="1704" /></a><figcaption>A college campus</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Acharyanagarjuna3.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Acharyanagarjuna3.JPG/220px-Acharyanagarjuna3.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Acharyanagarjuna3.JPG/330px-Acharyanagarjuna3.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Acharyanagarjuna3.JPG/440px-Acharyanagarjuna3.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption>A university campus</figcaption></figure> <p>The primary and secondary school education is imparted by government, aided and private schools, under the <i>School Education Department</i> of the state.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As per the school information report for the academic year 2015–16, there are a total of 4,739 schools. They include, 32 government, 2,839 mandal and zilla parishads, 2 residential, 1329 private, 14 model, 24 Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya (KGBV), 296 municipal and 203 other types of schools.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The total number of students enrolled in primary, upper primary and high schools of the district are 637,031.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The district being home to the capital city, it is experiencing a growth in private international schools as well.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Central_Board_of_Secondary_Education" title="Central Board of Secondary Education">Central Board of Secondary Education</a>, <a href="/wiki/Secondary_School_Certificate" title="Secondary School Certificate">Secondary School Certificate</a> or the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Certificate_of_Secondary_Education" title="Indian Certificate of Secondary Education">Indian Certificate of Secondary Education</a> are the different types of syllabus followed by different schools. The medium of instruction followed by different schools are English, Telugu and Urdu.<sup id="cite_ref-municipal_schools_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-municipal_schools-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There are several junior colleges which are under government, residential, social welfare, disabled welfare, private aided and unaided for the purpose of imparting <a href="/wiki/Higher_Secondary_Examination" class="mw-redirect" title="Higher Secondary Examination">(10+2) education</a> and the students sit for the certificate of Board of Intermediate Education.<sup id="cite_ref-colleges_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-colleges-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Andhra_Christian_College" title="Andhra Christian College">AC college</a> is the oldest private aided college of the district, established in 1885.<sup id="cite_ref-colleges_43-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-colleges-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The higher education colleges have various fields of study like medical, nursing, degree, post graduate, polytechnic, law, teaching, pharmacy, engineering, veterinary etc.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Acharya_Nagarjuna_University" title="Acharya Nagarjuna University">Acharya Nagarjuna University</a> is a state university which has fourteen autonomous colleges as per Universities Grant Commission.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Katuri_Medical_College" title="Katuri Medical College">KMC</a>, <a href="/wiki/Guntur_Medical_College" title="Guntur Medical College">GMC</a>, <a href="/wiki/All_India_Institute_of_Medical_Sciences,_Mangalagiri" title="All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Mangalagiri">AIIMS</a> are some of the premier medical institutes in Guntur. There are also many private universities like <a href="/wiki/Vignan%27s_Foundation_for_Science,_Technology_%26_Research" title="Vignan's Foundation for Science, Technology & Research">Vignan University</a>, <a href="/wiki/KL_University" title="KL University">KL University</a> in the district. The <a href="/wiki/Acharya_N._G._Ranga_Agricultural_University" title="Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University">Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University</a> at <a href="/wiki/Lam,_Guntur_district" title="Lam, Guntur district">Lam</a> is a public agricultural university, equipped with a <i>Regional Agricultural Research Station</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Culture">Culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guntur_district&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ponnur_Anjaneya_Swamy_Temple_02.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Ponnur_Anjaneya_Swamy_Temple_02.jpg/220px-Ponnur_Anjaneya_Swamy_Temple_02.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Ponnur_Anjaneya_Swamy_Temple_02.jpg/330px-Ponnur_Anjaneya_Swamy_Temple_02.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Ponnur_Anjaneya_Swamy_Temple_02.jpg/440px-Ponnur_Anjaneya_Swamy_Temple_02.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption>Lord Hanuman temple, Ponnur</figcaption></figure> <p>The district has many festivals such as <a href="/wiki/Rama_Navami" title="Rama Navami">Rama Navami</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Maha_Shivaratri" title="Maha Shivaratri">Maha Sivaratri</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Ganesh_Chaturthi" title="Ganesh Chaturthi">Vinayaka Chavithi</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Navaratri" title="Navaratri">Vijaya Dasami</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Diwali" title="Diwali">Deepawali</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Holi" title="Holi">Holi</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Ugadi" title="Ugadi">Ugadi</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Eid_al-Adha" title="Eid al-Adha">Eid</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Krishna_Janmashtami" title="Krishna Janmashtami">Krishnastami</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Christmas" title="Christmas">Christmas</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are hill temple festivals at <a href="/wiki/Kotappakonda" title="Kotappakonda">Kotappakonda</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mangalagiri" title="Mangalagiri">Mangalagiri</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sports">Sports</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guntur_district&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Mangalagiri_International_Cricket_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Mangalagiri International Cricket Stadium">Mangalagiri International Cricket Stadium</a> is being built in a 20-acre (8.1 ha) site in <a href="/wiki/Navuluru" title="Navuluru">Navuluru</a>, village of <a href="/wiki/Mangalagiri" title="Mangalagiri">Mangalagiri</a> town, Guntur district, about 15 km from the city of Vijayawada. The exclusive stadium of the <a href="/wiki/Andhra_Cricket_Association" title="Andhra Cricket Association">Andhra Cricket Association</a> will be the venue for international and Ranji matches.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tourism">Tourism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guntur_district&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Tourism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Places of historical importance in the district include <a href="/wiki/Ponnur" title="Ponnur">Ponnur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Undavalli_Caves" title="Undavalli Caves">Undavalli Caves</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gurazala" title="Gurazala">Gurazala</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mangalagiri" title="Mangalagiri">Mangalagiri</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tadepalle,_Guntur_district" class="mw-redirect" title="Tadepalle, Guntur district">Tadepalle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tenali" title="Tenali">Tenali</a> and the archaeological museum in Guntur. There are many places of interest like <a href="/wiki/Undavalli_Caves" title="Undavalli Caves">Undavalli Caves</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tradition_and_spirituality">Tradition and spirituality</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guntur_district&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Tradition and spirituality"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Guntur_district" title="Special:EditPage/Guntur district">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">February 2021</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Prolaya Vema Reddi built number of Lord Shiva temples during his reign. Number of temples were constructed in Krishna valley during the reign of <a href="/wiki/Vasireddy_Venkatadri_Nayudu" title="Vasireddy Venkatadri Nayudu">Vasireddy Venkatadri Nayudu</a>. Tall towers (<i>Gaali Gopuram</i>) of these temples in many villages and towns of Guntur district stand testimony to his devotion and munificence. Some of the famous destinations are <i>Nadivelamma Talli Temple</i> in <a href="/wiki/Rajavolu,_Guntur_district" title="Rajavolu, Guntur district">Rajavolu</a>, and there will be annual festival on <a href="/wiki/Full_moon_day" class="mw-redirect" title="Full moon day">Full moon day</a> in the month of <a href="/wiki/Chaitra_maas" class="mw-redirect" title="Chaitra maas">Chaitra maas</a>. <i>Amaravathi temple</i>, the abode of <a href="/wiki/Lord_Shiva" class="mw-redirect" title="Lord Shiva">Lord Shiva</a>, present in the form of a 15 ft (4.6 m) <a href="/wiki/Shiva_Linga" class="mw-redirect" title="Shiva Linga">Shiva Linga</a>. The Auspicious Hill of Mangalagiri town, is dedicated to <a href="/wiki/Lord_Narasimha" class="mw-redirect" title="Lord Narasimha">Lord Narasimha</a> with three temples of Panakala Narasimha Swamy on the hill, Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy at the foot of the temple, Gandala Narasimha Swamy at the top of the hill, are also famous. Other famous temples are <i>Bhavanarayanaswami temple</i> in Bapatla, <i>Sri Laxmi Chennakesava Swamy Temple</i> in Macherla, <i>Kotappakonda</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Pedakakani</i>, <i>Vykuntapuram</i> in <a href="/wiki/Tenali" title="Tenali">Tenali</a>.and also subramaneswara Swamy temple,polleramathalli temple, agastheswaraswamy temple (which was built in 8 century by agasthaya mahrashi and rebuilt by Sri Krishna Devaraya) </p> <div class="thumb tnone" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;overflow:hidden;width:auto;max-width:1008px"><div class="thumbinner"><div class="noresize" style="overflow:auto"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Panorama_of_Amaravathi_Cultural_Heritage_Museum.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Amaravathi Cultural Heritage Museum"><img alt="Panorama of a cultural heritage museum" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Panorama_of_Amaravathi_Cultural_Heritage_Museum.jpg/1000px-Panorama_of_Amaravathi_Cultural_Heritage_Museum.jpg" decoding="async" width="1000" height="195" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Panorama_of_Amaravathi_Cultural_Heritage_Museum.jpg/1500px-Panorama_of_Amaravathi_Cultural_Heritage_Museum.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Panorama_of_Amaravathi_Cultural_Heritage_Museum.jpg/2000px-Panorama_of_Amaravathi_Cultural_Heritage_Museum.jpg 2x" data-file-width="8625" data-file-height="1684" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:Panorama_of_Amaravathi_Cultural_Heritage_Museum.jpg" title="File:Panorama of Amaravathi Cultural Heritage Museum.jpg"> </a></div>Amaravathi Cultural Heritage Museum</div></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Healthcare">Healthcare</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guntur_district&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Healthcare"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Government_General_Hospital,_Guntur.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Government_General_Hospital%2C_Guntur.jpg/220px-Government_General_Hospital%2C_Guntur.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Government_General_Hospital%2C_Guntur.jpg/330px-Government_General_Hospital%2C_Guntur.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Government_General_Hospital%2C_Guntur.jpg/440px-Government_General_Hospital%2C_Guntur.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3328" data-file-height="1872" /></a><figcaption>General Hospital in Guntur</figcaption></figure> <p>Healthcare is provided by government and private institutions. The Guntur Government Hospital provides free healthcare.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/All_India_Institutes_of_Medical_Sciences" title="All India Institutes of Medical Sciences">All India Institute of Medical Sciences</a> (AIIMS) is situated in <a href="/wiki/Mangalagiri" title="Mangalagiri">Mangalagiri</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The nonprofit or charity hospitals are the Sankara Eye Hospital.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guntur_district&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aluri_Chakrapani" class="mw-redirect" title="Aluri Chakrapani">Aluri Chakrapani</a>, film producer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamuna_(actress)" title="Jamuna (actress)">Jamuna</a>, actress</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krishna_(Telugu_actor)" title="Krishna (Telugu actor)">Krishna</a>, film actor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Posani_Krishna_Murali" title="Posani Krishna Murali">Posani Krishna Murali</a>, actor, writer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dokka_Manikya_Vara_Prasad" title="Dokka Manikya Vara Prasad">Dokka Manikya Vara Prasad</a>, former State Minister</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ambati_Rayudu" title="Ambati Rayudu">Ambati Rayudu</a>, former Indian Cricketer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kotha_Raghuramaiah" title="Kotha Raghuramaiah">Kotha Raghuramaiah</a>, Member of Parliament and former Central Minister</li> <li><a href="/wiki/N._G._Ranga" title="N. G. Ranga">N. G. Ranga</a>, Member of Parliament</li> <li><a href="/wiki/N._Bhaskara_Rao" title="N. Bhaskara Rao">N. Bhaskara Rao</a>, former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alla_Ayodhya_Rami_Reddy" title="Alla Ayodhya Rami Reddy">Alla Ayodhya Rami Reddy</a>, Member of Parliament and Founded Ramky Group of Companies</li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._V._Gurava_Reddy" title="A. V. Gurava Reddy">A. V. Gurava Reddy</a>, leading surgeon</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhavanam_Venkatarami_Reddy" title="Bhavanam Venkatarami Reddy">Bhavanam Venkatarami Reddy</a>, former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kallam_Anji_Reddy" title="Kallam Anji Reddy">Kallam Anji Reddy</a>, the founder of <a href="/wiki/Dr._Reddy%27s_Laboratories" title="Dr. Reddy's Laboratories">Dr. Reddy's Laboratories</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kallam_Satish_Reddy" title="Kallam Satish Reddy">Kallam Satish Reddy</a> present Chairman of <a href="/wiki/Dr._Reddy%27s_Laboratories" title="Dr. Reddy's Laboratories">Dr. Reddy's Laboratories</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Savitri_(actress)" title="Savitri (actress)">Savitri</a>, actress</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarada_(actress)" title="Sarada (actress)">Sharada</a>, actress and Member of Parliament</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sumalatha" title="Sumalatha">Sumalatha</a>, actress and Member of Parliament</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guntur_district&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Guntur" title="Timeline of Guntur">Timeline of Guntur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_people_from_Guntur" title="List of people from Guntur">List of people from Guntur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kollur_Mine" title="Kollur Mine">Kollur Mine</a></li></ul> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guntur_district&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output 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Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hindu.com/2007/03/01/stories/2007030104630200.htm">the original</a> on 1 October 2007.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Hindu&rft.atitle=Sankara+Eye+Hospital+goes+hi-tech&rft.date=2007-03-01&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hindu.com%2F2007%2F03%2F01%2Fstories%2F2007030104630200.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGuntur+district" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">In Andhra Pradesh, most Christians record their religion as 'Hindu' on the census so the real number of Christians is around 15-20% of the population of Guntur district</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guntur_district&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Bibliography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239549316">.mw-parser-output .refbegin{margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul{margin-left:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{margin-left:0;padding-left:3.2em;text-indent:-3.2em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul,.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul li{list-style:none}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{padding-left:1.6em;text-indent:-1.6em}}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .refbegin{font-size:90%}}</style><div class="refbegin" style=""> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBabu2009" class="citation book cs1">Babu, J. Ravindra (2009). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=aWAZBwAAQBAJ&q=guntur+is+located+north+of+bay+of+bengal&pg=PA77"><i>Universalisation of Elementary Education: A Study of District Primary Education Programme from South India</i></a>. <a href="/wiki/Cambridge_Scholars_Publishing" title="Cambridge Scholars Publishing">Cambridge Scholars Publishing</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4438-1069-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-4438-1069-2"><bdi>978-1-4438-1069-2</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/929657976">929657976</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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center;"><a href="/wiki/Category:Andhra_Pradesh" title="Category:Andhra Pradesh">Topics</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;text-align: left;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Andhra_Pradesh" title="History of Andhra Pradesh">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Andhra_Pradesh" title="Geography of Andhra Pradesh">Geography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Andhra_Pradesh" title="Government of Andhra Pradesh">Government</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telugu_language" title="Telugu language">Language</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telugu_people" title="Telugu people">People</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_Andhra_Pradesh" title="Demographics of Andhra Pradesh">Demographics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Andhra_Pradesh" title="Culture of Andhra Pradesh">Culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Andhra_Pradesh" title="Economy of Andhra Pradesh">Economy</a></li> 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<li><a href="/wiki/Krishna_district" title="Krishna district">Krishna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurnool_district" title="Kurnool district">Kurnool</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nandyal_district" title="Nandyal district">Nandyal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NTR_district" title="NTR district">NTR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palnadu_district" title="Palnadu district">Palnadu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parvathipuram_Manyam_district" title="Parvathipuram Manyam district">Parvathipuram Manyam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prakasam_district" title="Prakasam district">Prakasam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nellore_district" title="Nellore district">Nellore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Srikakulam_district" title="Srikakulam district">Srikakulam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Sathya_Sai_district" title="Sri Sathya Sai district">Sri Sathya Sai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tirupati_district" title="Tirupati district">Tirupati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Visakhapatnam_district" title="Visakhapatnam district">Visakhapatnam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vizianagaram_district" title="Vizianagaram district">Vizianagaram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Godavari_district" title="West Godavari district">West Godavari</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left: 1em; padding-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_India_by_population" title="List of cities in India by population">Metropolis</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;text-align: left;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Visakhapatnam" title="Visakhapatnam">Visakhapatnam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vijayawada" title="Vijayawada">Vijayawada</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left: 1em; padding-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Andhra_Pradesh_by_population" title="List of cities in Andhra Pradesh by population">Cities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0;text-align: left;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adoni" title="Adoni">Adoni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anantapur" title="Anantapur">Anantapur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhimavaram" title="Bhimavaram">Bhimavaram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chilakaluripet" title="Chilakaluripet">Chilakaluripet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chittoor" title="Chittoor">Chittoor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dharmavaram,_Sri_Sathya_Sai_district" title="Dharmavaram, Sri Sathya Sai district">Dharmavaram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kadiri" title="Kadiri">Kadiri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eluru" title="Eluru">Eluru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gudivada" title="Gudivada">Gudivada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guntakal" title="Guntakal">Guntakal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guntur" title="Guntur">Guntur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hindupur" title="Hindupur">Hindupur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kadapa" title="Kadapa">Kadapa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kakinada" title="Kakinada">Kakinada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurnool" title="Kurnool">Kurnool</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Machilipatnam" title="Machilipatnam">Machilipatnam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madanapalle" title="Madanapalle">Madanapalle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nandyal" title="Nandyal">Nandyal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narasaraopet" title="Narasaraopet">Narasaraopet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nellore" title="Nellore">Nellore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nuzvid" title="Nuzvid">Nuzvid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ongole" title="Ongole">Ongole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palakollu" title="Palakollu">Palakollu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Proddatur" title="Proddatur">Proddatur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajahmundry" title="Rajahmundry">Rajahmundry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Srikakulam" title="Srikakulam">Srikakulam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tadepalligudem" title="Tadepalligudem">Tadepalligudem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tadipatri" title="Tadipatri">Tadipatri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tenali" title="Tenali">Tenali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tirupati" title="Tirupati">Tirupati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tuni" title="Tuni">Tuni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vijayawada" title="Vijayawada">Vijayawada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Visakhapatnam" title="Visakhapatnam">Visakhapatnam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vizianagaram" title="Vizianagaram">Vizianagaram</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left: 1em; padding-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/Transport_in_Andhra_Pradesh" title="Transport in Andhra Pradesh">Transport</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;text-align: left;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Airports_in_Andhra_Pradesh" title="Category:Airports in Andhra Pradesh">Airports</a></li> <li>Railways</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:State_highways_in_Andhra_Pradesh" title="Category:State highways in Andhra Pradesh">Roadways</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Ports_and_harbours_of_Andhra_Pradesh" title="Category:Ports and harbours of Andhra Pradesh">Seaports</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left: 1em; padding-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/Tourism_in_Andhra_Pradesh" title="Tourism in Andhra Pradesh">Tourism</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0;text-align: left;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Dams_in_Andhra_Pradesh" title="Category:Dams in Andhra Pradesh">Dams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Forts_in_Andhra_Pradesh" title="Category:Forts in Andhra Pradesh">Forts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Lakes_of_Andhra_Pradesh" title="Category:Lakes of Andhra Pradesh">Lakes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:National_parks_in_Andhra_Pradesh" title="Category:National parks in Andhra Pradesh">National parks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Hindu_temples_in_Andhra_Pradesh" title="Category:Hindu temples in Andhra Pradesh">Hindu temples</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Churches_in_Andhra_Pradesh" title="Category:Churches in Andhra Pradesh">Churches</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Wildlife_sanctuaries_in_Andhra_Pradesh" title="Category:Wildlife sanctuaries in Andhra Pradesh">Wildlife sanctuaries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Waterfalls_of_Andhra_Pradesh" title="Category:Waterfalls of Andhra Pradesh">Waterfalls</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left: 1em; padding-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/History_of_Andhra_Pradesh" title="History of Andhra Pradesh">History</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" 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