Kurnool District
| Total Population : 3,529,494 |
| Total literate : 1,592,172 |
| Rural : 2,712,030 |
Urban : 817,464 |
| Male : 1,796,214 |
Female : 1,733,280 |
| Area : 17,658.00 Sq.km. |
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Collector
Office
: (08518) 220396
MP : Loksabha
Kurnool
MP
K. Jayasurya Prakash Reddy
CONSTITUENCY : Kurnool (Andhra Pradesh )
PARTY : Indian National Congress (INC)
Present
Address
C-1/3, Tilak Lane,
New Delhi - 110 011
Tels.(011) 23782592,
Permanent
Address
Vill. Laddagiri,
Taluka Kodumur,
Distt. Kurnool
(Andhra Pradesh)
Tels. (08518) 309578, 248999
Nandyal
MP
Reddy, Shri S.P.Y.
CONSTITUENCY : Nandyal (Andhra Pradesh)
PARTY : Indian National Congress (INC)
Present
Address
514, V.P. House, Rafi Marg
New Delhi - 110 001
Tels (011) 23352526, 23782526
Permanent
Address
30/726 Nandyal - 518 502 (Andhra Pradesh)
Fax (08514) 243350
Social
and Developmental Challenges
M Danakishore - Collector
Child Labour
High illiteracy rate
Health of children and women
Under development of minorities
Non productive agriculture by small marginal farmers
Difficult agricultural conditions
Brief
about District
This
district derives its name from its chief town Kurnool
the capital of former Nawabs, Capital of Andhra Pradesh
State from 1st October 1953 to 1st November, 1956
and at present the headquarters of the district. The
name Kurnool is said to have been derived form “Kandanavolu”.
At
present Kurnool District comprises 3 Revenue Divisions,
54 Revenue Mandals 53 Mandal Parishads, One Municipal
Corporation , 3 Municipalities, 899 Gram Panchayats(Notified
– 7, Non notified – 862 ) , 920 Revenue Villages and
615 Hamlet Villages.
PHYSIOGRAPHY
Nallamalas and Erramalas are the two important mountain
ranges in the district running in parallel from North
to South. The Erramalas divide the district into two
well defined tracts from East to West. Between Erramalas
and Nallamalas lies the Eastern part of the district
comprises Nandikotkur, Pagidyala,Kothapalli, amulapadu,
Atmakur, Velgodu, Jupadu Bunglow, Midthur, BandiAtmakur,
Gadivemula, Nandyal, Mahanandi, Panyam, Banaganapalli,
Owk, Koilakuntla, Rudravaram and Chagalamarri Mandals.
This tract is crossed by the crest of Krishna and
Pennar, watershed at the North part of the Pagidyala
mandal at about 1000 above the sea level. From this
height the ground slopes to the South along the river
Kundu till it traverses into Pennar valley. Major
part of its tract is predominantly black cotton soils
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