Tiruvur is a town in NTR district formerly Krishna district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a nagar panchayat in Tiruvur mandal of Tiruvur revenue division.[2][3]
Tiruvuru | |
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Town | |
Tiruvuru Location in Andhra Pradesh, India | |
| Coordinates: 17°06′N 80°36′E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Andhra Pradesh |
| District | NTR district |
| Mandal | Tiruvuru |
| Government | |
| • Type | Nagar Panchayat |
| • Chairman | M.Krishna Kumari |
| • Municipal commissioner | K. Srikanth Reddy |
| Area | |
| • Total | 27.67 km2 (10.68 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 76,731 |
| • Density | 2,800/km2 (7,200/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Telugu |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 521235 |
| Telephone code | +91–8673 |
| Vehicle registration | AP–16 |
| Sex ratio | male:female=1000:978 ♂/♀ |
| Literacy | 90.00%% |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Vijayawada |
| Assembly constituency | Tiruvuru (SC) |
Tiruvuru municipality is the civic administrative body of the town. It was constituted in the year 2011 and covers an area of 27.67 km2 (10.68 sq mi).[1] The Municipality has a total of 20 wards, with seventeen wards reserved and three unreserved. The reserved wards include general and women reservations in SC, ST and BC.[4] The municipal chairman is M.Krishna Kumari and vice chairman is S.Venkata Narasimha Rao.[5]
Tiruvuru falls under the administration of Tiruvuru mandal and is represented by the Tiruvuru (SC) Assembly constituency, which in turn represents Andhra Pradesh's Vijayawada Lok Sabha constituency.[6] As of 2019[update] the MLA representing Tiruvuru constituency is Kokkiligadda Rakshana Nidhi of the YSR Congress Party.[7]
Agriculture is the main occupation. The Mango orchards are in abundant with Banginapalli, Totapuri varieties.[8] These are exported to cities namely Dubai, Hongkong, London and Singapore.[9]
Madhira is the nearest railway station to the village. It is administered under Secunderabad railway division of the South Central Railway zone.[10] NH 30 passes through the town, which connects Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh to Jagadalpur in Chhattisgarh. The town has a total road length of 114.00 km (70.84 mi).[11] APSRTC Bus service are also here.
2011 census http://dataforall.org/dashboard/censusinfoindia_pca/