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Gudur Guduru | |
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.svg)  Gudur Location in Andhra Pradesh, India | |
| Coordinates:14°08′50″N79°50′52″E / 14.14733°N 79.84771°E /14.14733; 79.84771 | |
| Country | India |
| State | Andhra Pradesh |
| District | Tirupati |
| Revenue division | Gudur |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| • Body | Gudur municipality |
| Area | |
• Total | 57.48 km2 (22.19 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 74,037 |
| • Density | 1,300/km2 (3,300/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Telugu |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 524 101 |
| Telephone code | +91–8624 |
| Vehicle registration | AP–39 |
| Sex ratio | 1:1(approx)♂/♀ |
| Website | Gudur Municipality |
Gudur, natively known asGuduru, is a town inTirupati district of theIndian state ofAndhra Pradesh. It is amunicipality and the headquarters ofGudur mandal andGudur revenue division.[3][4]
As of the 2011census of India, the town had a population of 73,350. The total population consisted of 36,078 males, 37,272 females and 7,095 children, in the age group of 0–6 years. The average literacy rate stood at 71.07% with 52,134 literates.[5]
Climate
The climate here is tropical. The summers here have a good deal of rainfall, while the winters have very little. This location is classified as Aw byKöppen and Geiger. In Gudur, the average annual temperature is 29.2 °C. About 1025 mm of precipitation falls annually.[6]
Civic administration
Themunicipality was established in the year 1954. Its jurisdictional area covers 9.14 km2 (3.53 sq mi).[1] The urban agglomeration of the town consists of Gudur municipality and itsout growths. The out growths include Guduru (east), Guduru (west),Chennuru–II,Nellatur,Chillakur.[7]
Politics
Gudur is a part ofGudur (SC) (Assembly constituency) forAndhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly. Present MLA name is Pasim Sunil Kumar from TDP...
National Highway 16 passes through the town, which connectsKolkata andChennai. TheAndhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation operates bus services from Gudur bus station as it has a bus depot in gudur with code GDR.[8]Gudur Junction is a majorrailway junction, which connectsHowrah-Chennai main line and Renigunta branch line. It is classified as anA–category station and recognised as anAdarsh station in theVijayawada railway division ofSouth Central Railway zone.[9]
The primary and secondary school education is imparted by government, aided and private schools, under theSchool Education Department of the state.[10][11] The medium of instruction followed by different schools are Telugu, Urdu, Hindi and English.Gudur also has number of degree and engineering colleges.
Lemon business is the most unbeaten business in Gudur. Gudur's lemon market is one of the largest lemon markets in Andhra Pradesh. The lemon market is located at Gudur town on the way of Chennur. Gudur and the surrounding villages' farmers mostly prefer to farm lemon trees. They export lemons around the country and also to other countries.Usually lemon is sold in two prominent methods in Gudur, i.e. Pieces and Bundles (contains more than 1000 lb).Pricing is based on the season and demand and varies every day.
Mica mining is a prominent business in Gudur.
Mica Belts around Gudur is considered as second largest in India. Mica belts covering nearly 1000 km2 around Gudur. The following are the types of Mica found in Gudur i.e.Quartz,Feldspar,Muscovite andVermiculite.
One of the first firms to start mica trading at a large scale was Laxmi Mica Industries - Gudur under the leadership of Late Sri Lal Khatuwala.[12][13] The largest deposit of Mica in India was atKoderma, Jharkhand and second largest is at Gudur. At a time when there was 19 mica mines, Laxmi Mica Industries was having contract to outright purchase all the stocks from 18 mines. The two firms Birdhichand Bansidhar and Laxmi Mica Industries are the top mica exporters of India.
Some of the other mica firms were: Micamin Exports - GudurPremier Mica Company - GudurMicrofine Mica Company - GudurMicafab - GudurKrishna Mica Company - GudurYashoda Krishna Mica Mining Co. - GudurVenkatagiri Raja Mining Co. - GudurKHR Mica company - Gudur
Aquaculture is also one of the successful business in Gudur,There are many Prawn Ponds are located around Gudur. Usually two main types of prawn forms being done, those areScampi andTiger Prawns, water and weather in this area are suitable to mainly these two types.Prawn exports around India and also some other countries from Gudur.