Gudur

**Gudur**
	Gudur
	Gudur Location of Gudur; in Andhra Pradesh and India
Coordinates	14°15′N 79°55′E / 14.25°N 79.92°E
Country	India
State	Andhra Pradesh
Population	103,302 (2001)
Sex ratio	1:1(approx) ♂/♀
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
• Telephone	• +08624
• Vehicle	• AP 26 X XXXX

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Gudur (Telugu: గూడూరు) is second biggest town and municipality after Nellore in the state of Andhra Pradesh.In india, Gudur is biggest division in Nellore and very old municipality And Mica belt around Gudur is considered the 2nd biggest in the country. The mica deposits are located in 1000sq.km. area covering Gudur

[edit] Demographics

As of 2001^[update] India census,^[1] Gudur, Nellore Dt had a population of 103,303. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Gudur has an average literacy rate of 69%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 76%, and female literacy is 63%. In Gudur, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.

[edit] History

The roots of the town started during Chola Dynasty. It is believed that Cholas constructed Alaganatha Swamy temple. Later the town developed around this temple, the Largest Temple in Gudur.Daily 10.30 AM reading Vishnu Sahasnama Parayanam and every day evening Entertainment Programs conducting by Alaganadha Swamy Temple Youth(Samskruthika Karyakramamulu) Satavahanas, Cholas, Pallavas, Telugu Cholas, Kakatiyas, Vijayanagara kings, Golkonda Nawabs ruled this area. Town is also linked with history of Venkatagiri (ruled by Yachendra family) which is close by 42 km from Gudur.

[edit] Geography

The railroad divides the city into two parts: East town and West town. Main businesses are concentrated in East town. West town is mainly residential area and is relatively new.

There are two small seasonal rivers Pambaleru and ChallaKaluva in the town.

Mica belt around Gudur is considered the 2nd biggest in the country. The mica deposits are located in 1000sq.km. area covering Gudur, Rapur and Atmakur mandals of the Nellore district. Muscovite, quartz, feldspar and vermiculite type of mica are found around this area.

The eastern part of town is flooded often in rainy season and people are facing hardships, thanks to visionless authorities and uncontrolled swamping of fields by people. Gudur is surrounded by lemon trees. So, lemon business has become one of the most successful business in Gudur. Lemons are exported to almost all parts of the country and also exported to other countries.

Gudur is also surrounded by good agriculture fields and with aquaculture (prawn) exports to different parts of India as well as other countries.

[edit] Climate

Gudur is very hot in summer. The town is quite frequently affected by cyclones and has an almost non existent winter. The best season to visit is from October to March. The eastern part of town is flooded often during the rainy season with people facing hardships, this is due to the apathy of the administrative authorities and the uncontrolled swamping of fields by the local populace. Gudur is also known as the Lemon City of Andhra Pradesh.

Lemon is one of the major business after the mica has become down in Gudur.

[edit] Economy

Gudur is famous for Mica, Lemon, Aquaculture.

Mica
Lemon
Aquaculture
Agriculture
One of the best towns in Nellore district, With good road,rail and export facilities.

[edit] Hospitals

[edit] Pharmacy

[edit] Markets and shopping areas

Konda Muniratnam Provision Store
Lemon market
Vegetable market
Meat and fish market
Livestock market
Old Bus stand
Hospital road
Rythu Bazar
VSR provisions Store

[edit] Transport

Gudur is accessible by road and rail road.

[edit] Road

Gudur is located beside the four lane National Highway 5. This reduced the travel time to Chennai and Nellore. With in the town the roads are very narrow and maintained poorly. Most of the town is accessible by walk. Bicycles and motor cycles are the preferred mode of personal transportation vehicles. Manual Rickshaws are available for hire round the clock. Autorickshaws are picking up recently but they are mainly serving to the people traveling to villages around the town.

Few private buses provide transportation to the nearby cities/villages. The public transportation is provided by State Government. State government operated vehicles covers even very remote areas.

[edit] Railway

Gudur is a railway junction, located between Chennai and Vijayawada, connects Tirupathi. This is one of the big railway junction which gives the route to Chennai,the capital of Tamilnadu and to Tirupathi,the holy sacred place for hindus to which the people comes from all over the country.

[edit] Language

Telugu is the language of the land. The Telugu dialect in Gudur follows the general dialect spoken in and around Nellore district. But the distinctive feature of Gudur is the slow pace of the speech. "Endi mandhala ? " is Gudur Telugu for " how'z things going / Whats up ? " Tamil, Hindi, and Urdu can be understood at the railway station as it is a big railway junction and people of all languages travel through this station. A relatively small percentage of the population can understand or/and speak English. Population of the town is nearly 1,00,000.

[edit] Food

[Most of the people eat rice here.]

Breakfast - Idli, Dosa, Vada, Poori, Pongal,Bonda,Pesarattu, Upma.(South India specials)
Lunch - Non-Veg & Veg food served with rice items. ( Chapathi & Pulka )
Dinner - Non-Veg & Veg food served with rice items. ( Chapathi & Pulka )
Beverages & drinks are also available
Drink Sugandha palu - is very famous prepared with herbal roots & lemon juice.
Bejoice - Mango juice available for pure tasty mango drink.
Coffee, Tea are normal served with milk content

[edit] Entertainment

Movies
Sports & Games
Enjoying nice food

[edit] Festivals

Ugadi
Dasara
Ramadhan
christmas
Vinayaka Chavithi
Deepawali
Bhogi
Sankranthi
Kanuma
Bakrid
Krishnastami
Janda pandaga

[edit] Government, politics and Entertainment

Gudur is the one of the major town that nellore district has. From 1985 onwards(as known) these constituency is reserved for SC.

Previous MLA's who represented Gudur in chronological order.

Name	Party	Term
Balli Durga Pradad Rao	T.D.P(Telugu Desam Party)	1985 - 89
Patra Prakasam	Congress(I)	1989 - 94
Balli Durga Prasad Rao	T.D.P	1994 - 99
Balli Durga Prasad Rao	T.D.P	1999 - 2004
Patra Praksam	Congress(I)	2004 - 2009
Balli Durga Prasad Rao	T.D.P	2009 - Till date

[edit] Educational institutes

[edit] High schools

Zilla Parishad Boys High School
Zilla Parishad Girls High School
Chillakuru Seshamma Municipal(C S M) High School
SMG Girls High School
GVS Sankaraiah Memorial School
CAM High School
Prospero English Medium School
Little Angels Public School
GSR Municipal High School
St Mary's E.M High School
Sri Vivekananda Telugu & English Medium High School
Minerva English Medium High School
Gayathri English Medium High School
SRI SIMHAPURI HIGH SCHOOL
Viswa Bharathi English Medium School
Sri Bharathi Residential High School,

[edit] Intermediate

Sri Balaji Junior College
Layola Junior College
Yasaswini Junior College
[Simhapuri Junior College]
Karunamayi Junior College
St. Mary's Junior College for Girls
drw Junior College for Girls
Swarnandhra Bharathi Junior College
Geethanjali Junior College
Sapthagiri Junior College
Sri Venkateshwara Junior College
Gopala Krishnaiah Junior College

[edit] Technical training institutes

Government Polytechnic College
Government Institute of Ceramic Technology
Industrial Training Institute

[edit] Degree colleges

SV Arts and Science Degree College
SV PG College
SKR Govt College
Swarnandhra Bharathi Degree College
DRW College for Women
Karunamayi Higher Learning Institute
SV MCA College

[edit] Engineering colleges

Narayana Engineering College
Audisankara College of Engineering and Technology

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[edit] Places of worship

Major Hindu Temples in the town

Sri VaraSiddhi Vinayaka Swamy Temple (Malvya Nagar)
Sri VaraSiddhi Vinayaka Swamy Temple (gandhi Nagar)
Alaganatha Swamy Temple
Prasanna Venkateswara temple
Srikrishna Dhramaraja Swamy Temple
Kodandarama Temple
Chennakesava Temple
Moola Staneswara Temple (Siva Temple)
Vasavi Kanyaka Parameswari Temple
Shirdi Saibaba Temple
Puttaparti Saibaba Temple
Jain Temple
Sri Krishna Temple
Sri Panduranga Swamy Temple
Sri Veerabhadra Swamy Temple
Mahalakshmi Temple

Perantallu

Nalajalamma Temple
Narayanamma Temple

Graama Shakti

Thalamma
SRI ANKAMMA DEVALAYAM(GAMALLAPALEM)

Missionary Branches

A center of Sri Ramachandra Mission
A center of Prajapita Brahma Kumari Eswariya Viswa Vidhyalayam

Mathams

Brahmam Gari Matham
Krishnadas Matham

[edit] Mosques in the town

Masjid-E-Noor, Darga street
Jamia masjid, Big mosque street
Quba masjid, B.S.peta
Bilal Masjid, Rani peta
Masjid-e-Axa, Court centre

[edit] Parks

Enuga Narasimha Reddy Park
CVC Park
Potti Sriramulu Park
Sarvepalli Ramarao park

[edit] Marriage Halls ( Vivaha Vedikalu )

CR Reddy Kalyana Mandapam
DNR Community Hall
TTD Kalyana Mandapam
Shaadi Manjil
GS Rayulu Kalyana Mandapam
Kanyaka Parameswari Kalyan Mandapam
Panduranga Swamy Kalyana Mandapam
Railway Marriage Hall
Sainadha Kalyana Mandapam
VSR Kalyana Mandapam

[edit] Hotel & Lodge

VSR Residency http://www.vsrresidency.com/
Sri Dwaraka Sai Lodge
Blue Diamond
Sri Sai Priya Hotel
New Modern Cafe

[edit] Industries

SevenSoftIndia
Gudur Software Solutions
Nelcast Limited
Sunfresh foods pvt ltd, An export oriented food processing industry

[edit] Places nearby

[edit] Printing Press & Graphics Designers

Rajamatha Graphics
Jaya lakshmi Graphics
Shiva shakti Graphics
Surya Printers
Poorna Printers
Sneha printers

[edit] Media & entertainment

Gudur is served by two TV channels

'Sivabhi Channel'
'SRI AKSHAYA CABLE VISION'

Most people in town has Cable TV connections.

Telugu, English, Hindi, Tamil newspapers are available.

Town has couple of its own local newspapers. They are bit irregular.

Most people spend their time either watching TV, going to movies, attending to temples and duly attending the prayers in Mosque.

[edit] Cinema Theatres

[edit] Sport

Hockey is the most popular game played in Gudur
Cricket and hockey are played at Alluru Audi Seshareddy Stadium
PR Club Conducts Chess competitions every year
PR Club has Tennis Court.
Royal Cricket Club ( President - TR Mani )
Gudur cricket association (Secy - Muni girish)

[edit] Play Grounds

Alluru Audi Seshareddy Stadium
SKR Govt College Ground
ZPBH School Ground
polytechnic college ground
polaiah gunta ground

[edit] Town Administration

The town is governed by the municipality, led by a chairperson, and composed of 33 elected councilors. The town is divided into wards from which councilors are elected.

List of Elected Gudur Municipal Corporaters

http://www.apsec.gov.in:8080/apsec/REPORTS/municipalities/gudur.htm

Current elected people are:
MLA - Balli Durga Prasad Rao( Telugu Desam Party )

[edit] Clubs

Rotary Club
Lions Club
PR Club
Inner Wheel Club
Andhra Mahila Mandali
Malavya Nagar Youth Association.

[edit] Banks

[edit] References

^ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. http://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999. Retrieved 2008-11-01.

[edit] External links

[0] "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. http://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999. Retrieved 2008-11-01.

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Gudur
Next station south: Odur, Andhra Pradesh	North Line, Chennai Suburban		Next station north: Nellore
Next station south: Odur, Andhra Pradesh	Stop number: 28	KM from starting: 137.29	Next station north: Nellore