Podalakur

Podalakur
—  village  —
Podalakur Location of Podalakur in Andhra Pradesh and India
Coordinates	14°22′00″N 79°44′00″E
Country	India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District(s)	Nellore
Population	20,000
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)
Area • Elevation	• 43 metres (141 ft)
Codes • Pincode • 524345

Podalakur or Podhalakur is a town and a Mandal in Nellore district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India.

Geography

Podalakur is located at 14.3667°N 79.7333°E / 14.3667; 79.7333. It has an average elevation of 43 meters (141 feet). The Government Lemon Market is placed in podalakur. Which gives supply to big cities like delhi,chennai,Hubli and hyderabad.

Podalakur is the Center for Gudur, Sydapuram, Rapur, Kaluvai, Chejerlla and Sangaam Mandals.

Kandaleru Reservoir is Located 15 KM from Podalakur

Somasila Dam is Located 50 KM from Podalakur, which is the main Dam in the Nellore District.

Now podalakur is belongs to Sarvepalli Constancy and prior to this it's part of Rapur Constancy.Present MLA is Adala Prabhakar reddy from congress.

The Famous temple in Nellore District 'Penchalakona Devastanam' is located 45 KM from Podalakur.

Literature is around 70% in podalakur and have around 500 engineering graduates, 100 Post graduates and 20 medicos from podalakur.

So many people are working in MNC's like ORALCE, IBM, Reliance, Capgemini, CTS, TCS, ABB, Huawei, Infosys, Ericsson and in PSU's like ECIL, BHEL...

Podalakur people are very interested in sports and politics.

Thogata Street is very big street in Podalakur, it has 500 houses.

Schools and Colleges

• Vignan Junior College—Vignan Degree College
• Govt.Junior College
• Netaji Public School
• Z P P High School
• Nagarjuna Public School
• Nagavihari public School
• Sree Chitanya Public School-Sri Chaitanya Kids Camp
• St. Micheal English Medium School
• SPBVD Degree College
• Kakatiya Junior College
• Donbosco English Medium High School
• Agriculture Polytechnic(ANGRAU)

Famous Temples

• 1).Sivalayam
• 2) Sri Vasavi Kanyaka Parameshwari Temple.
• 3).Ramalayam
• 4).Saibaba temple
• 5).Sri Bhagavan Venkaiah Swamy temple
• 6).Hanuman temple
• 7) Venkaya Swamy Temple

Famous Festivals

• 1).Sankranthi
• 2).Sri Ramanavami
• 3).Sivarathri
• 4).Vinayaka Chavithi
• 5).Vijayadasami
• 6).Dipawali
• 7) Ugadi
• 8).Ramzan
• 9).Bakreed
• 10)bogi