Polavaram, Chittoor
Polavaram | |
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.svg)  Polavaram Location in Andhra Pradesh, India | |
| Coordinates: 13°22′14″N 79°08′17″E / 13.3704894°N 79.1381225°E | |
| State | Andhra Pradesh |
| District | Chittoor |
| Mandal | Puthalapattu |
| Gram panchayat | Polavaram |
| Seat | Panchayth Office |
| Government | |
| • Type | Panchayati raj |
| • Body | Polavaram Gram panchayat |
| • Sarpanch | Nirmala Sirasanambati |
| • Upa-Sarpanch | Dasaradharami Reddy S |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Telugu |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 |
| PIN | 517124 |
| Vehicle registration | AP 03 |
Polavaram is a village in Puthalapattu Mandal, Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh state.
Politics & Government
Polavaram gram panchayat is the local self-government of the village. It is divided into wards and each ward is represented by a ward member.
As per the recent panchayat election results[1] Smt. Nirmala Sirasanambati is the current sarpanch of the panchayat and Dasaradharami Reddy S is the upa-sarpanch of the panchayat.
Agriculture
The major crops in this village are Paddy, Sugarcane, Groundnuts, Mango etc., Majority of the land is utilized for agriculture in this village.
Education
As per the school information report for the academic year 2020–21, the village has one Mandal Parishad school and one Zilla Parishad school.
- MPP School, Polavaram
- ZP High School, Polavaram[2]
Banks
Union Bank of India (earlier Andhra Bank) has a branch in this village with branch code 809161 and IFSC as UBIN0809161.[3]
Festivals
People in this village celebrate the below festivals.
- Makara Sankranthi (aka Pongal) - 3/4 Days
- Ugadi - 1 Day
- Sri Rama Navami - 1/2 Days
- Varalakshmi Vratham - 1 Day
- Vinayaka Chavithi (aka Ganesh Chaturthi) - 3 Days
- Vijaya Dasami (aka Dussehra) - 1 Day
- Deepavali (aka Diwali) - 2 Days
- Karthika Pournami - 1 Day
Tourism Places
References
- ^ Andhra Pradesh Panchayat Election Results
- ^ Information of Polavaram High School
- ^ Union Bank of India Branch Locator