Nellore

For the district with the same name, see Nellore district.

Nellore Nellore (నెల్లూరు)
city
Population  (2007)
• Total	778,947
Website	www.nellore.co.nr

Nellore (Telugu: నెల్లూరు, Urdu: نیلّور, Hindi: नेल्लोर) is a city located in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. It is the headquarters of the Potti Sri Ramulu Nellore District, formerly Nellore district. It is of strategic commercial importance as it lies between the cities of Vijayawada and Madras(Chennai). It is located on the banks of the Penna river. Nellore is also famous for its production of mica(gudur)lemon(gudur) and agricultural products such as rice and it is also famous for other temples like Narasimha swamy konda, Jonnavada Kamakshi Ammavari temple, Ayyappa Temple, Golagamudi Venkaya Swami Temple.

Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple (Nellore), located on the banks of the Penna River, dates from the 12th century.

[[Big towns in nellore(dt)]]
1 gudur
2 kavali
3 vekatagiri
4 sullurpet
5 naidupet

Geography

Nellore city is located at 14°25′N 79°58′E. It has an average elevation of 18 metres (62 feet).

It is frequently affected by cyclones. In summer, water is scarce in some areas. Its surrounding districts are Ongole, Cuddapah, Chittoor. The Bay of Bengal runs past its eastern periphery, Ongole to the north, Cuddappah to the west and Chittoor to the south. The places which are also near to Nellore are hugely populated such as Gudur, Kavali, Sulurpeta, Kovur, Buchireddipalem, Sriharikota(ISRO is situated here.). Dargamitta, Buja Buja Nellore, K.P. Housing Colony, Magunta layout are highly populated residential areas in and around Nellore city. Kasumuru Dargah is also famous which is located near Nellore. Recently south Asia's biggest port KrishnaPatnam Port was inaugurated at Krishnapatnam which is around 25 km from Nellore,with the most sophisticated infrastructure equivalent to Singapore's sea port famous temle is penchalakona in nellore district and a village called nagulavellature whare sri venkaiah swamy was born and brought up

Government, politics and Entertainment

Nellore is the headquarters of the district. It contributes to ten seats in the state legislative assembly and one Indian Parliament seat. In 2005, Nellore was changed from a town into a Corporation.

Previous MLA's who represented Nellore in chronological order.

Name	Party	Term
Khandavalli Krishna Rao and Swarna Vemaiah	Independents & Double representation	1952 - 55
A.C Subba Reddy	I.N.Congress	1955 - 62
G.C. Kondaiah	Congress	1962 - 67
Annadata Madhava Rao	Jan Sangh	1967 - 72
Anam Venkata Reddy	Congress(I)	1972 - 77
K.V. Subba Reddy	Congress(I)	1978 - 83
Anam Ramanarayana Reddy	TDP	1983 - 85
K.V. Subba Reddy	Congress(I)	1985 - 89
Jakka Kodandarami Reddy (J.K.Reddy)	Independent	1989 - 94
Tallapaka Ramesh Reddy	TDP	1994 - 99
Anam Vivekananda Reddy	Congress(I)	1999 - 2004
Anam Vivekananda Reddy	Congress(I)	2004 - 2009
Mungamuru Sridhara Krishna Reddy	P.R.P	2009 - Till Date

Constituencies under Nellore Parliament

Nellore is the headquarters of the district. It contributes to ten seats in the state legislative assembly and one Indian Parliament seat.

The assembly segments that come under the Nellore Parliament

Assembly Segment Name	Parliament
Kavali	Nellore
Kovur	Nellore
Udayagiri	Nellore
Nellore Rural	Nellore
Nellore Urban	Nellore
Atmakur	Nellore
Sarvepalli	Tirupati
Gudur(SC)	Tirupati
Venkatagiri	Tirupati
Sullurpeta(SC)	Tirupati

Constituencies in Nellore District

Nellore is the headquarters of the district. It contributes to ten seats in the state legislative assembly ,the following are the 10 assembly segments.

Segment Name	Candidate Name / Party 2009 2004 1999
Atmakur	Anam Ramnarayana Reddy/Congress	Kommi Lakshamaiah Naidu/Independent	Bollineni krishnaiah/Congress
Gudur	Balli Durgaprasad Rao/T.D.P	Patra Prakasam Rao/Congress	Balli Durgaprasad Rao/T.D.P
Kavali	Beeda Mastan Rao/T.D.P	Maagunta Parvathamma/Congress
Kovur	Nallapareddy Prasanna Kumar Reddy/T.D.P	Polamreddy Srinivasulu Reddy/Congress	Nallapareddy Prasanna Kumar Reddy/T.D.P
Nellore City	Mungamuru Sridhar Krishna Reddy/P.R.P	Anam Vivekanandha Reddy/Congress	Anam Vivekanandha Reddy/Congress
Nellore Rural	Anam Vivekanandha Reddy/Congress	N.Applicable
Sarvepalli	Aadala Prabhakar Reddy/Congress	Aadala Prabhakar Reddy/Congress	Somireddy ChandraMohan Reddy/T.D.P
Sullurpeta	Parasa Rathnam/T.D.P	Nelavela Subramanyam/Congress	Parasa Rathnam/T.D.P
Udayagiri	Mekapati Chandrasekhar Reddy/Congress	Mekapati Chandrasekhar Reddy/Congress
Venkatagiri	Kurugondla Ramakrishna/T.D.P	Nerdurumalli Rajyalaksmi/Congress	Nerdurumalli Rajyalaksmi/Congress

Demographics

As of the 2001 Indian census, Nellore has a population of 378,947 (agglomeration 554,922). Both males and females constitute 50% of the population. Nellore has an average literacy rate of 76% for males and 68% for females, higher than the national average of 59.5%. 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Talpagiri Rangantha Swamy Temple is a very famous temple situated here on the Banks of River Pennar, dates from the 6th century but has been in history records from 12th century. Tikkana Somayaji the 2nd of the Kavitrayam wrote 15 chapters (parvaalu) of Andhra Mahabharatamu in the same temple. Next to it is situated the Desikan Temple. These temples are well maintained.

References

Template:Municipal corporations of Andhra PradeshPotti Sriramulu Nellore