HISTORY OF NELLORE

BRIEF HISTORY OF NELLORE

NELLORE IS FAMOUS FOR HIGH PADDY &SO IT GOT THE NAME OF NELLI IN 2008 JUNE GOVT OF AP RENAMED THE DISTRICT AS AMARAJEEVI POTTI SRI RAMULU NELLORE DISTRICT. NELLORE WAS PART OF ASHOKA EMPIRE IN 3RD CENTURY BC CHOLA`S RULED IN 4TH CENTURY AD PALLAVA`S RULED BETWEEN 5TH AND 6TH CENTURY EASTERN CHALUKYAS, RASHTRA KUTAS AND MIDIEVAL CHOLAS

RULED SUBSEQUENTLY

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BRIEF HISTORY OF NELLORE

TIKKANA SOMAYAJULU A FAMOUS TELUGU POET IS PART OF THE CHOLA DYNASTY ASSOCIATED WITH NELLORE. TELUGU CHOLAS RULED THE REGION WITH VIKRAMASIMHAPURI (MODERN NELLORE) AS THEIR CAPITAL. NELLORE BECAME PART OF KAKATIYA KINGDOM IN 13TH CENTURY MOST PART OF THE NELLORE (UDAYAGIRI) WAS RULED BY FAMOUS KING SRI KRISHNADEVARAYA 15TH CENTURY NAWABS RULED THIS PART BEFORE BRITISH RULE.

EAST INDIA COMPANY HAS TAKEN CONTROL IN 1801 AND

APPOINTED MR.DYTON AS FIRST COLLECTOR

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HISTORICAL MONUMENTS;

VENKATAGIRI FORT- BUILT BY KUMARA YACHAMA NAIDU

VELAMA KING UDAYAGIRI FORT- BUILT BY SRI KRISHNADEVARAYULU

SRI RANGANADHASWAMY TEMPLE -500 YEARS OLD

WITH 29 MTS TALL GALI GOPURAM BHAIRAVAKONDA CAVES-NATURALLY FORMED CAVES

PENCHALAKONA-FAMOUS TEMPLE OF NARASIMHA

SWAMY

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HISTORICAL MONUMENTS;
KAMKSHI TEMPLE AT JONNAVADA

KASUMURU, AS PETA MUSLIM DARGAS

MYPADU BEACH- SUMMER RESORT DEVELOPED BY AP TOURISM

SOMASILA RESERVOIR
PULICAT LAKE- FAMOUS FOR ITS BIO DIVERSITY NELAPATTU- A FAMOUS BIRD SANCTUARY. FLEMINGO

FESTIVAL CELEBRATED EVERY YEAR.

SHAR CENTER- SRIHARIKOTA.

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BASIC INFORMATION OF THE DISTRICT TOTAL POPULATION: 26,68,564 AS PER 2001 CENSUS 3 PARLIAMENTARY CONSTITUENCIES 10 STATE ASSENBLY CONSTITUENCIES 3 REVENUE DIVISIONS 12 AGRICULTURAL SUB DIVISIONS 46 REVENUE MANDALS 4 MUNCIPALITIES 968 GRAM PANCHAYATS 1204 REVENUE VILLAGES
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KRISHNAPATNAM:

ORIGINALLY KNOWN AS GANDI GOPALAPTNAM

MANUMASIDDI RECONSTRUCTED SIDDESWERA TEMPLE WHICH IS VERY CLOSE TO OUR SITE BECAME PART OF VIJAYANAGARA EMPIRE IN 15TH CENTURY

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SRI KRISHNADEVARAYA VISITED THE PLACE AND THEREAFTER IT IS CALLED AS KRISHNAPATNAM

POPULATION OF MUTHUKURU MANDAL- 50712
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Demographic profile of project vicinity area No. of villages & Hamlets Total house holds Total Population Males Females Project displaced families No. of families from whom - 14 - 8252 - 32760 - 16085 - 16675 190

Land was acquired

Total affected families -

- 607
797

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Occupation of families in the project vicinity Agriculture & Fisher folk= 670

Agriculture labor Private services Education Status of people in the project vicinity

121
6

Illiterate
Primary Level Secondary Level

- 1181
- 352 - 584

Graduates
Post Graduates Tech qualifications
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95 33

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Village EDURU BIT 1 EDURU BIT 2 SIVARAMPURAM ANANTAPURAM MOLLURU MUTHUKURU NELATURU

Total Population 3575 1675 143 2753 1741 9712 2301

Men 1752 821 71 1349 853 4759 1127

Women 1823 854 72 1404 888 4953 1174

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PINAPURAM
KRISHNAPATNAM MAMIDIPUDI

2932
4817 3111

1437
2360 1556

1495
2457 1555

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