Dharmavaram | |
|---|---|
| Nickname: Silk City of Andhra Pradesh | |
.svg)  Dharmavaram Location in Andhra Pradesh, India | |
| Coordinates: 14°26′N 77°43′E / 14.43°N 77.72°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Andhra Pradesh |
| District | Sri Sathya Sai District |
| Area | |
| • Total | 40.50 km2 (15.64 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
| • Total | 121,874 |
| • Density | 3,000/km2 (7,800/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Telugu |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | |
| Telephone code | 91-08559 |
| Vehicle registration | AP-39 |
| Website | dharmavaram |
Dharmavaram is a city in Sri Sathya Sai District of the Andhra Pradesh state of Indian country. It is mandal and divisional headquarters of Dharmavaram mandal and Dharmavaram revenue division respectively.[3] The city is known for its handloom silk sarees. The city is renowned for cotton, silk weaving industries and leather puppets.[4] The city is called as Silk city of Andhra Pradesh. Dharmavaram is famous for Handloom Weavers, Saree Designs, Jacquard designs, Silk Extraction from Silkworm Cacoons, Dyeing and it is fully populated by maximum weavers and by developing technology makes changes by producing various types of machine equipment emerging for weavers to weave quickly than the past decades and quality production was happening now and the production was famous for Sarees.
- ^ "District Census Handbook – Anantapur" (PDF). Census of India. p. 14,46. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
- ^ "Census 2011". The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
- ^ "Anantapur District Mandals" (PDF). Census of India. p. 401. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
- ^ "Dharmavaram Municipality". Municipal Administration & Urban Development Department. Government of Andhra Pradesh. Archived from the original on 29 September 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2015.