Ponnur

For the state constituency, see Ponnur (Assembly constituency).
Ponnur
Swarnapuri
Town
Ponnur is located in Andhra Pradesh
Ponnur
Ponnur
Location in Andhra Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 16°04′00″N 80°34′00″E / 16.0667°N 80.5667°E / 16.0667; 80.5667
CountryIndia
StateAndhra Pradesh
DistrictGuntur
Government
 • MLADhulipalla Narendra Kumar
Area
[1]
 • Total26.14 km2 (10.09 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2][3]
 • Total59,913
 • Density2,300/km2 (5,900/sq mi)
Languages
 • OfficialTelugu
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
522 124
Telephone code+91–8643
Sex ratio1:0.96 ♂/♀
Websiteponnur.cdma.ap.gov.in/en

Ponnur is a major city/town in the Guntur district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. [4] A road to Chandole goes south-east and comes to Nidubrolu, where there is a temple with a stone-bearing inscription recording the erection of 90 temples in 1132 CE.[5] An ancient Telugu manuscript entitled 'Ponnuru-Chandavolu Shasanam' was present in Potti Sreeramulu Telugu University.[6] Dhulipalla Narendra Kumar of the Telugu Desam Party is the current MLA of the constituency, who won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election. It is a municipality, and the mandal headquarter of Ponnur mandal is under the Tenali revenue division.[7][8]

  1. ^ "Basic Information of Municipality". ponnurmunicipality.com. Archived from the original on 24 March 2016. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
  2. ^ "Census 2011". The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
  3. ^ "Statistical Abstract of Andhra Pradesh, 2015" (PDF). Directorate of Economics & Statistics. Government of Andhra Pradesh. p. 43. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2019. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  4. ^ Madras, Manual (1883). A MANUAL OF KISTNA DISTRICT IN THE PRESIDENCY OF MADRAS. Madras: Asylum Press. p. 204.
  5. ^ Madras, Manual; Mackenzie, Gordan (1883). A manual of Kistna District in the Presidency of Madras. Madras: Asylum Press. p. 209.
  6. ^ Kaifiyat, Catalogue (2019). Catalogue of MaCKenzie Kaifiyat. New Delhi: National Mission for Manuscript. p. 109. ISBN 978-93-80829-65-4.
  7. ^ "District Census Handbook – Guntur" (PDF). Census of India. pp. 14, 46. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
  8. ^ "Basic Information of Municipality". Commissioner & Director of Municipal Administration. Municipal Administration & Urban Development Department, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh. Retrieved 17 January 2015.