Yemmiganur
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Yemmiganur, natively known as Yemmiganuru,is a town in Kurnool district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located in Yemmiganur mandal of Adoni revenue division.[1]
History
Yemmiganur is one of the major towns in the Kurnool district. It was part of the Vijayanagar from the 14th century to the 16th century. From 1953 to 1956 it was an Andhra state, now in part of Andhra Pradesh. In 1965 the Panchayat of Yemiganur was upgraded to a Municipality. Now it is a Grade -I Municipality. It is a city at present.
Demographics
since 2011[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Census of India, the town had a population of 95,149. The total population constitute, 47,456 males, 47,693 females and 12,177 children, in the age group of 0–6 years. The average literacy rate stands at 62.98% with 52,254 literates, significantly lower than the national average of 73.00%.[2]
Transport
The Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation operates bus services from Yemmiganur bus station.[3]
Education
The primary and secondary school education is imparted by government, aided and private schools, under the School Education Department of the state.[4][5] The medium of instruction followed by different schools are English, Telugu.
St.John's College of Engineering and Pharmaceutical Sciences is situated in Yerrakota near Yemmiganur.
See also
List of towns in Andhra Pradesh Yemmiganur (Assembly constituency)
References
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