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			'''Piduguralla''' is a Town in ] of the ]n state of ].The Town is the headquarters of Piduguralla mandal and administered under ].<ref>{{cite news\|title=New Gurazala revenue division created\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/new-gurazala-revenue-division-created/article4868383.ece\|access-date=17 January 2015\|work=The Hindu\|date=1 July 2013 \|location=Gurazala (Guntur District)}}</ref> The Town is also known as ''Lime City of India '' as there are abundant reserves of limestone..
	'''Piduguralla''' is a ] and mandal headquarters in ] in ] state. It is famous for white ] and ] industries, ], ] and ] farming fields. Natural limestone is found in abundance and is the source of the town's nickname 'Limecity' or 'Minimumbai'.

			== Governance ==
	==Road Transport and People==
	Piduguralla is located in the part of "PALNADU" around 70 km from Guntur and 200 km from Hyderabad. It is on the Guntur-Hyderabad and Addanki-Hyderabad state highways. The mandal is rich with minerals and also surrounding villages are very green with paddy fields. Most of the people depend on agriculture with fertile lands having abundant water from the Nagarjunasagar canals.

			'''Civic administration'''
	the great guttikonda belam is nearly 15Km

			The Piduguralla municipality was formed on 21 May 2005 and has an extent of {{convert\|31.63\|km2\|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Piduguralla Municipality\|url=http://cdma.ap.gov.in/PIDUGURALLA/index.html\|website=Commissioner & Director of Municipal Administration\|publisher=Municipal Administration & Urban Development Department\|access-date=17 February 2015}}</ref>
	Piduguralla is well connected by Buses from Guntur,Vijayawada,Miryalguda,Tirupathi,Karimnagar,Suryapet,kodad,warangal, Hyderabad(Dilsukhnagar,kphb,ecil,bhel,jeedimetla), Narasaraopet and Macherla,VI. It has a well established bus depot that connects lot of villages around the town. Piduguralla is noted in Guntur district as a town providing work for many labourers.
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			'''Politics'''
	==Industry==
	It has around 45 rice mills (par boiled and raw rice). The place is one of the most industrialized town in guntur district. It has around 300 lime stone kilns and lime hydrating
	mills and lots of cotton mills in the town, 5 PAINT INDUSTRIES and recently 2coldstorages are being constructed.

			Piduguralla is a part of ] for ]. ] is the present ] of the constituency from ].<ref>{{cite web\|title=MLA\|url=http://www.ap.gov.in/government/mla/\|publisher=AP State Portal\|access-date=13 October 2014\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141008071101/http://www.ap.gov.in/government/mla/\|archive-date=8 October 2014\|url-status=dead}}</ref> It is also a part of ] which was won by ] of Telugu Desam Party.<ref name=mla>{{cite web\|title=MP (Lok Sabha)\|url=http://www.ap.gov.in/government/mp-lok-sabha/\|publisher=Government of AP\|access-date=4 May 2015\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161121175516/http://www.ap.gov.in/government/mp-lok-sabha/\|archive-date=21 November 2016\|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|title=Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008\|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf
	==Rail transport==
			\|publisher=Election Commission of India\|access-date=23 May 2019\|page=22,31\|format=PDF}}</ref>
	Trains from Guntur,Vijayawada,Vizag,Hyderabad,Chennai,Tirupathi,Kerala,Kolkata used to pass via Piduguralla. Later, Guntur-Nadikudi-Macherla line was converted from Meter Gauge to Broad Gauge under ] and a new line was laid from Bibinagar near Hyderabad to Nadikudi. Thus Piduguralla was connected directly to Hyderabad by Broad Gauge Line. Piduguralla is located on the Pagidipalle-Nallapadu section of ] of South Central Railway(SCR). The railway Station code for Piduguralla is Pgrl.the bus station code is pdrl.

	==~~Employment~~==		== Economy ==
			'''Agriculture'''
	The main profession of the people is cultivation and exporting limestone and white cement in Piduguralla. The profession is not restricted to lime stone,there are several industries based on crops like cereals,rice, groundnut oil extraction..etc. overall it is one of the most important business place in guntur district.

			Most of the people here depend on agriculture with fertile lands having abundant water from the Nagarjunasagar canals.
	==Education==
	Education has a strong base in Piduguralla; there are more than 25 Secondary grade schools ,1 high grade school( A.B.C GRAMMAR SCHOOL,vikas public school,vidhyardhi schools,vivekananda schools), 5 junior & 6 degree colleges, 1 b.ed colle and also one of the school which is past from 15 years is St'Ann's English Medium High School. It is located opposite to APSRTC Bus depot

			The major agriculture produce includes, ], ], ] etc. Hence, the town has many rice and cotton mills.
	==Politics==
	Politically Piduguralla is the biggest town in Gurajala constituency and has three prominent parties: Congress, Telugu Desam, Praja Rajyam - which fight head to head in this constituency.

			'''Industries'''
	==Temples==
	Piduguralla Ayyappa Temple (www.pdrlayyappa.com) is one of the most famous temple in Andhra Pradesh state. Beside of the Krishna river Lord Ayyappa temple was inaugurated the presence of the Lord Ayyappa temple the surroundings and the area is called ayyappa nagaram this is the most beautiful temple is being peaceful and delightful in that area.

			There are many ] ] as well.<ref name="limestone">{{cite news \|author1=P. Samuel Jonathan \|date=23 November 2011 \|title=Lime City \|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/pcb-pushes-for-closure-of-113-lime-kiln-units-at-piduguralla/article2652087.ece \|access-date=12 February 2015 \|location=Piduguralla (Guntur District)}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|title=Brief about Municipality\|url=http://cdma.ap.gov.in/PIDUGURALLA/\|website=Commissioner & Director of Municipal Administration\|publisher=Municipal Administration & Urban Development Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh\|access-date=17 January 2015}}</ref> So, one of the main professions of the people is quarrying and exporting limestone and white cement in Piduguralla.
	One of the most famous temple is SRI VASAVI KANYAKAPAREMESWAREE TEMPLE ...which is located in the area ISLAND center

			Business is not restricted to limestone only; there are several other industries such as timber depots, hollow brick industries, computer institutions, photo studios, printing presses, hand embroidery, fancy stores, stationery shops, pharmacies, etc. Overall it is one of the most important business places in Guntur district.
	one of most famous & old Temple PRASANANJANEYA temple in Brahmanapalli to piduguralla road near pedda kaluva

			The town also has big companies' branches such as ], ]. It also has companies such as Surya Cement, T&D Group Pvt Ltd (under which it has T&D Minerals and T&D Future Kids) etc.

			== Transport ==
	Sri venkateswara temple devarampadu this is near kondamodu
	konda singarayya near kgpadu village

			] (NH167A) passes through Piduguralla. It is well connected by buses for ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ] and ]. It has a well established bus depot that connects villages around the town. The bus station code is PDRL.
	==Near by villages==

	# '''Morjam padu''': This is 1st place that should be passed on the way to River Krishna at Kamepalli and almost a big place in near by 5 to 6 villages.
			Trains from/to ], ], ], ], ], ], ], and ] pass via Piduguralla. Later, Guntur-Nadikudi-Macherla line was converted from Meter Gauge to Broad Gauge and a new line was laid from Bibinagar, near Hyderabad, to Nadikudi. Thus Piduguralla is connected directly to Hyderabad by Broad Gauge Line. Piduguralla is located on the Pagidipalle-Nallapadu section Guntur division of South Central Railway (SCR). The railway Station code for Piduguralla is PGRL.
	# '''Govinda puram''': This place is the 2nd place to that should be passed on the way to River Krishna at Kamepalli and has a river bet but dangerous from here and also district boarder to Guntur and Krishna separated by the river Krishna.

	# '''Kamepalli''': The place beside river Krishna has a panoramic view and here the river is almost 3 trees depth i.e. around 40 to 50 metres.
			The railway line is an electrified single line one and a new railway track (] ) is under construction. In first phase of Nadikudi-Srikalahasti 46 km From ] to ] was completed. Electrification also Completed. Present Goods Trains are running in this Route. Waiting for Passengers Trains Running Conformation from Higher Authorities.
	# '''Brahman palli''': is the village just beside the state highway to Hyderabad to Guntur and has district's one of the oldest Z.P.H school and in strength of students also.

	# '''''': one of the first village that was electrified in Guntur district. The temple of '''PanduRanga Swamy''' is very famous here. In every summer the people pray to this god of goodness for 5 days called '''TIRUNALLA''' very famous in and around 20 villages. It is connected by both road and rail. Two schools and private schools are also there.ZPHS was established in 5 acres donated by '''Sri Katla SambiReddy,Sri Katla Koti Reddy''' and is headed by Sri R. Ramakrishnaiah along with Sri M. Sada Sivaiah (Telugu pandit) multifaceted person K. Perireddy who are the main pillers for this school and others too.
			==Education==
	#''''Karempudi'''': This is one of the Place which is called as Palnadu MUKHA DWARAM ....This is most popular village among palnadu villages . ....This is the village who left his last breathe here named PALNATI BRAHAMMA NAIDU
			The primary and secondary school education is imparted by government, aided and private schools, under the ''School Education Department'' of the state.<ref>{{cite web\|title=School Education Department \|url=http://rmsaap.nic.in/Notification_TSG_2015.pdf \|publisher=School Education Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh \|access-date=7 November 2016 \|format=PDF \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151227185018/http://rmsaap.nic.in/Notification_TSG_2015.pdf \|archive-date=27 December 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|title=The Department of School Education - Official AP State Government Portal {{!}} AP State Portal \|url=http://www.ap.gov.in/department/organizations/school-education/ \|website=www.ap.gov.in \|access-date=7 November 2016 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161107155331/http://www.ap.gov.in/department/organizations/school-education/ \|archive-date= 7 November 2016 }}</ref> The medium of instruction followed by different schools are English, Telugu.
			Schools include Tirumala Oxford EM High school, Scholars International school, Sri Chaitanya, Narayana, Bhashyam Schools. There are few degree colleges as well such as Tirumala Oxford women's degree college, Scholars degree college.

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City in Andhra Pradesh, India

Piduguralla పిడుగురాళ్ళ
City
Nickname: lime city of india
PidugurallaLocation in Andhra Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 16°28′49″N 79°53′21″E / 16.480368°N 79.889170°E / 16.480368; 79.889170
Country	India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Palnadu
Talukas	Piduguralla
Government
• Type	municipality
Area
• Total	31.49 km (12.16 sq mi)
Population
• Total	63,103
• Density	2,000/km (5,200/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Telugu
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	522413
Telephone code	+91–8649
Vehicle registration	AP
Website	Piduguralla Municipality

Piduguralla is a Town in Palnadu district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.The Town is the headquarters of Piduguralla mandal and administered under Gurazala revenue division. The Town is also known as Lime City of India as there are abundant reserves of limestone..

Governance

Civic administration

The Piduguralla municipality was formed on 21 May 2005 and has an extent of 31.63 km (12.21 sq mi).

Politics

Piduguralla is a part of Gurazala (Assembly constituency) for Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly. Yarapathineni Srinivasa Rao is the present MLA of the constituency from Telugu Desam Party. It is also a part of Narasaraopet (Lok Sabha constituency) which was won by Lavu Sri Krishna Devarayalu of Telugu Desam Party.

Economy

Agriculture

Most of the people here depend on agriculture with fertile lands having abundant water from the Nagarjunasagar canals.

The major agriculture produce includes, paddy, cotton, chillies etc. Hence, the town has many rice and cotton mills.

Industries

There are many Limestone Kilns as well. So, one of the main professions of the people is quarrying and exporting limestone and white cement in Piduguralla.

Business is not restricted to limestone only; there are several other industries such as timber depots, hollow brick industries, computer institutions, photo studios, printing presses, hand embroidery, fancy stores, stationery shops, pharmacies, etc. Overall it is one of the most important business places in Guntur district.

The town also has big companies' branches such as Reliance Digital, Reliance Trends. It also has companies such as Surya Cement, T&D Group Pvt Ltd (under which it has T&D Minerals and T&D Future Kids) etc.

Transport

National Highway 167A (NH167A) passes through Piduguralla. It is well connected by buses for Hyderabad, Chennai, Bengaluru, Tirupati, Nellore, Guntur, Amaravati, Vijayawada, Tenali, Narasaraopet, Macherla, Repalle, Warangal, Suryapet, Kodad, Sattenapalli and Ongole. It has a well established bus depot that connects villages around the town. The bus station code is PDRL.

Trains from/to Guntur, Vijayawada, Vizag, Hyderabad, Chennai, Tirupathi, Kerala, and Kolkata pass via Piduguralla. Later, Guntur-Nadikudi-Macherla line was converted from Meter Gauge to Broad Gauge and a new line was laid from Bibinagar, near Hyderabad, to Nadikudi. Thus Piduguralla is connected directly to Hyderabad by Broad Gauge Line. Piduguralla is located on the Pagidipalle-Nallapadu section Guntur division of South Central Railway (SCR). The railway Station code for Piduguralla is PGRL.

The railway line is an electrified single line one and a new railway track (Nadikudi-Srikalahasti ) is under construction. In first phase of Nadikudi-Srikalahasti 46 km From New Piduguralla Junction to Savalyapuram Junction was completed. Electrification also Completed. Present Goods Trains are running in this Route. Waiting for Passengers Trains Running Conformation from Higher Authorities.

Education

The primary and secondary school education is imparted by government, aided and private schools, under the School Education Department of the state. The medium of instruction followed by different schools are English, Telugu. Schools include Tirumala Oxford EM High school, Scholars International school, Sri Chaitanya, Narayana, Bhashyam Schools. There are few degree colleges as well such as Tirumala Oxford women's degree college, Scholars degree college.

References

"Basic Information of Municipality". Commissioner & Director of Municipal Administration. Municipal Administration & Urban Development Department, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
"Census 2011". The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
"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.
"New Gurazala revenue division created". The Hindu. Gurazala (Guntur District). 1 July 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
"Piduguralla Municipality". Commissioner & Director of Municipal Administration. Municipal Administration & Urban Development Department. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
"MLA". AP State Portal. Archived from the original on 8 October 2014. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
"MP (Lok Sabha)". Government of AP. Archived from the original on 21 November 2016. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
"Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 22,31. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
P. Samuel Jonathan (23 November 2011). "Lime City". Piduguralla (Guntur District). Retrieved 12 February 2015.
"Brief about Municipality". Commissioner & Director of Municipal Administration. Municipal Administration & Urban Development Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
"School Education Department" (PDF). School Education Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 December 2015. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
"The Department of School Education - Official AP State Government Portal | AP State Portal". www.ap.gov.in. Archived from the original on 7 November 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2016.

v t e Palnadu district
District headquarters	Narasaraopet
Revenue divisions	Gurazala Narasaraopet Sattenapalli
Mandals	Amaravathi Atchampet Bellamkonda Bollapalle Chilakaluripet Dachepalle Durgi Edlapadu Gurazala Ipur Karempudi Krosuru Machavaram Macherla Muppalla Nadendla Narasaraopet Nekarikallu Nuzendla Pedakurapadu Piduguralla Rajupalem Rentachintala Rompicherla Sattenapalle Savalyapuram Veldurthi Vinukonda
Cities	Chilakaluripet Narasaraopet
Towns	Dachepalle Gurazala Macherla Piduguralla Sattenapalle Vinukonda
Census towns	None
Lok Sabha constituencies	Narasaraopet
Assembly constituencies	Chilakaluripet Gurazala Macherla Narasaraopet Pedakurapadu Sattenapalle Vinukonda

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