Chittoor
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| ?Chittoor Andhra Pradesh • India | |
| Coordinates: | |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| Area • Elevation | • 333 m (1,093 ft) |
| District(s) | Chittoor |
Coordinates: For the district information, see Chittoor district.
Chittoor, also known as Chittur, is a town and district of India's Andhra Pradesh state. It is famous for the Tirupati, Kanipakam and Sri Kalahasti temples. Population 152,654 (2001 census). Chittoor is in the Poini River valley of southernmost Andhra Pradesh, at the junction of Bangalore-Chennai national highway 4 and national highway 18. It is a market center for mangos, grain, sugarcane, and peanuts. Its industries include oilseed and rice milling. Chitoors leading industry and largest employer is Amararaja Group. Employing over 3,600 people. It is also home to Nutrine Confectionaries, a major chocolate manufacturer in India, which was acquired by Godrej group in 2007.
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[edit] Chittoor District
The district is bound by Anantapur District to the northwest, Cuddapah District to the north, Nellore District to the northeast, Tamil Nadu state to the south, and Karnataka state to the southeast. Area 15,359 km², population 2,267,769 (1991 census). Mango and tamarind groves surround the town of Chittoor, and cattle are raised in the district. Chittoor is famous for the Kanipakam temple (12 km). Its also famous for mangos ( called as collector/totapari/chittoor variety) and jaggery. IT Exports nearly 500 Million Tonnes of Raw / Processed Pulp / Fruit to External World. Around 200 granite small & medium scale industries are functioning in and around Chittoor. Vijaya Diary was one of the famous to Process large scale milk in the country as a single unit after AMUL (Gujarat)
Tirupati temple is the most visited and richest temple in India, often receiving 200,000 visitors a day. Horsely hills, formerly called Enugu Mallamma Konda, is a summer resort located near the town of Madanapalle. It is known to some as the "Andhra Ooty". Madanapalle is the center of an agricultural region noted for its fruits and vegetables, especially tomatoes and is also famous for Hospitals like T.B.Sanitorium which is located in Arogyavaram, 5 km form Madanapalle. Rishi Valley, near Horsely Hills is noted for its residential education Gurukula. One of India's greatest philosopher, Jiddu Krishnamurti chose this site to set up his Jiddu krishnamurti foundation as well as Rishi valley school, one of India's elite boarding schools. Gurramkonda, in the western part of the district, is an historic center, with an old fort and a sultan's palace called the Rangini Mahal. Other notable places in the district are Gandikota, Ardhagiri, Chandragiri .
[edit] Demographics
While Telugus form the largest linguistic group in Chittoor district, Tamil is a predominant language having a large presence and widely spoken in places like Chittoor Town, Tirupathi, Sri Kala Hasti, Kuppam and other towns bordering Tamil Nadu. Urdu is also spoken by a considerable group of people, as 10% of Chittoor population is Muslim Minorities.
[edit] Educational Institutions
Chittoor is home of many reputed educational institutions. The notable ones are:
High Schools and Junior Colleges:
- Vignana Deepthi English Medium School,Chittoor
- B.Z. High School, Chittoor.
- S.V.Z.P High School, Kanipakam, Chittoor.
- PCR Govt junior college, Chittoor.
- Varadapa Naidu Municipal School, Chittoor.
- B.S. Kannan Govt High School and Junior College.
- B.V.Reddy School,Chittoor
- Little Flower High School, Chittoor.
Degree Colleges:
- Sri Venkateswara College of Arts & Science, Tirupathi
- Sri Govindrajswamy college of Arts and Science, Tirupathi
- Vignana Sudha Degree & PG College, Chittoor.
- Geervani Degree College, Chittoor.
- Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering and Technology(SVCET), Chittoor.
- Sri Venkatesh Perumalla College of Engineering and Technology(SVPCET), Puttur.
- Sri Venkateswara University College of Engineering, Tirupati.
- Sri Venkateswara Medical College, Tirupati.
- Sri Venkateswara Agricultural Collge, Tirupati.
- Padmavati Mahila University, Tirupati.
- Sreenivasa Institute of Technology and Management Studies (SITAMS), Chittoor - www.sitams.org
- Sreenivasa Educational Institute of Commerce Degree&PG College (SEICOM), Tirupati
- P.V.K.N Govt Degree College, Chittoor, 517001
- Sri Kalahasteeswara Institute of Technology,SriKalahasti.
Universities :
- Dravidian University, Kuppam-517425
- S.V.University , Tirupathi
[edit] Assembly Constituency
Chittoor is an assembly constituency in Andhra Pradesh. There are 1,74,663 registered voters in Chittoor constituency in 1999 elections.
List of Elected Members:[1]
- 1955 - P Rajagopal Naidu (Assembly, MP)
- 1970 - P.Chinamma Reddy (PCR)
- 1978 - N.P.Venkateswara Choudary
- 1983 - Jhansi Laxmi (MP)
- 1985 - R. Gopinathan
- 1989, 1994 and 1999 - Chittoor KrishnaReddy Jayachandra Reddy, C K Babu
- 2004 - A.S.Manohar
[edit] Notable personalities from Chittoor district
- sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (the then President& Vice president of India) had completed his school education in P.M.high School, near by Gajulamandyam,Renigunta in this district.
- Chittoor Subramaniam Pillai, a Carnatic musician who studied under Kanchipuram Naina Pillai was born in Chittoor. He was renowned for his unfaltering laya and had a rich and powerful voice.
- Jiddu Krishnamurti, World's Renowned philosopher and Popular Spiritual preacher is from Madanapalle town.
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| Andhra Pradesh Topics | History | Politics | Telugu people | |
|---|---|
| Capital | Hyderabad |
| Districts | Adilabad • Anantapur • Chittoor • East Godavari • Guntur • Hyderabad • Kadapa • Karimnagar • Khammam • Krishna • Kurnool • Mahbubnagar • Medak • Nalgonda • Nellore • Nizamabad • Prakasam • Rangareddy • Srikakulam • Visakhapatnam • Vizianagaram • Warangal • West Godavari |
| Major cities | Hyderabad • Guntur • Warangal • Tirupati • Vijayawada • Visakhapatnam • Rajahmundry • Kakinada • Nellore • Karimnagar •Machilipatnam • Eluru • Anantapur • Kurnool • Kadapa • Khammam • Nizamabad |
