Ponduru Explained

Ponduru
Native Name Lang:te
Settlement Type:Census Town
Pushpin Label Position:left
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Andhra Pradesh, India
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Andhra Pradesh
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Srikakulam
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:11.07
Population Total:12640
Population As Of:2011
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:Languages
Demographics1 Title1:Official
Demographics1 Info1:Telugu
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30
Postal Code Type:PIN
Postal Code:532 168
Area Code Type:Telephone code
Area Code:+91–8941
Registration Plate Type:Vehicle Registration
Registration Plate:AP30 (Former)
AP39 (from 30 January 2019)[2]

Ponduru is a census town in Srikakulam district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The town is the mandal headquarters of Ponduru mandal in Srikakulam revenue division.[3] It falls under the Amadalavalasa Assembly Constituency and Srikakulam Loksabha Constituency.

It is at a distance of from the district headquarters.

Population

Ponduru town has total population of 12,640, of which 6,111 are males while 6,529 are females, as per the report released by Census India 2011.[4]

Education

The primary and secondary school education is imparted by government, aided and private schools, under the School Education Department of the state.[5] [6] Instruction is in English and Telugu in different schools.

Ponduru khadi

Ponduru is famous for its khadi. The texture of handspun and handwoven khadi of this place is 125 count on account of its quality. Former freedom fighter Chowdary Satyanarayana gifted a dhoti made of Ponduru khadi to Mahatma Gandhi when he stopped in Dusi Railway Station in 1942 and Gandhi was impressed with the finesse of the khadi produced here.[7] Later Gandhi sent his son Devdas Gandhi to Ponduru to study the process followed in making khadi textiles in this place.

Transportation

Train service

Ponduru railway station is situated on Khurda Road–Visakhapatnam section, part of the Howrah-Chennai main line under Waltair railway division of East Coast Railway zone.[8] All passenger trains and a couple of express trains halt in Ponduru Railway Station.

Bus service

Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation runs buses to Ponduru. It is well connected with Srikakulam District head quarters with regular bus services, both ordinary and express service.

Air service

The nearest airport is Visakhapatnam Airport which is around from Ponduru town which is around two and half hours drive by car.

Villages

Notes and References

  1. Web site: District Census Handbook - Srikakulam. Census of India. 11 January 2016. 26–28, 54.
  2. News: New 'AP 39' code to register vehicles in Andhra Pradesh launched . https://web.archive.org/web/20190203234146/http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/vijayawada/2019/jan/31/new-ap-39-code-to-register-vehicles-in-state-launched-1932417.html . dead . 3 February 2019 . 9 June 2019 . The New Indian Express . 31 January 2019 . Vijayawada.
  3. Web site: Srikakulam district mandals . Census of India. The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. 18 May 2015 . 219.
  4. District Census Handbook Srikakulam: Village and Town Directory. 2011. Directorate of Census Operations Andhra Pradesh. https://web.archive.org/web/20220409045430/https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/2811_PART_A_DCHB_SRIKAKULAM.pdf. 2022-04-09. 2024-07-13. dead.
  5. Web site: School Education Department. School Education Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh. 7 November 2016. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20161107220545/http://rmsaap.nic.in/Notification_TSG_2015.pdf. 7 November 2016.
  6. Web site: The Department of School Education - Official AP State Government Portal AP State Portal. www.ap.gov.in. 7 November 2016. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20161107155331/http://www.ap.gov.in/department/organizations/school-education/. 7 November 2016.
  7. Web site: Ponduru khadi may become extinct. K. Srinivasa. Rao. 7 May 2011. The Hindu.
  8. Web site: Ponduru Railway Station News - Railway Enquiry. 2020-08-22. indiarailinfo.com.