Coordinates: 14.68°N 77.

6°E

Anantapur
Anantapur (officially:Anantapuramu[3]) is a city in Anantapur district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is
the mandal headquarters of Anantapuramu mandal and also the divisional headquarters of Anantapur revenue
Anantapuramu
division.[4] The city is located on National Highway 44. It was also the headquarters of the Datta Mandalam City
(Rayalaseema districts of Andhra Pradesh and Bellary district of Karnataka) in 1799. It was also a position of
Anantapuramu
strategic importance for theBritish Indian Army during the Second World War.

Contents
Geography
Climate
Demographics
Governance Clock tower at Anantapuramu
Transport
Culture
Cuisine
Cityscape
Education
Sports
Geographical directions
Anantapuramu
See also
References
External links
Coordinates: 14.68°N 77.6°E
Country India
Geography State Andhra Pradesh
District Anantapur
Anantapuramu is located at 14.68°N 77.6°E.[5] It has an average elevation of 335 m (1,099 ft). It is located at a
Area[1]
distance of 356 km fromHyderabad and 484 km from Vijayawada.
• Total 56.98 km2
(22.00 sq mi)
Climate Elevation 335 m (1,099 ft)

Anantapuramu has a semi-arid climate, with hot and dry conditions for most of the year. Summers start in late Population (2011)
February and peak in May with average high temperatures around the 37 °C (99 °F) range. Anantapuramu gets pre- • Total 261,004
monsoon showers starting as early as March, mainly through north-easterly winds blowing in from Kerala.
• Density 4,600/km2
(12,000/sq mi)
Monsoon arrives in September and lasts until early November with about 250 mm (9.8 in) of precipitation. A dry
and mild winter starts in late November and lasts until early February; with little humidity and average
Languages
• Official Telugu
temperatures in the 22–23 °C (72–73 °F) range. T
otal annual rainfall is about 22 in (560 mm).
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 515001 to 515007
Telephone 08554
code
Vehicle AP–02
registration
Website anantapur.cdma.ap
.gov.in
 Climate data for Anantapuramu (1981–2010)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record
36.0 39.4 41.8 43.2 44.1 43.1 38.1 38.9 37.9 37.8 36.8 33.8 44.1
high °C
(96.8) (102.9) (107.2) (109.8) (111.4) (109.6) (100.6) (102) (100.2) (100) (98.2) (92.8) (111.4)
(°F)
Average
31.0 34.3 37.6 39.4 39.2 35.7 33.8 33.0 33.1 31.9 30.3 29.6 34.1
high °C
(87.8) (93.7) (99.7) (102.9) (102.6) (96.3) (92.8) (91.4) (91.6) (89.4) (86.5) (85.3) (93.4)
(°F)
Average
17.5 19.4 22.7 25.8 26.2 25.0 24.3 23.9 23.4 22.5 20.1 17.7 22.4
low °C
(63.5) (66.9) (72.9) (78.4) (79.2) (77) (75.7) (75) (74.1) (72.5) (68.2) (63.9) (72.3)
(°F)
Record
11.2 12.8 13.4 18.3 18.8 19.6 20.8 20.8 19.3 14.1 10.0 9.4 9.4
low °C
(52.2) (55) (56.1) (64.9) (65.8) (67.3) (69.4) (69.4) (66.7) (57.4) (50) (48.9) (48.9)
(°F)
Average
rainfall 1.3 0.4 9.4 18.9 53.0 59.9 66.0 91.3 133.6 95.5 38.7 9.1 577.2
mm (0.051) (0.016) (0.37) (0.744) (2.087) (2.358) (2.598) (3.594) (5.26) (3.76) (1.524) (0.358) (22.724)
(inches)
Average
rainy 0.1 0.2 0.4 1.3 2.9 3.2 4.6 5.3 6.9 6.4 3.0 0.6 34.9
days

Source: India Meteorological Department (record high and low up to 2010) [6][7]

Demographics
As of 2011 census, Anantapuramu has a population of 262,340. The sex ratio was 995 females per 1000 males and 9% of the population was under 6 years old.[8]
Effective literacy is 82%, male literacy is 89% and female literacy is 75%. Telugu is the official and widely spoken language. Whereas Kannada and English are the
minority languages spoken in the city.[9]

Governance
Civic administration

Anantapuramu Municipal Corporationis the civic body of Anantapuramu.

Public utilities

Anantapuramu Drinking Water Supply Project and Sri Sathya Sai Central Trust have also step forward in supplying clean water and concentrated mainly on eradicating
fluorosis.[10] The corporation supplies chlorinated water to the city from the summer storage tank located in the town.
[11]

Transport
Anantapuramu is well connected to the nearby major cities with National Highway 7 and National Highway 205 of
National Highway network of India. The NH–7 connects it to Bangalore and NH–205 connects it to Chennai via
Renigunta.[12] The Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation operates bus services from Anantapur bus
station.[13] The city has a total road length of 298.12 km.[14]

Anantapuramu provides rail connectivity for the city and is classified as an A–category station in Guntakal railway
division of South Central Railway zone.

Culture Saptagiri Circle

There are a few notable people from the town with their contributions to various fields such as politics, film industry and
other areas. Neelam Sanjiva Reddy was the former President of India and the first Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh,
Paidi Lakshmayya was the first member of Parliament from Anantapur lok sabha constituency; Kallur Subba Rao was an Indian freedom activist and was the first
speaker of Andhra Assembly; Kadiri Venkata Reddy was an Indian film director, writer and also a producer, Sathya Sai Baba, a Hindu spiritual leader; Bellary Raghava
was an Indian playwright, thespian and film actor
.

Cuisine
[15]
Millets such as, Jowar, Bajra, Ragi are the food grains which are mostly used in food items.

Cityscape
Neighbourhoods and landmarks in and around the city are :- Clock tower, Sapthagiri circle, ISKCON temple,[16] the
railway station area etc.

Education
The primary and secondary school education is imparted by government, aided and private schools of the School
Education Departmentof the state.[17][18] The medium of instruction followed by different schools are English, Telugu.

Anantapuramu is an important education centre of the district which has many schools, colleges and universities.
Prominent institutions and universities include, Sri Krishnadevaraya University, JNTU Anantapur, Sri Sathya Sai ISKCON temple, Anantapuramu
University, Government Medical College, Arts College, etc.

Sports
Anantapuramu has many sports facilities and has played host to Irani Cup in 1963–64 when Rest of India scored their lowest total of 83 against the then Ranji trophy
winners Bombay, played at the Sanjeeva Reddy stadium. Several Ranji trophy matches and other regional tournaments for basketball, badminton, etc. have been hosted
in Anantapur.

The Anantapuramu Sports Village (ASV), located alongside the National Highway 7. The Anantapuramu Cricket Ground sits within a 40-acre (160,000 m2) complex
which is managed by the Rural Development Trust (RDT).[19] In October 2010, Rafael Nadal opened the Rafael Nadal Tennis School, which hosts district, state and
[20][21]
national-level tournaments, as well as laying equal emphasis on the children's education and tennis training.

Geographical directions

See also
Havaligi
List of cities in Andhra Pradesh by population
List of municipal corporations in Andhra Pradesh

References
1. "Municipalities, Municipal Corporations and UDAs"(http://www.dtcp.ap.gov.in/webdtcp/pdf/List%20of%20ULBs.pdf)(PDF). Directorate of Town and
Country Planning. Government of Andhra Pradesh. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
2. "Anantapur City Population Census 2011 | Andhra Pradesh"(http://www.census2011.co.in/census/city/422-anantapur.html). www.census2011.co.in.
Retrieved 2 April 2017.
3. "About Anantapuramu Municipal Corporation | Anantapuramu Municipal Corporation"
(http://anantapur.cdma.ap.gov.in/). anantapur.cdma.ap.gov.in.
Retrieved 10 June 2017.
4. "anantapuramu District Mandals"(http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/maps/atlas/28part32.pdf) (PDF). Census of India. pp. 395, 435. Retrieved
19 January 2015.
5. Falling Rain Genomics, Inc – Anantapuramu(http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/02/Anantapur.html). Fallingrain.com. Retrieved on 3 September
2013.
6. "Anantapur Climatological Table Period: 1981–2010" (http://www.imd.gov.in/section/climate/extreme/anantapur2.htm). India Meteorological
Department. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
7. "Ever recorded Maximum and minimum temperatures up to 2010"(https://www.webcitation.org/6GmnoaB0m?url=http://www.imdpune.gov.in/Temp_E
xtremes/histext2010.pdf)(PDF). India Meteorological Department. Archived fromthe original (http://www.imdpune.gov.in/Temp_Extremes/histext201
0.pdf) (PDF) on 21 May 2013. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
8. "Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011; Cities having population 1 lakh and above"(http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/pa
per2/data_files/India2/Table_2_PR_Cities_1Lakh_and_Above.pdf) (PDF). Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved
26 March 2012.
9. "Census Digital Library"(https://data.gov.in/dataset-group-name/census-digital-library). Open Government Data (OGD) Platform India
. Retrieved
2017-02-13.
10. "Anantapur Drinking Water Supply Project Anantapur Drinking Water Supply Project" (http://www.srisathyasai.org.in/pages/service_projects/anantapu
r.htm). Srisathyasai.org.in. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
11. "Commissioner inspects summer storage tanks"(http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/commissioner-inspects-summe
r-storage-tanks/article282640.ece). The Hans India. Anantapur. 15 May 2009. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
12. "NH wise Details of NH in respect of Stretches entrusted to NHAI"(http://www.nhai.org/Doc/project-offer/Highways.pdf) (PDF). National Highways
Authority of India (NHAI). Retrieved 4 July 2008.
13. "Bus Stations in Districts"(https://web.archive.org/web/20160322233330/http://apsrtc.gov.in/Bus%20Stations.aspx). Andhra Pradesh State Road
Transport Corporation. Archived from the original (http://www.apsrtc.gov.in/Bus%20Stations.aspx)on 22 March 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
14. "DETAILS OF ROADS IN EACH ULB OF ANDHRA PRADESH" (http://centralapp.cdma.ap.gov.in:8080/CDMAAPTaxesInfo/RoadDetails.jsp).
15. Sarma, G. v Prasada (18 June 2016)."Plan to encourage millet consumption"(http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Visakhapatnam/plan-to-encourag
e-millet-consumption/article8743355.ece). The Hindu. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
16. "ISKCON Temple ISKCON Temple" (http://www.aptdc.gov.in/anantapur.html). Andhra Pradesh Tourism. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
17. "School Education Department"(https://web.archive.org/web/20160319051231/http://rmsaap.nic.in/Notification_TSG_2015.pdf) (PDF). School
Education Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh. Archived fromthe original (http://rmsaap.nic.in/Notification_TSG_2015.pdf)(PDF) on 19
March 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
18. "The Department of School Education – Official AP State Government Portal | AP State Portal"(https://web.archive.org/web/20161107155331/http://
www.ap.gov.in/department/organizations/school-education/). www.ap.gov.in. Archived from the original (http://www.ap.gov.in/department/organization
s/school-education/) on 7 November 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
19. The pride of Anantapur(http://www.sportstaronnet.com/tss3212/stories/20090321503102600.htm). sportstaronnet.com (21 March 2009). Retrieved
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20. Rafa Nadal Foundation – Tennis (http://www.atpworldtour.com/news/tennis/2011/charity/rafa-nadal-foundation.aspx)
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. NDTV.com Photo
Gallery. Retrieved on 3 September 2013.

External links
Anantapuramu travel guide from Wikivoyage
Anatapur district
Template:Anantapuramu district

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