Ponduru

For a village in Prakasham district, see Ponduru, Prakasam district.

Ponduru (Telugu - పొందూరు) is a village and Mandal headquarters in Srikakulam district of [[Andhra Pradesh]onduru, a small village in Srikakulam is known as the land where the finest khadi is woven. Khadi from Ponduru is famous among Khadi lovers of the entire country. Mahatma Gandhi is also said to have been surprised at the finesse of the Khadi produced here and he always preferred khadi from this village. Khadi from this region is exported to various countries like America, Denmark, Japan and Sweden.], India, about 20 kilometers from Srikakulam Town.

Features

• Ponduru is world renowned for Fine Khadi, a symbol of India's independence. The entire process of manufacture — from the separation of the cotton to the spinning is done by hand. The villagers take pride in their knowledge that no advanced mechanised technology can replicate.

• Ponduru is connected with railways. Ponduru railway station located on Howrah-Chennai mainline in East Coast Railway, Indian Railways.

• There is a sub post office at Ponduru and it is computerized.
• There is a Professional Courier Branch.
• Ponduru is the home of many intellectuals, who have excelled in diverse areas such as engineering, technology, medicine etc. Many people hailing from Ponduru are working as top-level managers, doctors and engineers worldwide.
• Most of the Residents of Ponduru are working in all the State and Central Govt Departments too.
• Ponduru Students Got State Ranks in Tenth Class.
• Ponduru has several popular Banks such as SBI(Fully online and Computerised), Andhrapradesh Grameena vikas bank Branch.
• Mr. Y. Gopala Rao is a known Teacher, Recevied National Teachers Award from President of India in 2007.

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