Parchur

Parchur
village
Parchuru Centre where all roads leading to the neighbouring towns meet
Parchur Location in Andhra Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 15°58′01″N 80°16′30″E / 15.967°N 80.275°E / 15.967; 80.275Coordinates: 15°58′01″N 80°16′30″E / 15.967°N 80.275°E / 15.967; 80.275
Country	India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Prakasam
Talukas	Parchur
Languages
• Official	Telugu
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Telephone code	08594 std code

Parchur or Paruchuru is a village and a Mandal in Prakasam district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India.The village is situated at a distance of 42 km south of Guntur.Some major towns surroundig parchur are Guntur,Chilakaluripeta,Chirala.^[1]

Geography

Parchur is located at 15°58′00″N 80°16′00″E / 15.9667°N 80.2667°E / 15.9667; 80.2667.^[2] It has an average elevation of 9 meters (32 feet).

Assembly constituency

Parchur is an assembly constituency in Andhra Pradesh. There are 1,40,383 registered voters in Parchur constituency in 1999 elections.

List of Elected Members:^[3]

• 1955 - Kolla Ramaiah Chowadary (INC)
• 1962 - Naraharisetty Venkataswamy (CPI)
• 1967- Gade Venkata Reddy (INC)
• 1972- Maddukuri Narayana Rao (IND)
• 1978 - Maddukuri Narayana Rao(INC)
• 1983 - Daggubati Choudary (TDP)
• 1994 - Gade Venkata Reddy (INC)
• 1999 - Jagarlamudi Lakshmi Padmavathi (TDP)
• 1985, 1989, 2004 and 2009 - Daggubati Venkateswara Rao (on TDP and INC)

Schools

• S.F.S High School
• Y.R.High School
• Sarada high School & sarada English medium school
• MR English Medium School.
• S.N.B.G.B.P.High School
• Oxford e-Techno School

Railway Reservation

Indian Railways Passenger Reservation System (PRS)^[4] was launched at Parchur post office by Union Minister of State for Handlooms Panabaka Lakshmi on October 28, 2010.

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