Pileru
| Pileru | |
|---|---|
| city | |
  Pileru | |
| Coordinates: 13°39′00″N 78°56′00″E / 13.6500°N 78.9333°ECoordinates: 13°39′00″N 78°56′00″E / 13.6500°N 78.9333°E | |
| Country |
 India |
| State | Andhra Pradesh |
| District | Chittoor |
| Elevation | 477.90 m (1,567.91 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 60,320 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Telugu |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 517214 |
| Telephone code | 08584 |
| Vehicle registration | AP 03 K,P,U |
Pileru or Piler (పీలేరు) is a town, Mandal and a Major gram panchayat and Legislative Assembly constituency in Chittoor district the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.[1] With a population approximately of sixty thousand, its surroundings are plenty of gree with Agricultural land where Groundnut is one of the major commercial crops here. This small town is located on junction of the National Highways (NH 18 and NH 205). It passes through a river(Pilla Eru – meaning A small water stream) which is why it got its name and this river reaches Pincha Dam. It is a center point to two neighbouring states Karnataka(KA), Tamil Nadu(TN) and easily accessible to the big cities there Chennai and Banglore. Piler is having a big role in terms of agriculture, education, commercial and political. The major cities surrounding this are Tirupathi, Madanapalli, Chittoor and Rayachoti and all were located at an exact distance of 56 km.
Pileru Assembly constituency is represented by incumbent Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy[2]
How to get there
Road
Can reach Peliru from Tirupathi, Chittoor, Rayachoti, Madana Palli by Road. The Piler is located at the center of all these four towns. Piler has very good APSRTC bus connectivity from all the these towns, all these four towns are located in four directions East, South, North and West respectively. Good road connectivity to Chennai, Bangalore and Hyderabad and plenty of buses running to Hyderabad Daily.
- NATIONAL HIGH WAY-205 MADANAPALLE-TIRUPATHI
- NATIONAL HIGH WAY-18 CHITTOOR - RAYACHOTI
Air
The airport port facility is available at Renigunta near Tirupati.
Rail
Pileru has a railway station on the Tirupathi-Pakala-Guntakal line. Now trains are running this station one TPTY SC EXP and TPTY AMI Express and SEVEN HILLS EXP runs between Tirupati and Secunderabad, and Two Passenger trains runs between Tirupati and Guntakal
Schools
- Z P HIGH School Kotapalli This is the most popular school PILER.Approximate student strength is 2000
- Govt High SchoolThis is only Government school in Piler with both English and Telugu medium of instructions. Approximate student strength is 1500. The ground of this school is one of the largest grounds in district. Between it stood top 5 in SSC results for the years 2005,06 to 2013.
- Kakatiya High School
- VSN Siddhartha High School which is top in the town and famous for its contentive skills
- SRT Victory High School
- Saraswathi Shishu Mandir
- Ravindra Bharathi High School
- VEENA VANI VIDYALAYA The second oldest school in Piler which is well known for discipline.
- Vidyanikethan High School The oldest School in Piler
- RATNAM HIGH SCHOOL NEAR BY RAJIV NAGAR COLONY
Colleges
- MJR Engineering College
- MJR College OF EDUCATION
- MJR COLLEGE OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
- Priyadarshini Jr College
- Margadarshini Jr College
- Bharathi Degree College
- Govt Jr. College
- S.G.GOVT.Degree College
- JNTU college of Engineering (From 2013-2014 academic year)
- CNR Degree College
Banks
- Andhra Bank
- State Bank of India 2 branches
- SV Grameena Bank
- Union Bank
- Bank of Baroda
- Indian Bank
- HDFC Bank
state bank of Hyderabad
ATMs
Hospitals
- Government General Hospital (beside Panchayat office, LBS Road)
- Noble nursing home( beside railway gate)
- Chinnari Hospital (for children and women - near Shukur Theatre)
- Gupta Hospitals (near S.V Deluxe Theatre, LBS Road)
- Sri Latha Hospitals (gynecologist, Padmavathi Nagar)
- Sri Sai Balaji Hospitals (ENT and physician, opp panchayath office)
- K.K Hitech Dental Clinic (near Ajantha Theatre)
- Sai Dental Clinic (opp sathyanarayana Medicals)
- Sujatha Hospital (gynecologist, Padmavathi Nagar)
Petrol pumps
- HP (Beside Sri Seetharamula Kalyana Mantapam, Madanpalli Road)
- Indian Oil (Chittoor Road)
- Bharat Petroleum (Cross Roads, towards Chitoor Road)
References
- ↑ "List of Sub-Districts". Census of India. Retrieved 2007-04-12.
- ↑ "Office of the Chief Minister, Government of Andhra Pradesh". Government of AP. Retrieved 2007-04-25.
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