Tangutur
| Tangutur | |
|---|---|
| village | |
  Tangutur | |
| Coordinates: 15°21′N 80°03′E / 15.35°N 80.05°ECoordinates: 15°21′N 80°03′E / 15.35°N 80.05°E | |
| Country |
 India |
| State | Andhra Pradesh |
| District | Prakasam |
| Talukas | Tangutur |
| Population | |
| • Total | 20,000 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Telugu |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 523274 |
| Telephone code | 08592 |
Tangutur or Tanguturu is a village and a Mandal in Prakasam district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India.[1] Tanguturu is bounded by Paleru River and Moosi River and it is census village having 20000 population. The main crops are tobacco, and hot peppers grow well in Tanguturu.
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Tangutur (ట౦గుటూరు) is a Mandal/Village in Prakasam District of Andhra Pradesh. This is the second biggest mandal in Prakasam district after Naguluppalapadu. Tanguturu is located near the Bay of Bengal coast. The Bay of Bengal is just 8 km from this village. Tangutur has both rail and road networks. NH5/GT8 (Kolkata-Visakhapatnam-Vijayawada-Ongole-Nellore-Chennai) passes through this village. This village is situated in between Ongole and Nellore. It is just 180 km from Vijayawada, 18 km from Ongole, 83 km from Nellore and 276 km from Chennai.
Ongole is the capital town for Prakasam district. All major trains stop at Ongole. NH5 is a 4-lane road laid under the Golden Quadriletaral Program initiated by the then BJP government. Villages of Tanguturu mandal and proposed 6-lane program under construction. The nearby villages that you can reach via Tanguturu are Kondepi, Kamepalli and Jarugumalli etc.. Tanguturu comes under Kondepi Assembly constituency. The Famous Temple Valluru in Prakasam district is about 8 km from tanguturu...
- Jammulapalem 3 km from Tangutur (more Details following)
- KAKUTURIVARI PALEM
- Jayavaram
- karumanchi
- konijedu
- Mallavarappadu
- Pelluru
- Sankuvarigunta
- Surareddy palem
- T. Naidu Palem
- Kandulur
- Marlapadu
- m.nidamaluru
- Thallapelem
- velagapudi
- Rayalavaripalam
- Alakurapadu
- Anathavaram
Major crops are tobacco and aqua farm cultivation. it is a hub for tobacco yielding. Many small scale industries surround nearby Tanguturu. Tangutur is biggest mandal in prakasam district. It contain nearly 19 villages under this.
Schools and colleges
- Government Elementary School
From 1st Standard to 5th standard. Medium of instruction is Telugu. This is located in Pedda Bazaar (Also called as Vysya bazaar). In the same school campus one night study school for elders also available.
- Government High School
From 6th to 10th standard. Medium of Instruction is Telugu. Have good playground and good buildings. Located near the railway station and near to the Poleramma Temple pond (cheruvu).
- SPCM Government Junior College
For Intermediate Education. Groups are MPC, BiPC, CEC and HEC. Both Junior college and secondary school are located in adjacent campuses.
Private school Littlestar Concept School Sarath Satavahana vidya samsta "Sri Vidya Nikethan"
Temples and churches
Major temples are Shivalayam, Vishnalayam (Chennakesavalayam), Poleramma Talli Temple, Ramalayam-1, Ramalayam-2, And Ayyappa Swamy Temple. Shivalayam and Vishnalayam are old temples with good sculpture work and also have chariots. These chariots were used during procession times some years back but now abandoned. Other temples in Tangutur are Ledotamma Talli Temple, Brahmamma Gari Temple, Dattatreya Swamy Temple, Saibaba Temple, Gangamma Talli Temple, Patemma Talli Temple.
Indian famous temple named shivalayam is also located in tangutur near NH 5 which contains 1116 shiva lingas arranged on the floor. The shape looks like a big shiva lingam if you watch it from arieal view. The Famous Goddes Valluramma Temple is about 8 km from Tanguturu. In the village of Jammulapalem a famous church established in 1979 by Bro. Jogi Moses. Now Assembly hall is in road side. Nearly 150 people gathering for worship every Sunday. That Assembly hall name is BEHER-LAHI-ROI Christian assembly.
International Institute of Integrative Medicine (IIIM) was constructed in 2008 by Dr. Shekhar Annambhotla, MD (Ayu), presently settled in USA. In 2008 Dr. Jeffrey Meyers, MD from USA inaugurated the IIIM. Dr. Shekhar provides free medical services for poor in the Institute. In January 2010 Dr. Shekhar and team of doctors and students from USA and local medical doctors provided free medical camp and distribution of medicines provided to about 1500 patients.
References
- ↑ "List of Sub-Districts". Census of India. Retrieved 2007-04-27.