Puttur, Andhra Pradesh

Coordinates: 13°27′N 79°33′E / 13.45°N 79.55°E / 13.45; 79.55
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Puttur
Town
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Puttur
Location in Andhra Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 13°27′N 79°33′E / 13.45°N 79.55°E / 13.45; 79.55
CountryIndia
StateAndhra Pradesh
DistrictTirupati
MandalPuttur
Government
 • TypeMunicipality
 • BodyPuttur municipality
 • chairmanSri. A HARI (YSR Congress Party)
 • Municipality commissionerK. Venkatarami Reddy
Area
[1]
 • Total43.29 km2 (16.71 sq mi)
 • Rank2th
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total54,092
 • Density1,200/km2 (3,200/sq mi)
Languages
 • OfficialTelugu
 • RegionalEnglish
 • RegionalTamil
 • RegionalUrdu
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
517583
Telephone code+91–8577
Vehicle registrationAP-03

Puttur is a town in Tirupati district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is the mandal headquarters of Puttur mandal in Tirupati revenue division.[3][4] It is known for a traditional method of splinting/bandaging bone fractures.[5][6][7]

Geography[edit]

Puttur is located at 13°26′N 79°33′E / 13.43°N 79.55°E / 13.43; 79.55.[8] It has an average elevation of 144 metres (472 feet). It is located 100 km from Chennai and 40 km from Tirupati city. It falls on the Mumbai- Chennai railway route. As it is located at the Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu border, people speak Telugu and Tamil in this region.

Education[edit]

Puttur serves near by 6 major mandals. Puttur consists of 10 ZPHS government Schools, 12 MPPS schools, many private schools and many junior and degree colleges along with 3 major Engineering colleges under the School Education Department of the state.[9][10]

List of the Schools in Zpghs, Puttur, tirupati District[edit]

Sr. No. List of the Schools in Zpghs, Puttur Cluster, Puttur Block 1 Audisankara Techno High School, Puttur 2 Audisankara Techno Primaryschool 3 Banodaya Vidyanikethan 4 Bhanodaya High School 5 Gnanajyothi Emups 6 Himaja English Medium High School, Puttur 7 Himaja Jr.college , Puttur 8 Himaja Ps,k N.road 9 Jems (em), Kapu Street 10 Jnanajyothi Vidyamandir 11 Mother Theresa For Deaf. Ngo Colony 12 Mpps A.g. Colony 13 Mpps Cherlopalle 14 Mpps Chinnaraja Kuppam 15 Mpps Netham 16 Mpps Potti Sriramulu Nagar 17 Mpps R.k Of Cherlopalli 18 Mpps S.r. Cheruvu D.w. 19 Mpps Urdu Gate Puttur 20 Mpps Vinayaka Puram 21 Mpups Girls Kapu Street 22 Mpups Kalyana Puram 23 Mpups (main), Tpt, Road 24 Ravindra Bharathi Em High School 25 Ravindra Bharathi Em Primary 26 Shri Veda Junior College, Puttur 27 Sri Gayathri Globalschool 28 Swamy Vivekananda Em Up School, Kapu Street, Puttur 29 Veda Vyasa Vidya Niketan 30 Veda Vyasa Vidya Niketan 31 Zphs Puttur(girls)

List of the jr colleges in , Puttur, tirupati District[edit]

1 Sri Sai Jyothi jr college 2 government jr college 3 vedavesya jr college puttur 4 sesachala jr college

List of the engineering colleges in , Puttur, tirupati District[edit]

1 . SIDDHARTH INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY CHAIRMAN OF DR K ASHOK RAJU SIDDHARTH NAGAR

NARAYANAVANAM ROAD

PUTTUR - 517 583

CHITTOOR DIST.

2 . SRI VENKATESA PERUMAL COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY VICE CHAIRMAN RAVURI V BALAJI CHINNARAJA KUPPAM, KN ROAD, PUTTUR – 517 583, CHITTOOR (DT), A.P.


ANDHRA PRADESH== See also ==

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Municipalities, Municipal Corporations & UDAs" (PDF). Directorate of Town and Country Planning. Government of Andhra Pradesh. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 January 2016. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  2. ^ "Census of India Search details". censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  3. ^ "Tirupati District Mandals,it is situated between Tirupati and Chennai city" (PDF). Census of India. pp. 483, 515. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
  4. ^ "District Census Handbook -Tirupati" (PDF). Census of India. pp. 22–23. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  5. ^ Panda, AshokKumar; Rout, Suvendu (2011). "Puttur kattu (bandage) - A traditional bone setting practice in south India". Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine. 2 (4): 174–178. doi:10.4103/0975-9476.90766. ISSN 0975-9476. PMC 3255447. PMID 22253506.
  6. ^ Umashanker, K. (5 December 2018). "Despite advances in medicine, Puttur kattu has global takers". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
  7. ^ Manjunath, Amrutha (September 2017). "An Andhra Pradesh family's generations-old method of treating fractures". The Caravan. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
  8. ^ "Puttur Pin Code, Puttur , Chittoor Map , Latitude and Longitude , Andhra Pradesh". www.indiamapia.com. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
  9. ^ "School Education Department" (PDF). School Education Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 December 2015. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  10. ^ "The Department of School Education - Official AP State Government Portal | AP State Portal". www.ap.gov.in. Archived from the original on 7 November 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2016.

External links[edit]

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