Chilamkur
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Location

http://wikimapia.org/1669161/ChilamakurChilamkur is an industrial center located on one of the tributaries of the river Penna
Penna
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 in Yerraguntla
Yerraguntla
Yerraguntla or Erraguntla is a census taluk and mandal in Cuddapah district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.Yerraguntla is called a land of Cement Factories.The Factories like India Cements Limited , India Cements Limited , Zuari Cements and Bharathi Cements Corporation Ltd are famous for...

 mandal
Mandal
is a town and municipality in Vest-Agder county, Norway. The administrative center of the municipality is the town of Mandal.The town of Mandal was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838...

, Kadapa
Kadapa
Kadapa , formerly Cuddapah, is a city in the south-central part of Andhra Pradesh, India . The city's name originated from the Telugu word "Gadapa" meaning threshold or gate...

 District, Andhra Pradesh, India. Nearest station exists in the town of Yerraguntla which is about 9 km away. Rayalaseema Thermal Power Project (http://www.apgenco.gov.in/inner.asp?frm=contactus&sid=121&filename=Contents.xml&Tagname=ContactUs&subhname=ContactUsRTPP) is one of the major industries which is close to Chilamkur.

Chilamkur

Chilamkur has a Zilla Praja Parishad High School, a Government Hospital, a State Bank of India branch, a Syndicate Bank branch, a Post Office and a cinema theater. roadlu in telugu which translates into 'four roads'recently started 33/11kv sub station.

Temples:
There are several temples in Chilamkur, an Ancient Temple for Lord Shiva, which is recognized by Archeological Department, Lord Venkateshwara temple which is recently built, Hanuman Temple, Ram Mandir, Mosque and Church.

Hereditary Diseases:
There is also a Dangerous hereditary disease called "Hemophilia" affected for 20 families. If any person married any of these family members, the disease will spread for their Kids. You can contact hemophilia society Sr. Vice President Mr. CV Krishna Reddy or Vice President Mr. C Ramanjaneya Reddy or Asst Vice President Mr. Basam Nikhilesh Reddy. The Kadapa chapter of hemophila society has 92 members with Nikhilesh Reddy being the first candidate.

Cement Industry

Due to the abundance of limestone in the surrounding areas, Coromandel Fertilizers Pvt. Ltd setup a cement plant named Coromandel Cements Pvt. Ltd. near Chilamkur. It built a state of the art residential colony adjacent to the cement factory which was complete with a missionary school named St. Annes English Medium school, provisional stores, clubs, and a temple. The colony which primarily consisted of barren lands in the early 90s is now green with plenty of vegetation in it. The cement factory was later sold to India Cements Pvt. Ltd., which continues to sell cement under the brand Coromandel Cement. The tributary of penna
Penna
Penna can refer to:* Penner River, a river of southern India* Penna * Penna, an abbreviation for Pennsylvania* Pen...

near Chilamkur is popularly known in the local language as http://wikimapia.org/10817076/Vankavanka and is known to flood and overflow the small culvert that used to exist on it.
Chilamakur consists of Small Dargah (Mazar) of "Hazrat Sayyed Bahaddur Shah Vali" miracally developed in the forest adjacent to India Cement plant. People from neighboring villages visit this dargah every friday.

Dissatisfaction among locals

Although the cement factory is known to have generated significant amount of employment to local people, it is alleged that it has not contributed a part of its profits back towards the development of nearby villages. Also, other decisions like disallowing non-residents of the colony to study in its school has caused significant discontentment among local folks who were denied the right to education. Other activities like drawing water by sinking bore wells have allegedly caused a steep fall in groundwater table in the area.

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