Kovur
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Kovur is a census town
and Mandal
headquarters in Nellore district
in the India
n state
of Andhra Pradesh
.
, had a population of 8534. Males constitute 49% of the population and females 51%. Kovur has an average literacy rate of 76%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 82%, and female literacy is 70%. In Kovur, 9% of the population is under 6 years of age.
List of Elected Members:
Industries:
NTS:
Nellore Thermal Power station (Electricity Production plant) at Kovur, 5 km from Nellore has been closed for reasons of what he describes as `non-viability' and it was converted to AP TransCo.
Kovur Cooperative Sugar Factory:
The Factory was established in the year 1979 with a crushing capacity of 1250 TCD. Since the factory is working at more than its capacity utilization and adequate cane in available in the area, the factory is expanding its capacity to 2500 TCD at a total cost of about Rs. 14 crores which is being funded by National cooperative development corporation through State Government and Sugar Development fund. The expansion work is completed. With addition of new boilers and turbo alternator of high pressure, the existing unit can be utilized for individual cogeneration. The factory has planned for incidental cogeneration of 1.5 MW/hr which is under process.
And also having one new Granite production company.
TNC Govt. Boys HighSchool
Vijetha Public School
Sumedha Eng med High school
Vasista School
Govt Girls High school
NSR Jr. College
Srinivasa Degree College
Siva Sai Jr. College
Census town
In India, a census town is one which has:# A minimum population of 5,000# At least 75% of male working population engaged in non-agricultural pursuits# A density of population of at least 400 persons per km2.In Ireland, a census town is;...
and 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...
headquarters in Nellore district
Nellore district
Sri Amarajeevi Potti Sri Ramulu Nellore District is one of the 23 districts of Andhra Pradesh. Nellore is famous for high paddy field, and so it got its name from "Nelli". The population of the district was 2,966,082 of which 22.45% were urban as of 2011....
in the India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n state
States and territories of India
India is a federal union of states comprising twenty-eight states and seven union territories. The states and territories are further subdivided into districts and so on.-List of states and territories:...
of Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh , is one of the 28 states of India, situated on the southeastern coast of India. It is India's fourth largest state by area and fifth largest by population. Its capital and largest city by population is Hyderabad.The total GDP of Andhra Pradesh is $100 billion and is ranked third...
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Geography
Kovur is located at 14.4833°N 79.9833°E. It has an average elevation of 15 meters (52 feet).Demographics
India censusCensus
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
, had a population of 8534. Males constitute 49% of the population and females 51%. Kovur has an average literacy rate of 76%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 82%, and female literacy is 70%. In Kovur, 9% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Assembly constituency
Kovur is an assembly constituency in Andhra Pradesh. There are 1,44,157 registered voters in Kovur constituency in 1999 elections.List of Elected Members:
- 1978 - Pellakuru Ramachandra Reddy
- 1983, 1985 and 1989 - Nallapareddy Sreenivasulu Reddy
- 1994 , 1999 and 2009 - Nallapareddy Prasanna Kumar Reddy
- 2004 - polamreddy srenivasulu reddy
- 2009 - Nallapareddy Prasanna Kumar Reddy
Features
- Kovur is situated on the north side of city of NelloreNelloreNellore , is a city and headquarters of Potti Sri Ramulu Nellore District, formerly Nellore district.And in the state of Andhra Pradesh. Ancient name of Nellore was "Vikrama Simhapuri"....
, Andhra PradeshAndhra PradeshAndhra Pradesh , is one of the 28 states of India, situated on the southeastern coast of India. It is India's fourth largest state by area and fifth largest by population. Its capital and largest city by population is Hyderabad.The total GDP of Andhra Pradesh is $100 billion and is ranked third...
, IndiaIndiaIndia , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. It is very near to the city compared with many suburbs which comes into the Nellore city limits. - Kovur is agriculture based area. it is the major rice bowl of Nellore, which is famous for "Nellore Molagolukulu" a beautiful mild fragrance thin rice like jasmine flower. In olden days Jasmine flowers were exported to France via Madras for perfume making.
- The great translator of "MAHABHARATAM" to Telugu version "Mr. THIKKANA"is born in this place. He wrote Mahabharatam in Telugu by sitting on the banks of "Penna" river. the stone shelter is still remaining there in the telugu name "Thikkana Mahabharatam rachinchina mandiram" (rachinchina = written, Mandiram = House)in Telugu language.
Industries:
NTS:
Nellore Thermal Power station (Electricity Production plant) at Kovur, 5 km from Nellore has been closed for reasons of what he describes as `non-viability' and it was converted to AP TransCo.
Kovur Cooperative Sugar Factory:
The Factory was established in the year 1979 with a crushing capacity of 1250 TCD. Since the factory is working at more than its capacity utilization and adequate cane in available in the area, the factory is expanding its capacity to 2500 TCD at a total cost of about Rs. 14 crores which is being funded by National cooperative development corporation through State Government and Sugar Development fund. The expansion work is completed. With addition of new boilers and turbo alternator of high pressure, the existing unit can be utilized for individual cogeneration. The factory has planned for incidental cogeneration of 1.5 MW/hr which is under process.
And also having one new Granite production company.
Schools
St.Pauls Eng med High schoolTNC Govt. Boys HighSchool
Vijetha Public School
Sumedha Eng med High school
Vasista School
Govt Girls High school
Colleges
TNC Govt. Junior CollegeNSR Jr. College
Srinivasa Degree College
Siva Sai Jr. College