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{{Infobox settlement
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'''Gudur''' is a town in [[Tirupati district]] of the [[India]]n state of [[Andhra Pradesh]]. It is a municipality and the headquarters of [[Gudur mandal, Nellore district|Gudur mandal]] and [[Gudur revenue division]].<ref>{{cite web| url = https://tirupati.ap.gov.in/mandals/ | title= Tirupati district | work= About District > Administrative Setup > Mandals |publisher= Government of Andhra Pradesh| access-date = 8 October 2023}}</ref>

==History==
Tirupati district was formed on 4 April 2022 with parts of [[Chittoor district|Chittoor]] and [[Nellore district|Nellore]] districts.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://tirupati.ap.gov.in/history/ | title= Tirupati District | work= About District > History |publisher= Government of Andhra Pradesh| access-date = 9 October 2023}}</ref>

== Demographics ==
{{As of|2011}} [[census of India]], the town had a population of {{formatnum:73350}}. The total population constitute, {{formatnum:36078}} males, {{formatnum:37272}} females and {{formatnum:7095}} children, in the age group of 0–6 years. The average literacy rate stands at 71.07% with {{formatnum:52134}} literates.<ref>{{cite web|title=2011 Census of India| url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=671183}}</ref>

== Geography ==

'''Climate'''

The climate here is tropical. The summers here have a good deal of rainfall, while the winters have very little. This location is classified as Aw by Köppen and Geiger. In Gudur, the average annual temperature is 29.2 °C. About 1025 mm of precipitation falls annually.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://en.climate-data.org/location/54043/|title=Climate: Gudur – Temperature, Climate graph, Climate table – Climate-Data.org|website=en.climate-data.org|access-date=2016-11-10}}</ref>

== Governance ==

'''Civic administration'''

The municipality was established in the year 1954. Its jurisdictional area covers {{convert|9.14|km2|mi2|abbr=on}}.<ref name=municipality /> The urban agglomeration of the town consists of Gudur municipality and its [[Out Growth|out growths]]. The out growths include Guduru (east), Guduru (west), [[Chennur, Nellore district|Chennuru]]–II, [[Nellatur]], [[Chillakur]].<ref>{{cite web|title=List of Urban Agglomerations and their Constituent Units – 2011|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2-vol2/data_files/AP/Chapter_I.pdf|website=Census of India|access-date=14 August 2015|page=24}}</ref>

'''Politics'''

Gudur is a part of [[Gudur (SC) (Assembly constituency)]] for [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]. Present MLA name is Varaprasad Rao Velagapalli from YSRCP.

== Transport ==
[[File:Gudur Junction railway station.jpg|thumb|Gudur Junction railway station]]
[[National Highway 16]] passes through the town, which connects [[Kolkata]] and [[Chennai]]. The [[Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation]] operates bus services from Gudur bus station.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bus Stations in Districts |url=http://www.apsrtc.gov.in/Bus%20Stations.aspx |website=Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation |access-date=9 March 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160322233330/http://apsrtc.gov.in/Bus%20Stations.aspx |archive-date=22 March 2016 }}</ref> {{rws|Gudur Junction}} is a major railway junction, which connects [[Howrah-Chennai main line]] and Renigunta branch line. It is classified as an ''A–category'' station and recognised as an ''Adarsh station'' in the [[Vijayawada railway division]] of [[South Central Railway zone]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.scr.indianrailways.gov.in/cris//uploads/files/1327487244480-Division%20profile-new.pdf |title = Vijayawada Division – a profile| publisher= Indian Railways| access-date = 2013-02-13}}</ref>

== Education ==
The primary and secondary school education is imparted by government, aided and private schools, under the ''School Education Department'' of the state.<ref>{{cite web|title=School Education Department |url=http://rmsaap.nic.in/Notification_TSG_2015.pdf |publisher=School Education Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh |access-date=7 November 2016 |format=PDF |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151227185018/http://rmsaap.nic.in/Notification_TSG_2015.pdf |archive-date=27 December 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The Department of School Education – Official AP State Government Portal {{!}} AP State Portal |url=http://www.ap.gov.in/department/organizations/school-education/ |website=www.ap.gov.in |access-date=7 November 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161107155331/http://www.ap.gov.in/department/organizations/school-education/ |archive-date= 7 November 2016 }}</ref> The medium of instruction followed by different schools are Telugu,Urdu,Hindi and English.

== Business ==

===Gudur lemon business===
Lemon business is the most unbeaten business in Gudur. Gudur's lemon market is one of the big lemon markets in Andhra Pradesh. The lemon market is located at Gudur 2 town on the way of Chennur. Gudur and the surrounding villages' farmers mostly prefer to farm lemon trees. They export lemons around the country and also to other countries.
Usually lemon sales are in two ways in Gudur, i.e. Pieces and Bundles (contains more than 1000 lb).
And when we talk about price, it is totally based on the season and demand. It varies from day to day.

===Mica ===
Mica is the 2nd successful business in Gudur.

Mica Belts around Gudur considers as 2nd biggest in India. Mica belts covering nearly 1000sp. km around Gudur. The following are the types of Mica found in Gudur i.e. Quartz, Feldspar, Muscovite and Vermiculite.

One of the first firms to start mica trading at a large scale was Laxmi Mica Industries - Gudur under the leadership of Late Sri Lal Khatuwala (http://khatuwalagroup.com/). The largest deposit of Mica in India was at Koderma, Jharkhand. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kodarma) and second largest was at Gudur. At a time when there was 19 mica mines, Laxmi Mica Industries was having contract to outright purchase all the stocks from 18 mines. The two firms Birdhichand Bansidhar and Laxmi Mica Industries were the largest mica export companies of India.

Some of the other mica firms were:
Micamin Exports - Gudur
Premier Mica Company - Gudur
Microfine Mica Company - Gudur
Micafab - Gudur
Krishna Mica Company - Gudur
Yashoda Krishna Mica Mining Co. - Gudur
Venkatagiri Raja Mining Co. - Gudur
KHR Mica company - Gudur

===Aquaculture===
Aquaculture is also one of the successful business ventures in Gudur,
There are many Prawn Ponds are located around Gudur. Usually, two main types of prawn forms being done, those are Scampi and Tiger Prawns, water and weather in this area are suitable to mainly these two types.
Prawn exports around India and also some other countries from Gudur

==See also==
* [[Tirupati district#Administrative divisions|Revenue divisions and mandals in Tirupati district]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Andhra Pradesh}}
{{Municipalities of Andhra Pradesh}}
{{Tirupati district}}

[[Category:Cities and towns in Tirupati district]]
[[Category:Mandal headquarters in Tirupati district]]

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