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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Kanigiri
| native_name =
| native_name_lang = Telugu
| other_name = Kanakapatnam Durgam
| nickname = Kanakagiri
| settlement_type = [[Town]]
| image_skyline =
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| pushpin_map = India Andhra Pradesh
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Andhra Pradesh, India
| coordinates = {{coord|15.4000|N|79.5167|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = [[India]]
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Andhra Pradesh]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Prakasam district|Prakasam]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[List of mandals of Andhra Pradesh|Mandal]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Kanigiri mandal]]
| established_title = 
| established_date =
| founder =
| named_for =
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| government_type = Municipality
| governing_body = [[Municipal Council]]
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes = <ref name=civicbody>{{cite web|title=Municipalities, Municipal Corporations & UDAs|url=http://dtcp.ap.gov.in:9090/webdtcp/Municipalities%20List-110.pdf|website=Directorate of Town and Country Planning|publisher=Government of Andhra Pradesh|access-date=29 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160128175528/http://dtcp.ap.gov.in:9090/webdtcp/Municipalities%20List-110.pdf|archive-date=28 January 2016|format=PDF}}</ref>
| area_rank = 6th in District
| area_total_km2 = 56.51
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 101
| population_total = 37420
| population_as_of = 2011
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| population_density_km2 = auto
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| population_footnotes = <ref name=population>{{cite web|title=Census 2011 |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=632072 |publisher=The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India |access-date=26 July 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924140643/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=632072 |archive-date=24 September 2015 }}</ref>
| demographics_type1 = [[Language]]
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| demographics1_info1 = [[Telugu language|Telugu]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 523230
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| area_code = +91–8402
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'''Kanigiri''' is a Town with a municipality in the [[Prakasam district]] of the [[India]]n state of [[Andhra Pradesh]]. It is the mandal headquarters of [[Kanigiri mandal]] in the [[Kanigiri revenue division]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Prakasam District Mandals |url=http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/maps/atlas/28part32.pdf|publisher=Census of India |access-date=19 June 2015|pages=154, 177|format=PDF}}</ref><ref name="census">{{cite web|title=District Census Handbook - Prakasam|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/2818_PART_B_DCHB_PRAKASAM.pdf |website=Census of India|access-date=18 January 2015|page=16,17,48|format=PDF}}</ref>

== Etymology ==
The name is a vernacular transformation of Kanakagiri (Kanaka = gold and Giri = Hill).<ref>{{Cite web|title = Tourism, ap tourism, kanigiri kota, durgam, krishnadevaraya, katamraju, cuddapah {{!}} వైభవం నశించిన విగతజీవి "కనిగిరి దుర్గం"|url = http://telugu.webdunia.com/article/ap-tourism/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B1%88%E0%B0%AD%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%82-%E0%B0%A8%E0%B0%B6%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%82%E0%B0%9A%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%A8-%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%97%E0%B0%A4%E0%B0%9C%E0%B1%80%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BF-%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%A8%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%97%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BF-%E0%B0%A6%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%97%E0%B0%82-109082600087_1.htm|access-date = 2015-04-29}}</ref> In olden times it was said that the town adjoining the hill was called Kanakapatnam.

==History==
[[File:Tanguturi Prakasam 1972 stamp of India.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Postage stamp honouring T.Prakasam]]
Ongole district was created in 1970 with three revenue divisions of Kurnool, Guntur and Nellore districts. In 1972, it was renamed Prakasam district in memory of [[Tanguturi Prakasam]], freedom fighter, chief Minister of undivided Madras state and the first chief minister of Andhra Pradesh. Presently (2023), it has 38 mandals in 3 revenue divisions.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131228161029/http://www.apind.gov.in/Library/District/prakasam.pdf |title = Industrial Profile of Prakasam district |work = District Info |publisher = Government of Andhra Pradesh |access-date = 2 November 2023 |archive-url = http://www.apind.gov.in/Library/District/prakasam.pdf |archive-date = 28 December 2013|url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = https://prakasam.ap.gov.in/history/ | title= Prakasam District| work= About District > History|publisher=Government of Andhra Pradesh | access-date = 2 November 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url =https://prakasam.ap.gov.in/tehsil/ | title= Prakasam district | work= About District > Administrative Setup > Divisionwise Mandal List |publisher= Government of Andhra Pradesh| access-date = 2 November 2023}}</ref>
[[File:Kanigiri Town view from Kanigiri Fort.jpg|alt=Kanigiri Fort|thumb|281x281px|Kanigiri town view from Kanigiri Fort]]
[[File:Kanigir hill view.jpg|alt=Kanigiri Fort|thumb|282x282px|Kanigiri Fort Hill view]]
== Geography and climate ==
Kanigiri has a tropical climate, specifically a tropical wet and dry climate (Aw) under the Köppen climate classification,
Kanigiri is located near the coast of the [[Bay of Bengal]]. The town is surrounded by the range of [[Eastern Ghats]]. It has an average elevation of 101 metres (334 feet), and enjoys a hot climate for most of the year.

== Demographics ==
{{As of|2011}} Census, the total population of the Kanigiri was {{formatnum:37420}}, of which male population constitutes {{formatnum:18886}} and female population of {{formatnum:18534}}. It has a literacy rate of 77.55 percent. The population under six years of age are {{formatnum:4065}}.

== Administration ==
Kanigiri is also declared as Municipality during 2013-2014 and also an electoral constituency.

== Civic services ==

''Drinking water''

Residents depended on monsoon rains for drinking water; currently, water from the reservoir [[Nagarjuna Sagar Dam]] via pumplines reaches the town through a plant near Doruvu.

The first cases of endemic [[skeletal fluorosis]] (and its neurological signs) in the world were recorded in the [[Podili]], [[Darsi]] and Kanigiri areas of Andhra Pradesh in 1937.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nataus.org/wp-content/themes/Avenue/image/Rotary-Fluorosis%201.pdf |title=While we were Eradicating Polio another deadly disease is Crippling Children |publisher=Nataus.org |access-date=2012-11-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131013224039/http://www.nataus.org/wp-content/themes/Avenue/image/Rotary-Fluorosis%201.pdf |archive-date=13 October 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== Politics ==
Burra Madhu Sudhan Yadav has won the [[2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2019 Andhra Pradesh Assembly elections]] from Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party(YSRCP).

2019 Burra Madhusudan Yadav won from YSRCP as MLA

== Transport ==
Kanigiri is connected by road to all other cities in Andhra Pradesh by [[Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation]]. [[National Highway 565 (India)|National Highway 565]] passes through Kanigiri, which connects [[Hyderabad]] and [[Yerpedu]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Kanigiri residents protest National Highway 565 project|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/kanigiri-residents-protest-national-highway-565-project/article7050769.ece|access-date=30 May 2016|work=The Hindu|date=31 March 2015|language=en-IN}}</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>

==See also==
* [[Takkellapadu, Guntur district|Takkallapadu]]
* [[Prakasam district#Administrative divisions|Revenue divisions and mandals in Prakasam district]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Prakasam district}}

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

Kanigiri - Revision history

Kamal Guha at 04:31, 2 November 2023