Yemmiganur
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Yemmiganur or Emmiganur is a city, mandal headquarters and a municipality
in Kurnool district
in the India
n state
of Andhra Pradesh
.
, Yemmiganur had a population of 2,05,143. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Yemmiganur has an average literacy rate of 50%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 61%, and female literacy is 39%. In Yemmiganur, 14% of the population is under 6 years of age.
As of 2008,
one can find much development in Yemmiganur mainly in the fields of education and employment.the place having always Good drinking water at all the time given by the Gods gift and nice Energitec Honest people.
Yemmiganur is famous for its weavers. A residential colony is exclusively reserved for them. The land for the colony was arranged by Padmashri Machani Somappa. Neelakanteshwara Swamy Rathothsava is a big car festival of Yemmiganur which is celebrated in every January.
Sri.Chennakesava Reddy of Congress(I) Party is the current Member of Legislative Assembly from Yemmiganur constituency.
Now Yemmiganur is a well-developed town with an Engineering college SJCET (St John's College of Engineering and Technology)
There is also a Darga of the Famous Islamic Sufi Saint Khawaja Syed Shah Fareed Baba Suhrawardhi Kadha sallahu sirahul Aziz located at the outskirts of Yemmiganur 5 km away from the town towards Kurnool.He is from a great Sufi family of Baba Fakrudeen(RA) located in Penukonda, His Father Khawaja Sysed Shah Baba Abdal Suhrawardhi's Darga is located in Madanapalle. Fareed Baba Sahib greatly loved the poor people and people of all religion and creed. He foretold his departure from this world and He particularly want to stay in Yemminganur since he loved the people of this town very much.
The commercial holiday is on Saturday and the market will be held on Sunday this is called as "Santha". There are separate markets for sale of cattle, goats etc.
Yemmiganue is mother place of uggani bajji (A mouth watering recipe made of Puffed Rice). In this city famous vaggani centre is vaggani centre near park road.
from the fourteenth century to the sixteenth century. From 1953 to 1956 it was in Andhra state, now in Andhra Pradesh.In the year 1965 the Panchayat of Yemiganur is upgrade as Muniipality. Now it is a Grade -I Municipality. The town is well developed in the period of Municipal Chairperson of Machani Family
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
in Kurnool district
Kurnool district
Kurnool District is a district in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India, located in the west-central part of the state on the southern banks of the Tungabhadra and Handri rivers. The town of Kurnool is currently the headquarters of the district...
in the India
India
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n state
States and territories of India
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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...
.
Demographics
India censusCensus
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, Yemmiganur had a population of 2,05,143. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Yemmiganur has an average literacy rate of 50%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 61%, and female literacy is 39%. In Yemmiganur, 14% of the population is under 6 years of age.
As of 2008,
one can find much development in Yemmiganur mainly in the fields of education and employment.the place having always Good drinking water at all the time given by the Gods gift and nice Energitec Honest people.
Yemmiganur is famous for its weavers. A residential colony is exclusively reserved for them. The land for the colony was arranged by Padmashri Machani Somappa. Neelakanteshwara Swamy Rathothsava is a big car festival of Yemmiganur which is celebrated in every January.
Sri.Chennakesava Reddy of Congress(I) Party is the current Member of Legislative Assembly from Yemmiganur constituency.
Now Yemmiganur is a well-developed town with an Engineering college SJCET (St John's College of Engineering and Technology)
There is also a Darga of the Famous Islamic Sufi Saint Khawaja Syed Shah Fareed Baba Suhrawardhi Kadha sallahu sirahul Aziz located at the outskirts of Yemmiganur 5 km away from the town towards Kurnool.He is from a great Sufi family of Baba Fakrudeen(RA) located in Penukonda, His Father Khawaja Sysed Shah Baba Abdal Suhrawardhi's Darga is located in Madanapalle. Fareed Baba Sahib greatly loved the poor people and people of all religion and creed. He foretold his departure from this world and He particularly want to stay in Yemminganur since he loved the people of this town very much.
The commercial holiday is on Saturday and the market will be held on Sunday this is called as "Santha". There are separate markets for sale of cattle, goats etc.
Yemmiganue is mother place of uggani bajji (A mouth watering recipe made of Puffed Rice). In this city famous vaggani centre is vaggani centre near park road.
Schools
- Adarsha Vidyapeetam.
- Sree Raghavendra Vidyanikhetan,theru bazar
- Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Banavasi
- Government Boys High School,
- Sri Neelakanteswar unnatha patasala,
- Girls High School,
- Sri sarswathi vidyanikethan,
- Machani Somappa English Medium High School,
- Sharada Committee English Medium High School,
- Nalanda High School,
- Sri Venu Vidayalam,
- Vivekavardhini English & Telugu Medium School
- Kasturi Concept School
- Zilla Parishath(Boys) High School,Soganur Road.(In 2010 highest marks is 561marks D.satheesh kumar )
- St. Maris High School.
- Ravindra Bharathi school
- Narayana e-techno school
- WC ZP High School
Colleges
- Government Junior College near Somappa Circle,
- Sanjeevi Junior College in Hanumapuram,
- Vashnavi College in weavers colony
- Sri Maha Yogi Lakshmamma Degree college front off Hanumapuram.
- Vishnavi Degree college in weavers colony,
- St.Johns Engineering College of Technology near Yerrakota.
- Sai Venu Junior College in H.B.S. Colony
- Narayna Junior college, H.B.S.Colony
- Sri Thitupathamma Mahila Kalashala in Gandhi Nagar
- Government Degree College Near Hanumapuram
Spiritual Places
- Haq Fareed Ya Fareed !! Darga of Khawaja Syed Shah Sirajudin Hussaine Suhrawardhi Alias Baba Fareed Sahib
- Darga of "sri sri sadhguru Alli Peera Sahebu" swamulavaru in Gudikallu 2 km from Yemmiganur.
- Famous Sri Raghavendra swamy matt, Mantralayam is 20km from Yemmiganur.
Cinema Theaters
- Mini Sreenivasa A/C dts
- Sreenivasa
- Shiva
- Mini Shiva
- Shiva Priya A/C dts
- Raghavndra dts
History
Yemmiganur was part of VijayanagarVijayanagara Empire
The Vijayanagara Empire , referred as the Kingdom of Bisnaga by the Portuguese, was an empire based in South Indian in the Deccan Plateau region. It was established in 1336 by Harihara I and his brother Bukka Raya I of the Yadava lineage. The empire rose to prominence as a culmination of attempts...
from the fourteenth century to the sixteenth century. From 1953 to 1956 it was in Andhra state, now in Andhra Pradesh.In the year 1965 the Panchayat of Yemiganur is upgrade as Muniipality. Now it is a Grade -I Municipality. The town is well developed in the period of Municipal Chairperson of Machani Family
Important Festivals
- Car Festival (held Every year during the month of January at "Teru Bazzar" i.e. Car Street.
- Vinayaka Chavithi (on the third day Nimajjanam will be held where in the idols will be taken in procession and everybody dances with music etc and fire work is the major attraction)
- Peerla Pandaga
- Dashera