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Atmakur, Nellore district

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Country
  
India

District
  
Nellore

Vehicle registration
  
AP26

Local time
  
Wednesday 5:59 AM

State
  
Andhra Pradesh

Time zone
  
IST (UTC+5:30)

Population
  
29,419 (2011)

Atmakur, Nellore district

Weather
  
21°C, Wind E at 0 km/h, 90% Humidity

Atmakur is a town in Nellore district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a municipality located in Atmakur mandal. The town is the headquarters of Atmakur mandal and Atmakur revenue division.

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Map of Atmakur, Andhra Pradesh 524322

Assembly constituency

Atmakur (Assembly constituency) is an assembly constituency of Andhra Pradesh. Present M.L.A. Mekapati gowtham Reddy from YSRCP.

Education

The primary and secondary school education is imparted by government, aided and private schools, under the School Education Department of the state. The medium of instruction followed by different schools are English, Telugu.

Prominent People

  • Sri Abhinava Ranganatha Parakala Swami (1884–1966), renowned philosopher of Vedanta and scholar of Sanskrit, head of the Mysore Parakala Matha for 41 years. He was known earlier as Atmakur Rangacharya.
  • Ganga China Kondaiah, freedom fighter and communist party leader, first MLA of Atmakur in Madras and Andhra joint state.
  • Motapothula Sankar Reddy, freedom fighter and communist party leader served as a President Atmakur Grama Panchayat for 22 years. He was the founder and president of Cooperative Marketing society, Coperative Urban bank and Cooperative house building society. He also established Land Mortagage Bank (LMB), Leather society, Fisherman society and Labor Contract society etc.
  • Atmakur Venkat Subbaiah Naidu served as a Head Village Administrative Officer for 25 years.
  • Induru Yanadi Reddy served as a President, Atmakur Grama Panchayathi for 15 Years.
  • Mrs. Allareddy Anasuyamma, 5 years served as president of Atmakur Panchayat.
  • Sri.A.N.SRINIVASAN, Inventor of modified cool Helmet and awarded PATENT for the product.
  • ' Anam Ramanarayana Reddy " Present atmakur Telugu Desam Party leader and incharge

    • References

    Atmakur, Nellore district Wikipedia
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