Narasaraopet is a city in Guntur district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The town is a municipality and the mandal headquarters of Narasaraopet mandal in Narasaraopet revenue division.Narasaraopeta is the major commercial trading center after Tenali in Guntur district, also having lot of educational institutes. Narasaraopeta was built on flat land ringed by hills that are an extension of the Eastern Ghats. The summer months can get exceedingly hot while winters are mild. Rainfall is due to the monsoon and is concentrated in the months of July–September.
As of 2011 census, Narasaraopet had a population of 116,329 with 28,186 households. The total population constitute, 58,898 males and 57,431 females —a sex ratio of 975 females per 1000 males. 10,445 children are in the age group of 0–6 years, of which 5,390 are boys and 5,055 are girls —a ratio of 938 per 1000. The average literacy rate stands at 79.45% with 84,123 literates, significantly higher than the state average of 67.41%.
This region has been ruled by great dynasties such as Shatavahanas, Ikshavakus, Chalukyas, Chola, Kakatiyas, Reddies of Kondaveedu
.Narasaraopet is located on the Guntur – Vinukonda – Kurnool – Bellary Road and East side of Chennai – Hyderabad Highway. The municipal area of Narasaraopet town consists of wasted agricultural lands, all around te built up area. The Palnadu road from West, the Sattenapalli road from North, Chilakalutipet, Chirala road from East connect the town. The town is about 48 km from Guntur and 250 km from Hyderabad. Regular bus services run from here to both these towns apart from Srisailam and Kurnool and Vijayawada. It is a station on the Guntur-Guntakal line of South Central Railway and falls under the Guntur division. Train services connect it to Hubli, Secunderabad, Bangalore and among others. The nearest airport is around a 100 km away in Vijayawada.
Kotappakonda: The well divine place kotappakoda is situated 11 km from town, and became piligram’s place like Srisailam, Tirupathi. The Famous of temple in Narasa rao peta region.
Narasaraopet is also reputed for education in Guntur District. S.S.N College was famous in providing education to the surrounding areas of Palnadu, Telangana and Rayalaseema. The town is surrounded by many Engineering colleges. some of the famous include Narasaraopeta Engineering College, Eswar College of engineering (Kesanupalli), Narasaraopeta Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (NIPS), Tirumala Engineering College (Jonnalagadda), Amara Institute of Engineering and Technology (Satuluru) etc.
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