Tiruvuru

Tiruvuru తిరువూరు
Town
Tiruvuru Location in Andhra Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 17°06′N 80°36′E / 17.100°N 80.600°E / 17.100; 80.600Coordinates: 17°06′N 80°36′E / 17.100°N 80.600°E / 17.100; 80.600
Country	India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Krishna
Mandal	Tiruvuru
Government
• Type	Nagar Panchayat
• Chairman	M.Krishna Kumari (Telugu Desam Party)
Area
• Total	27.67 km2 (10.68 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	67,521
• Density	2,400/km2 (6,300/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Telugu
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	521235
Telephone code	+91–8673
Vehicle registration	AP–16
Sex ratio	male:female=1000:978 ♂/♀
Literacy	79.99%%
Lok Sabha constituency	Vijayawada
Assembly constituency	Tiruvuru (SC)

Tiruvuru is a town in Krishna district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a nagar panchayat in Tiruvuru mandal of Nuzvid revenue division.

Tiruvuru has a special place in history. Sri Krishna Deva Raya has visited this place during his Jaitra yatra (Victory Voyage) of Kondapalli in 1540. 20,000 Tamil Jains were murdered by Veerasaivas in olden days.

Tiruvuru Nagar Panchayat is the civic administrative body of the town. It was constituted in the year 2011 and covers an area of 27.67 km² (10.68 sq mi). The Nagar panchayat has a total of 20 wards, with seventeen wards reserved and three unreserved. The reserved wards include general and women reservations in SC, ST and BC. The municipal chairman is M.Krishna Kumari and vice chairman is S.Venkata Narasimha Rao.

Tiruvuru falls under the administration of Tiruvuru mandal and is represented by the Tiruvuru (SC) Assembly constituency, which in turn represents Andhra Pradesh's Vijayawada Lok Sabha constituency. As of 2014^[update] the MLA representing Tiruvuru constituency is Kokkiligadda Rakshana Nidhi of the YSR Congress Party.

Agriculture is the main occupation. The Mango orchards are in abundant with Banginapalli, Totapuri varieties. These are exported to cities namely Dubai, Hongkong, London and Singapore.

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