Piduguralla


Piduguralla is a town in Guntur district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is one of the 12 municipalities in the district. The town is the headquarters of Piduguralla mandal and administered under Gurazala revenue division. The town is also known as Lime City of India as there are abundant reserves of limestone.

Governance

Civic administration
The Piduguralla municipality was formed on 21 May 2005 and has an extent of.
Politics
Piduguralla is a part of Gurazala for Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly. KASU MAHESH REDDY is the present MLA of the constituency from YSR Congress Party. It is also a part of Narasaraopet which was won by LAVU SRI KRISHNA of YSR Congress Party.

Economy

The major agriculture produce includes, paddy, cotton, chillies etc. and hence, the town has many rice and cotton mills. There are many Limestone Kilns as well.
Piduguralla has companies like T&D Group Pvt Ltd under which it has T&D Minerals and T&D Future Kids

Transport

The railway station is situated on the Guntur-Nadikudi section. The rail is an electrified, single line and new railway track is in under-construction. State highway 2 passes through Piduguralla. It is connected the joint state capital Hyderabad from Guntur And ongole. it has good bus facility for Hyderabad, Guntur, Tenali, Narasaraopet, Macherla, Repalle, Sattenapalli and Ongole.

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.