Hindupur is a city in Anantapur district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located at the edge of the Andhra–Karnataka border and is the headquarters of Hindupur mandal in the Hindupur revenue division. It is located 100 km from Bangalore the capital of Karnataka, 464 km from the de jure capital of Andhra Pradesh and 98 km from Anantapur the district Headquarters. Hindupur Municipality has a population of 151,835. It is an important local pilgrimage center with a number of temples in and around the city, including Sri Peta Venkata Ramana Swamy Temple, Sree Vasavi Kanyaka Parameshwari Temple, Guddam Sri Ranganath Swamy Temple, Sugur Sri Anjaneya Swamy Temple, Jamia Masjid, Madina Masjid, and the historical Lepakshi Sri Veerabhadra Swamy temple. Hindupur is connected with the major cities in the region by road and by train. This includes National highway no.7, Bangalore Highway, Parigi Road, Lepakshi Road, Penukonda Road are a few to name. Hindupur railway station in the Bangalore - Dharmavaram Junction stretch of the railway zone – South Western Railway is one of the busiest in the route. The Penukonda - Hindupur stretch has a number of industries involved in manufacturing, pharmaceutical, automobile and IT.
Climate and rainfall
Even in summers, the city experiences lower temperatures compared to rest of the state due to its high elevation. Average annual rainfall is 551mm.
Geography
Hindupur is located at on the banks of completely dried Penna River. It has an average elevation of 2,037 feet.
Demographics
, the city had a population of 151,677. It had a growth of about 25 thousands compared to the last census in 2001, where it stands at 125,074. The present total population constitute, 76,625 males and 75,210 females — a sex ratio of 982 females per 1000 males, which is quite higher than the national average of 940 per 1000. 16,309 children are in the age group of 0–6 years, of which 8,263 are boys and 8,046 are girls. The average literacy rate stands at 76.40% with 103,538 literates, significantly higher than the state average of 67.41%. Telugu is the official and spoken language.
Economy
Clothes and Retail are the most happening businesses in here, along with food producers and wholesalers. Hindupur has three privately run spinning mills and a food manufacturer called Kirikera Food Products Ltd.
Government and politics
Hindupur municipality was formed in the year 1920. It has an extent of.
There are many government and privately administered schools across the city. The primary and secondary school education is imparted by government aided and private schools, under the School Education Department of the state. There are government aided institutions like Government Polytechnic Hindupur and other private and government degree colleges and only one private engineering college. The medium of instruction followed by different schools are English, Telugu, Kannada and Urdu
