Kadiri


Kadiri is a town in the Anantapur district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a municipality, mandal headquarters and also the revenue divisional headquarters Kadiri.

Etymology

The name Kadiri is an alternative name for the Sanskrit word, Khaadri, meaning canary wood or Indian mulberry. The town has derived its name from the famous legend of Sri Narasimha Swamy described below, where the Lord emerges from a Khadri tree to rescue his devotee Prahlada. Sri Krishna Devaraya made an effort in building temple for Lord Narasimha which is now being visited by people all over the country.

Geography

Kadiri is located at. It has an average elevation of 504 metres.

Demographics

As of 2001 India census, Kadiri is a Municipality city in district of Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh. The Kadiri Municipality has population of 89,429 of which 44,375 are males while 45,054 are females as per report released by Census India 2011.

Government and politics

Civic Administration

Kadiri Municipality is the urban local body of the town, which was constituted on 28 August 1964. It has a jurisdictional area of and is classified as a second grade municipality with 36 wards.

Economy

An industrial estate was established under APIIC in.

Transport

Kadiri railway station situated on Dharmavarm – Pakala Branch line and got into the mainline, after the 100 year age old MG line was converted into BG. It has many trains, including daily passenger trains running between Guntakal and Tirupati. A daily train runs through Kadiri connecting Hyderabad, the joint capital of Andhra Pradesh-Telangana and Tirupati. It also has a weekly train running between Hyderabad and Madurai, Tamil Nadu.
Kadiri is on the National Highway 205, the Anantapur – Chennai road and has scores of buses to Chennai, Bengaluru, Vijayawada and Hyderabad by RTC buses and private travel agencies.

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, Urdu. Government Urdu High School is there near Clock Tower which offers Urdu as medium of instructions in Secondary education.