Rayadurg


Rayadurga is a small city in Anantapur District in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is governed by a municipal council. Rayadurga is known for its production of Textile goods and textile manufacturing industry. Rayadurga is in Southern India about 451.6 kilometres from Hyderabad. Rayadurga is now slowly developing with proper transportation, modern amenities in the city. Rayadurga is well connected with other cities in Andhra Pradesh and India through well infrastructure and its connection to NH 544DD Highway. The nearest airport is Ballari Airport in Karnataka followed by Kurnool, Putaparthi and Bengaluru. Rayadurg also has a train station with major stations nearby such as Ballari, Guntakal, Gooty & Anantapur.

Demographics

, the town had a population of. The total
population constitute, males, females and
children, in the age group of 0–6 years. The average literacy rate stands at
69.60% with literates, significantly lower than the national average of
73.00%..Telugu is the official language. Kannada and Urdu are the other languages spoken here.

Governance

Civic administration

Rayadurg municipality is the civic body of the town. It was constituted on 1 October 1963. It is classified as a Second grade municipality and the jurisdiction of the civic body is spread over an area of with 31 election wards.

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.

Transport

falls under the jurisdiction of Hubli railway division of South Western Railway Zone.