Guntur is one of the premier districts of Andhra Pradesh covering an area of 11,391 Sq.Kms. Guntur region shares with the rest of Deccan, the honour of being the home of the first man in India. Paleolithic man roamed about the region as evidenced by the discovery of Paleolithic (old stone) implements. The Kingdom of Prati palaputra (5th century BC), identified with Bhattiprolu, appears to be the earliest known kingdom in Guntur District. We also have an inscriptional evidence to show that king Kubera was ruling over Bhattiprolu around 230 BC followed by Sala Kings. Guntur region was successively ruled over by famous dynasties like Satavahanas, Ikshavakus, Pallavas, Anandagothrins, Vishnu Kundins, Chalukyas, Cholas, Kakatiyas, Reddies, Vijayanagara and Kutub Shahis during ancient and medieval times. Later several subordinate kingdoms ruled the region. These subordinate dynasties also in indulged in mutual warfares one of which culminated into a famous battle of Palnadu which is enshrined in legend and literate as "Andhra Kurukshetra" in 1180 AD.

During the period of Nizam rule, French occupied Guntur in 1750. Guntur was brought under control of English East India Company by 1788 AD.

The Region played a very remarkable role in the freedom struggle and also in the formation of Andhra Pradesh.

There are several opinions rd to the meaning and origin of the word Guntur. The word Guntur owes it's origin to words like Gundu( a rock), Gunta (a pond) and Kunta (1/3 of an acre). We are well aware that in Sanskrit Guntur is being called as Garthapuri (Guntlapuri).

The earliest reference to Guntur, a variant of Guntur comes from the Idern plates of Ammaraja - I (922-929 AD), the Vengichalakyan King. Guntur also makes it's appearance in another two inscriptions dated 1147 AD and 1158 AD.

Since the beginning of Buddhist epoch, Guntur was standing foremost in matters of education. Buddhists established universities in ancient times at Dhanyakataka(Amaravathi) and Nagarjunakonda. At present with many educational institutions Guntur leads other Andhra Districts in matters of education.

Some places of historical importance in Guntur District are Amaravathi, Nagarjunakonda, Bhattiprolu, Undavalli caves and Archeological museum in Guntur.

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General Manager

District Industries Centre

Opp. Collectorate

Ph: 0863-2234864 / 2234931

Mobile: 9848778543

Email: gmdic_gnt@inds.ap.gov.in

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1. HISTORICAL BACK GROUND:

Guntur district was formed on the 1st October, 1904 with Head Quarters at

Guntur after bifurcating Krishna and Nellore districts. Prior to 1859 there was Guntur

District with Head Quarters at Guntur but with a different jurisdiction. In 1859,the

district was abolished and was divided up between Masulipatnam and Rajahmundry

Districts which were renamed as Krishna and Godavari.In 1904,Guntur district was

constituted into a separate independent district with the areas of the Taluka of Tenali,

Bapatla, Guntur,Sattenapalli, Narasaraopet , Vinukonda and Palnadu of old Krishna

district and Ongole taluk from Nellore district.

Tenali taluk was split on 1-7-1909 into two taluks namely Tenali and Repalle.

This district thus formed in 1904 was retained intact till February, 1970 .

In February 1970, while forming a new district with Ongole as its head quarters

parts of Bapatla and Narasaraopet taluks and the whole of Ongole taluk were taken to

Prakasam District leaving Guntur district with only eight taluks namely 1. Guntur 2.

Sattenapalli 3. Tenali 4.Repalle 5.Bapatla 6.Narasaraopet 7.Vinukonda and 8.Palnadu.

With effect from 1st November 1977 again , these eight taluks were

reorganised into eleven taluks by upgrading the sub-taluks of 1.Mangalagiri 2.Ponnuru

3.Macherla as taluks bifurcating the old taluks of Guntur, Bapatla and Palnadu

respectively.

Later, 1980 , Chilakaluripet taluk was formed as 12th taluk taking parts from

Narasaraopet and Guntur taluks.

During 1981-`82,Repalle taluk was sub divided into Pallapatla and Repalle,Tenali

into Tenali and Emani,Guntur taluk into Guntur and Prathipadu, Sattenapalli taluk into

Sattenapalli,Tyalluruand Rajupalem. Vinukonda Taluk into Vinukonda,Ipuruand

Gurazala into Gurazalaand Piduguralla thus bringing 19 taluks into existence by the end

of 1981-82.Though it was contemplated in 1981-82 to constitute Amrathaluru and

Tadikonda also as taluks to coincide with the 21 Panchayat Samith is yet they did

notcome into existence.

57 Mandals have come into existence with effect from 25-5-1985 in theplace of

erstwhile taluks and Firkhas. The main objective of the Government in keeping Mandals

is to take administration closer to the people and to create

more manageable unit of administration.

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2.BOUNDARIES:

The district is bounded on the North by Krishna and Nalgonda districts, on the

West by Prakasam and Mahaboobnagar districts,on the South by Prakasam district,on the

East by Krishna district and Bay of Bengal . It is situated between 15 - 18 and 16 - 50 of

the Northern Latitude and 70-10 and 80 - 55 of the Eastern Longitude.

3.DEMOGRAPHIC PARTICULARS:

The population of the district is 41,06,999 with a density of 361 per Sq.Km. The

percentage of literacy is 46.35 and the percentage of Urban population to total

population is 28.89 .

4.LAND UTILISATION:

The total geographical area of the district is 1132823 Hectares.During the year 1999-

2k the area covered by forest is 156151 hectares which forms to the total geographical

area. The net area sown is 636213 hectares forming to the total geographical area. The

total cropped area in the district is 866708 hectares.

5. MINERAL RESOURCES:

The district is rich in mineral resources. The principal minerals available are

limestone, lime kankar, Napa slabs ,Copper and Lead. Lime stone is being utilised by

the cement factories of Macherla and Tadepalli. There are copper mines at Agnigundala

of Ipur Mandal.

6.CILMATE:

The normal rainfall of the district is 889.1 M.M. The climate is generally

warm in Summer and the heat is very severe in Rentachintala, where the maximum

temparature in the State is recorded.

7. RIVERS:

The important Rivers and reverlets in the district are the Krishna, the Naguleru,the

Chandravanka and Gundlakamma. The river Krishna travels about 250 Kms, through the

district along the northern boundary of the

district.

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8. IRRIGATION:

The two Major irrigation projects in the district are 1) Old Krishna Ayacut, now

renamed as Prakasam Barrage with an ayacut of 202032 hectares and 2) Nagarjuna Sagar

Project with an ayacutt of 254583 hectares. Both the

projects are constructed on the river Krishna. A medium Irrigation channel by name

Guntur Branch Canal (GBC) having an ayacutt of 10823 hectares and the Minor

Irrigation sources like tanks , Bore Wells , tube wells etc., are providing irrigation.

9. SOILS:

The soils in general are very fertile and they are broadly classified as Black

cotton, Red loamy and sandy loamy. Black cotton area is in 70%, Red loamy in 24% and

sandy loamy in about 6% of the area in the district.

10. CROPS:

The predominant crops grown in the district are paddy, jowar and bajra among

cereals, blackgram , greengram and redgram among pulses, cotton, chillies, turmeric

and tobacco among non-food and commercial crops.

(11,32,823 Acres )

729 villages

57 Mandals

706 Inhabited

27 Un-inhabited

MALE : 22.20

FEMALE : 21.85

Total : 44.05

S.C. : 5.73

S.T. : 1.82

DENSITY : 361 Per Sq. Km

LITERATES : 16.20

WORKERS POPULATION : 19.65

AGRICULTURE LABOUR : 9.67

CULTIVATORS : 3.84

ARTISANS :

OTHERS : 18.79 Lakhs

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PRIMARY SCHOOLS : 2679

UPPER PRIMARY SCHOOLS : 270

HIGH SCHOOLS : 369

JUNIOR COLLEGES : 51

DEGREE COLLEGES : 39

I. T. Is : 32

POLYTECHNICS : 3

ENGINEERING COLLEGES : 9

National Highway : 72 Km

State Highway : 511 Km

Z.P. Roads : 2,147 Km

Other District Roads : 766 Km

Length of Railway line : 409 Km

Post Offices : 823

Industrial Estates : 10

Autonagar : 2

Industrial Development Area : 1

Commercial Bank Branches : 266

Coop. Central Bank Branches : 34

A.P. S.F.C. Branch Office : 1

Grameena Bank Branches (Chaitanya): 46

Large and Medium Industries : 50

Small scale Industries :(Registered) : 6314

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Sl. Name of the Industry Insta- Invest- Employ-

No. lled ment ment

capacity (Rs.in (No)

akhs)

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1 2 3 4 5

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1. Bharat General & 17500 79 125

Textiles Industries, (tonnes)

Dokiparru,Medikondur(M)

2. Bommidala Bros. Ltd 120 200 120

Nadimpalem,Prathipadu (M) (tonnes)

3. G.P.Industries Ltd, 13500 750 400

Thimmapauram, Edlapadu (M) (tonnes)

4. Andhra Sugars Ltd, 75000 600 275

Perecherla, Medikondur (M) (tonnes)

5. Bharath Genaral Textile 45000 313 284

Industry, Beside NH-5 (tonnes)

Bypass Road, Guntur.

6. Sri Dhanalakshmi Cotton & Rice 800000 470 400

Mills Ltd, Ganapavaram, (tonnes)

Nadendla (M)

7. Nannapaneni Venkatarao 12500 821 138

co-operative Sugars Ltd. (tonnes)

Jampani, Vemur (M)

8. Dhanalakshmi Cotton Mills, 27840 1423 400

Ganapavaram, Nadendla (M) (Spindles)

9. Kallam Spinning Mills Ltd., 12096 1255 200

NH-5,Chowdavaram,Guntur(M) (Spindles)

10. Sri Jayalakshmi Spinnig Mills 24960 2678 325

Ltd. Chebrole. (tonnes)

11. Omyal Agro Industries Ltd., 37500 136 70

Tadepalli. (tonnes)

12. Sri.Bhajarang Jute Mills 17000 2500 300

Ltd., Kankaragunta Gate, (tonnes)

Guntur.

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13. Green Leaf Tobacco Threshers 10000 300 150

Ltd., Tobacco colony. Guntur. (tonnes

14. Maddi Lakshmaiah Private Ltd., 39960 270 750

Ganapavaram, Edlapadu (M) (tonnes)

15. Standard Commercial Tobacco (P) Ltd 13000 675 100

Ltd., Kaja, Mangalagiri (M) (tonnes)

16. Sitharama Straw Boards, 4500 96 70

Sattenapalli. (tonnes)

17. Hemalatha Textiles, Pedakakani. 17992 50 450

(spindles

18. Krishna Ganga Spinning Mills Ltd., 11080 695 225

Thimmapuram, Edlapadu (M) (Spindles)

19. V.S.Engineering Pvt.,Ltd., 100000 195 58

Nallapadu, Guntur (M) (no)

20. Model Bottling Company Ltd., 1000000 120 70

Edulapalem, Prathipadu (M) (Grates)

21. Continental Coffee Ltd., 3000 3155 133

Duggirala. (tonnes)

22. Guntur Dist.,Milk Producers 75000000 1260 714

Co-operative Union Ltd., (Litres)

(Sangam Dairy), Vadlamudi

Chebrolu (M)

23. Jocil Ltd., Dokiparru 30000 1074 433

Medikondur (M) (tonnes)

24. Ducan Cements Ltd., 500000 8300 450

(Durga Cements Ltd.,) (tonnes)

Durgapuram, Dachepalli(M)

25. Sri.Chakra Cements Ltd., 66000 1300 219

Narasimhapuri, Karempudi(M) (tonnes)

26. K.C.P.Ltd.,(Rama Krishna 360000 5009 720

Cements) Macherla.

27. L.C.K.Cements Ltd., Sagar 3600 253 32

Road, Macherla. (tonnes)

28. Hindusthan Zink Ltd., 72000 1000 466

(Agnigundala Lead Project) (tonnes)

Bandlamotu, Bollapalli(M)

29. Bharat coco cola Bottling - 4000 225

South East (P) Ltd

Atmakuru (v) Mangalagiri (M)

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30. Bommidala Filaments Ltd - 2488 81

Edulapalem (V) Prathipadu (M)

31. Nagarjuna Coop.,Sugars Ltd - 907 595

Gurazala , Guntur Dt.

32. Kallam Agro Products & Oil Ltd - 738 121

Dokiparru (V) Medikonduru (M)

33. Krishns Cements, Tadepalli - 258 118

34. P.W.D. Work Shop, Seethananagaram - - 649

Tadepalli (M)

35. Peael Beverages Ltd, - 1060 192

Thummalapalem (V), Prathipadu (M)

36. Primer Tobacco Packers (P) - 500 150

Ltd, Pothuru (V) Guntur (M)

37. Ravileela Dairy Ltd, - 801 25

Kotanemalapuri (V) Rajupalem (M)

38. Rayalaseema Power Project Ltd., - 1521 15

Muppalla

40. Salute Beverages (P) Ltd, - 1000 120

Edulapalem (V) Prathipadu (M)

41. Sasisri Extractions Ltd., - 540 218

Atmakuru (V) Mangalagiri (M)

42. Sathavahana Cotton Growwers - 540 750

Co-operarive Spinning mills,

Sattenapalli

43. The Chilakaluripet Cotton - 2080 502

Growers Co-operative

Spinning mills, Edlapadu

44. Trans Continental Tobacco - 2210 300

India Private Ltd, Potturu (V)

Guntur (M)

45. Ushodaya Publications (p) Ltd - 326 75

Potturu (V) Guntur (M)

46 Virat Crane Industries - 685 530

Ankireddypalem(V) Guntur(M)

47. Kumars Cotex Ltd, - 2244 346

Dokiparru (v) Medikonduru (M)

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48. Salute Water House (p) Ltd, - 124 100

Edulapalem (v) Prathipadu (M)

49. Sri Veera Hanuman Jute Mills, - 1567 60

Ankireddypalem (v) Guntur (M)

50. Deccan Tobacco Enterprises (P) - 150 100

Ltd, Pedakakani

1. Guarat Ambuja Cements Ltd, 62000 404

Nadikudi(v) Dachepalli (M)

(under implementation)

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Sl. Category No.of Units Investment Employment

No. (Rs.in lakhs)

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1. Food Products 1468 14224.00 20552

2. Beverages & Tobacco 81 789.26 1140

3. Textiles Based Industries 468 4539.75 6559

4. Wood Products 238 2306.59 3333

5. Paper Products & Printing 415 4025.82 5816

6. Leather & Leather products 120 1162.47 1680

7. Rubber,Plastic, Petrolium products 270 2618.32 3783

8. Chemial allied industries 316 3059.13 4420

9. Non metalic Mineral Based product 880 8522.74 12314

10. Basic Metal Industries 45 440.52 636

11. Metal Products 430 4166.54 6020

12. Machinery & Equipment 357 3462.94 5003

13. Electrical & Electronics 67 648.54 937

14. Transport Equipment & Parts 182 1768.18 2555

15. Miscellaneous 107 1033.99 1494

16. Repairing 547 5304.54 7664

17. Others (Non include above) 323 3145.62 6500

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TOTAL 6314 61218.95 90406

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Some of the notable Tiny and SSI units are as follows:

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Sl. Category No. Investment Employment

No. Rs.in lakhs

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1) RICE MILLS 1890 7200.00 11340

2) OIL MILLS 315 945.00 2205

3) TURMERIC & CHILLIES 40 18.00 120

4) COTTON GINNING 170 2380.00 6800

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5) TYRE RETREADING 50 150.00 350

6) COLD STORAGE 63 330752.00 809

7) READYMADE GARMENTS 30 327.00 300

Some of the notable Tiny and SSI units are as follows:

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Sl. Category No. Investment Employment

No. Rs.in lakhs

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8) MINERAL WATER 18 63.00 271

9) TOBACCO REDRYEING 30 981.00 600

10) BRICKS MFG.,UNITS 150 37.00 1800

11) LIME KILNS 250 500.00 3750

12) STONE CRUSHERS 75 375.00 1500

13) PULVERISING UNITS 40 400.00 600

14) WAX CANDLES 80 12.00 320

15) DAIRY PRODUCTS 25 1000.00 361

16) CARD BOARD INDS., 17 170.00 136

17) PAPER BAGS & EGG 20 160.00 140

TRAYS

18 ) G.E.WORKS 120 60.00 480

i) Electrical Motor rewinding units

ii) Auto repairing

iii) Welding and General Engineering works

iv) TV, Tape recorder servicing repairing centres

v) Refrigeration and Air coolers units

vi) Pumpsets Repairing/ Servicing

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vii) Reparing and Servicing of two wheelers

viii) Computer servicing centres at Urban/ Semi urban areas

ix) Water Service Stations

Agriculture is the backbone of the district’s economy and about 35% of the

working population depend on Agriculture. The major crops grown are Paddy, Tobacco,

Chillies, Turmeric, Cotton, Groundnut, Pulses etc.

The land utilisation, land holding and cropping pattern are as under :

(Area in 000’s Hectares)

LAND UTILISATION CROPPING PATTERN

1. Geographical area 1132 1. Paddy 785

2. Forest Area 156 2. Jowar 3

3. Gross cropped area 867 3. Maize 19

4. Net Cropped area 636 4. Chillies 146

5. Gross Irrigated area 324 5. Sugarcane 9

6. Net irrigated area 304 6. Pulses