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Penukonda
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Penukonda also called Penugonda is a town in the Sri Sathya Sai district of Andhra Pradesh, India. It is 70 km away from Anantapur town.

Key facts

Settlement.name
Penukonda
Settlement.other_name
Penugonda
Settlement.image_caption
Top to bottom: Chilla Konda near Penukonda, Penukonda fort, Gagan Mahal
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India Andhra Pradesh
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right
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Location in Andhra Pradesh, India
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
State
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Andhra Pradesh
Settlement.subdivision_type2
District
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Sri Sathya Sai District
Settlement.government_type
Panchayati raj
Settlement.governing_body
Gram Panchayat
Settlement.unit_pref
Metric
Settlement.area_total_km2
6.5
Settlement.elevation_m
769
Settlement.population_total
27,382
Settlement.population_as_of
2011

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
village in India
Country
India
Population
27382
Area
6555
Elevation
769
Image
Description about the Penukonda Fort.jpg
Households
6752
Dialing code
85572
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postal code
515110
male population
13860
female population
13522
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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • Demography
  • History
  • Assembly constituency
  • References

Penukonda also called Penugonda is a town in the Sri Sathya Sai district of Andhra Pradesh, India. It is 70 km away from Anantapur town.

== Demography == According to The Imperial Gazetteer of India, Penukonda was a subdivision and taluk of Anantapur district in Madras province. It contains 96 villages covering an area of 677 square miles. The population in 1901 was 92,482 compared with 81,104 in 1891. Penukonda was the headquarters with a population of 6,806. The Penner River flows along its western and Chitravati river along its eastern boundary.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Penukonda” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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