About Punganur
Punganur is a Municipality City in Chittoor district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is the mandal headquarters of Punganur mandal in Madanapalle revenue division. The famous Kannada Poet PONNA (b.945 A.D) belonged to Punganuru. Another great Jain Philanthropist and Royal personage ATTIMABBE,(b.950 A.D) who was a contemporary of the above Poet PONNA also belonged to Punganur. Punganur is located at 13.3667°N 78.5833°E. It has an average elevation of 764 meters (2509 feet). As of the 2011 India census,[4] Punganur had a population of 54,746. Males constitute 49% of the population and females 51%. Punganur has an average literacy rate of 69%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 71%, and female literacy is 56%. In Punganur, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.
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