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    Proddatur is a municipality located on the banks of the Penna River in Andhra Pradesh, India. It is the second largest town in the former Kadapa District. Proddatur has a population of over 217,000 people and is one of the most densely populated municipalities in Andhra Pradesh. It has many schools, colleges, and hospitals including a 350 bed government hospital. Proddatur has a long history and is known for its gold businesses and grand Dussehra celebrations.

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    Proddatur is a municipality located on the banks of the Penna River in Andhra Pradesh, India. It is the second largest town in the former Kadapa District. Proddatur has a population of over 217,000 people and is one of the most densely populated municipalities in Andhra Pradesh. It has many schools, colleges, and hospitals including a 350 bed government hospital. Proddatur has a long history and is known for its gold businesses and grand Dussehra celebrations.

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    Proddatur is a municipality located on the banks of the Penna River in Andhra Pradesh, India. It is the second largest town in the former Kadapa District. Proddatur has a population of over 217,000 people and is one of the most densely populated municipalities in Andhra Pradesh. It has many schools, colleges, and hospitals including a 350 bed government hospital. Proddatur has a long history and is known for its gold businesses and grand Dussehra celebrations.

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    Proddatur (1915) is a city in the YSR Kadapa District of Andhra Pradesh, located on the

    banks of the Penna River. The city is a municipality, and also the mandal headquarters of
    Proddatur mandal. It is the second-largest town in former Kadapa District. It is the oldest
    municipality which formed before Independence.

    Proddatur got its name from the history of Ramayana, where Lord Ram resided.Many Good
    and old temples are located here. The temple where Lord Rama resided is located on the
    banks of Penna River, known as Rameshwaram. It is known as Second Bombay for Gold
    business.[7] Thousands of Gold and Clothes shops are located in Proddutur.It is also knows as
    Second Mysore for its grandeur in Dussehra celebrations. It is 13th largest urban
    agglomeration in Andhrapradesh.It became municipality in 1915 later it is upgraded from 3rd
    to 2nd,1st. In 1998, it became a Special Grade Municipality.Proddatur–to–Cumbum railway
    section was sanctioned in 2010 which plays as strategic importance for the town. National
    Highway 67 passes through this town. Multiple number of Schools,Collegs and Widerange of
    Good Hospitals are located here along with 350 bed Government Hospital.This town is centre
    for small towns like Jammalamadugu, Mydukur Chagalamarri, Yerraguntla and major center
    for Near by other small towns in kadapa district.Large number of people from these small
    towns commute to Proddatur for their livelihoods. A district government hospital (350 beds)
    is located in Proddatur.[8]

    It also has a forest division—Proddatur Forest Division. [9]

    Demographics
    As of the 2011 census, Proddatur urban agglomeration has population of 217,895.The city
    had a population of 162,816. Proddatur is one of the most densely populated municipalities in
    Andhra Pradesh. There are 81,368 males and 81,448 females in the total population; a sex
    ratio of 1001 females per 1000 males, higher than the national average of 940 per 1000.[4][10]
    15,516 children are in the age group of 0–6 years, of which 7,999 are boys and 7,517 are
    girls; a ratio of 940 per 1000. The average literacy rate stands at 78.08% (male 86.02%;
    female 70.20%) with 115,011 literates, significantly higher than the national average of
    73.00%.[4][11]

    Its urban agglomeration had a population of 217,895, of which males constitute 108,986,
    females represent 108,900; a sex ratio of 999 females per 1000 men; 21,616 are in the age
    group of 0–6 years. There are a total of 147,156 literates, with an average literacy rate of
    75.97%.[12]

    Kadapa and Proddatur are the only municipalities which were formed before independence in
    the district. Proddatur municipality was formed in 1915. It was upgraded as a Special Grade
    Municipality in 1998. The jurisdiction of the municipality is spread over an area of 21.06 km2
    (8.13 sq mi).[13]

    The city is one of the 31 cities in the state to be a part of water supply and sewerage services
    mission known as the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation, or AMRUT.
    [14]
    As per the National Urban Sanitation Policy, the city was ranked 327th in the country in
    2009–10, with a total of 27.450 points.[15]

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