Kanigiri is a census town in Prakasam district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is the Mandal headquarters of kanigiri Mandal in Kandukur revenue division.
Etymology
The name is a vernacular transformation of Kanakagiri (Kanaka = gold and Giri = Hill). In olden times it was said that the town adjoining the hill was called Kanakapatnam.
Geography and climate
Kanigiri has a tropical climate, specifically a tropical wet and dry climate (Aw) under the Köppen climate classification, Kanigiri is located near the coast of the Bay of Bengal. The town is surrounded by the range of Eastern Ghats. It has an average elevation of 101 meters (334 feet), and enjoys a hot climate for most of the year.
Demographics
As of 2011 Census, the total population of the Kanigiri was 37,420, of which the male population constitutes 18,886 and the female population of 18,534. It has a literacy rate of 77.55 percent. The population under six years of age are 4,065.
Administration
Kanigiri is also declared as Municipality during 2013-2014 and also a constituency.
Civic services
Drinking water
Residents depended on monsoon rains for drinking water; currently, water from the reservoir Nagarjuna Sagar Dam via pump lines reaches the town through a plant near Doruvu.
The first cases of endemic skeletal fluorosis (and its neurological signs) in the world were recorded in the Podili, Darsi, and Kanigiri areas of Andhra Pradesh in 1937.
Politics
Kadiri Baburao has won the 2014 Andhra Pradesh Assembly elections from TDP. 2019 Burra Madhusudan Yadav won from ysrcp as MLA
Transport
Kanigiri is connected by road to all other cities in Andhra Pradesh by Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation. National Highway 565 passes through Kanigiri, which connects Hyderabad and Yerpedu.
Education
The primary and secondary school education is imparted by government, aided and private schools, under the School Education Department of the state.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanigiri
