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	~~[[File:Kanigiri Town view from Kanigiri Fort.jpg\|alt=Kanigiri Fort\|thumb\|281x281px\|Kanigiri town view from Kanigiri Fort]]~~
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	'''Kanigiri''' is a Town with a municipality in the [[Prakasam district]] of the [[India]]n state of [[Andhra Pradesh]]. It is the mandal headquarters of [[Kanigiri mandal]] in the [[Kanigiri revenue division]].<ref>{{cite web\|title=Prakasam District Mandals \|url=http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/maps/atlas/28part32.pdf\|publisher=Census of India \|access-date=19 June 2015\|pages=154, 177\|format=PDF}}</ref><ref name="census">{{cite web\|title=District Census Handbook - Prakasam\|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/2818_PART_B_DCHB_PRAKASAM.pdf \|website=Census of India\|access-date=18 January 2015\|page=16,17,48\|format=PDF}}</ref>		'''Kanigiri''' is a Town with a municipality in the [[Prakasam district]] of the [[India]]n state of [[Andhra Pradesh]]. It is the mandal headquarters of [[Kanigiri mandal]] in the [[Kanigiri revenue division]].<ref>{{cite web\|title=Prakasam District Mandals \|url=http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/maps/atlas/28part32.pdf\|publisher=Census of India \|access-date=19 June 2015\|pages=154, 177\|format=PDF}}</ref><ref name="census">{{cite web\|title=District Census Handbook - Prakasam\|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/2818_PART_B_DCHB_PRAKASAM.pdf \|website=Census of India\|access-date=18 January 2015\|page=16,17,48\|format=PDF}}</ref>
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	==History==		==History==
	~~As per Gazettee No~~. ~~939~~, ~~dated the 26 January 2022~~, ~~the old Guntur~~ district~~, formed~~ in ~~1904, was split into~~ [[~~Guntur district~~]], ~~[[Palnadu district]]~~ and ~~[[Bapatla district]]~~. 12 mandals ~~from [[Tenali~~ revenue ~~division]] and 13 mandals from [[~~Prakasam district~~]] was merged into the newly formed Bapatla district~~.<ref>{{cite web\| url = https://~~bapatla~~.ap.gov.in/history/ \| title= ~~Bapatla~~ District \| work= About District > History \|publisher= Government of Andhra Pradesh\| access-date = ~~6 September~~ 2023}}</ref>		[[File:Tanguturi Prakasam 1972 stamp of India.jpg\|thumb\|left\|150px\|Postage stamp honouring T.Prakasam]]
			Ongole district was created in 1970 with three revenue divisions of Kurnool, Guntur and Nellore districts. In 1972, it was renamed Prakasam district in memory of [[Tanguturi Prakasam]], freedom fighter, chief Minister of undivided Madras state and the first chief minister of Andhra Pradesh. Presently (2023), it has 38 mandals in 3 revenue divisions.<ref>{{cite web \|url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131228161029/http://www.apind.gov.in/Library/District/prakasam.pdf \|title = Industrial Profile of Prakasam district \|work = District Info \|publisher = Government of Andhra Pradesh \|access-date = 2 November 2023 \|archive-url = http://www.apind.gov.in/Library/District/prakasam.pdf \|archive-date = 28 December 2013\|url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web\| url = https://prakasam.ap.gov.in/history/ \| title= Prakasam District\| work= About District > History\|publisher=Government of Andhra Pradesh \| access-date = 2 November 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\| url =https://prakasam.ap.gov.in/tehsil/ \| title= Prakasam district \| work= About District > Administrative Setup > Divisionwise Mandal List \|publisher= Government of Andhra Pradesh\| access-date = 2 November 2023}}</ref>
			[[File:Kanigiri Town view from Kanigiri Fort.jpg\|alt=Kanigiri Fort\|thumb\|281x281px\|Kanigiri town view from Kanigiri Fort]]
			[[File:Kanigir hill view.jpg\|alt=Kanigiri Fort\|thumb\|282x282px\|Kanigiri Fort Hill view]]
	== Geography and climate ==		== Geography and climate ==
	Kanigiri has a tropical climate, specifically a tropical wet and dry climate (Aw) under the Köppen climate classification,		Kanigiri has a tropical climate, specifically a tropical wet and dry climate (Aw) under the Köppen climate classification,
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	==See also==		==See also==
	*[[Takkellapadu, Guntur district\|Takkallapadu]]		* [[Takkellapadu, Guntur district\|Takkallapadu]]
			* [[Prakasam district#Administrative divisions\|Revenue divisions and mandals in Prakasam district]]

	== References ==		== References ==
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	[[Category:Cities and towns in Prakasam district]]		[[Category:Cities and towns in Prakasam district]]
			[[Category:Mandal headquarters in Prakasam district]]

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	\| subdivision_name2 = [[Prakasam district\|Prakasam]]		\| subdivision_name2 = [[Prakasam district\|Prakasam]]
	\| subdivision_type3 = [[Mandal]]		\| subdivision_type3 = [[List of mandals of Andhra Pradesh\|Mandal]]
	\| subdivision_name3 = Kanigiri		\| subdivision_name3 = [[Kanigiri mandal]]
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	'''Kanigiri''' is a Town with a municipality in the [[Prakasam district]] of the [[India]]n state of [[Andhra Pradesh]]. It is the mandal headquarters of Kanigiri mandal in the [[Kanigiri revenue division]].<ref>{{cite web\|title=Prakasam District Mandals \|url=http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/maps/atlas/28part32.pdf\|publisher=Census of India \|access-date=19 June 2015\|pages=154, 177\|format=PDF}}</ref><ref name="census">{{cite web\|title=District Census Handbook - Prakasam\|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/2818_PART_B_DCHB_PRAKASAM.pdf \|website=Census of India\|access-date=18 January 2015\|page=16,17,48\|format=PDF}}</ref>		'''Kanigiri''' is a Town with a municipality in the [[Prakasam district]] of the [[India]]n state of [[Andhra Pradesh]]. It is the mandal headquarters of [[Kanigiri mandal]] in the [[Kanigiri revenue division]].<ref>{{cite web\|title=Prakasam District Mandals \|url=http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/maps/atlas/28part32.pdf\|publisher=Census of India \|access-date=19 June 2015\|pages=154, 177\|format=PDF}}</ref><ref name="census">{{cite web\|title=District Census Handbook - Prakasam\|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/2818_PART_B_DCHB_PRAKASAM.pdf \|website=Census of India\|access-date=18 January 2015\|page=16,17,48\|format=PDF}}</ref>

	== Etymology ==		== Etymology ==

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	==History==		==History==
	As per Gazettee No. 939, dated the 26 January 2022, the old Guntur district, formed in 1904, was split into [[Guntur district]], [[Palnadu district]] and [[Bapatla district]]. 12 mandals from [[Tenali revenue division]] and 13 mandals from [[Prakasam district]] was merged into the newly formed Bapatla district. <ref>{{cite web\| url = https://bapatla.ap.gov.in/history/ \| title= Bapatla District \| work= About District > History \|publisher= Government of Andhra Pradesh\| access-date = 6 September 2023}}</ref>		As per Gazettee No. 939, dated the 26 January 2022, the old Guntur district, formed in 1904, was split into [[Guntur district]], [[Palnadu district]] and [[Bapatla district]]. 12 mandals from [[Tenali revenue division]] and 13 mandals from [[Prakasam district]] was merged into the newly formed Bapatla district.<ref>{{cite web\| url = https://bapatla.ap.gov.in/history/ \| title= Bapatla District \| work= About District > History \|publisher= Government of Andhra Pradesh\| access-date = 6 September 2023}}</ref>

	== Geography and climate ==		== Geography and climate ==

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	\| native_name_lang = Telugu		\| native_name_lang = Telugu
	\| other_name = Kanakapatnam ~~<br/>~~ Durgam		\| other_name = Kanakapatnam Durgam
	\| nickname = Kanakagiri		\| nickname = Kanakagiri
	\| settlement_type = [[Town]]		\| settlement_type = [[Town]]
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	\| subdivision_name2 = [[Prakasam district\|Prakasam]]		\| subdivision_name2 = [[Prakasam district\|Prakasam]]
	\| subdivision_type3 = [[~~List of mandals in Andhra Pradesh\|~~Mandal]]		\| subdivision_type3 = [[Mandal]]
	\| subdivision_name3 = Kanigiri		\| subdivision_name3 = Kanigiri
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	\| population_footnotes = <ref name=population>{{cite web\|title=Census 2011 \|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=632072 \|publisher=The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India \|access-date=26 July 2014 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924140643/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=632072 \|archive-date=24 September 2015 }}</ref>		\| population_footnotes = <ref name=population>{{cite web\|title=Census 2011 \|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=632072 \|publisher=The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India \|access-date=26 July 2014 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924140643/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=632072 \|archive-date=24 September 2015 }}</ref>
	\| demographics_type1 = ~~Languages~~		\| demographics_type1 = [[Language]]
	\| demographics1_title1 = Official		\| demographics1_title1 = Official
	\| demographics1_info1 = [[Telugu language\|Telugu]]		\| demographics1_info1 = [[Telugu language\|Telugu]]
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	'''Kanigiri''' is a Town ~~[[Municipality]]~~ in [[Prakasam district]] of the [[India]]n state of [[Andhra Pradesh]]. It is the mandal headquarters of Kanigiri mandal in [[Kanigiri revenue division]].<ref>{{cite web\|title=Prakasam District Mandals \|url=http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/maps/atlas/28part32.pdf\|publisher=Census of India \|access-date=19 June 2015\|pages=154, 177\|format=PDF}}</ref><ref name="census">{{cite web\|title=District Census Handbook - Prakasam\|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/2818_PART_B_DCHB_PRAKASAM.pdf \|website=Census of India\|access-date=18 January 2015\|page=16,17,48\|format=PDF}}</ref>		'''Kanigiri''' is a Town with a municipality in the [[Prakasam district]] of the [[India]]n state of [[Andhra Pradesh]]. It is the mandal headquarters of Kanigiri mandal in the [[Kanigiri revenue division]].<ref>{{cite web\|title=Prakasam District Mandals \|url=http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/maps/atlas/28part32.pdf\|publisher=Census of India \|access-date=19 June 2015\|pages=154, 177\|format=PDF}}</ref><ref name="census">{{cite web\|title=District Census Handbook - Prakasam\|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/2818_PART_B_DCHB_PRAKASAM.pdf \|website=Census of India\|access-date=18 January 2015\|page=16,17,48\|format=PDF}}</ref>

	== Etymology ==		== Etymology ==
	The name is a vernacular transformation of Kanakagiri (Kanaka = gold and Giri = Hill).<ref>{{Cite web\|title = Tourism, ap tourism, kanigiri kota, durgam, krishnadevaraya, katamraju, cuddapah {{!}} వైభవం నశించిన విగతజీవి "కనిగిరి దుర్గం"\|url = http://telugu.webdunia.com/article/ap-tourism/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B1%88%E0%B0%AD%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%82-%E0%B0%A8%E0%B0%B6%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%82%E0%B0%9A%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%A8-%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%97%E0%B0%A4%E0%B0%9C%E0%B1%80%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BF-%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%A8%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%97%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BF-%E0%B0%A6%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%97%E0%B0%82-109082600087_1.htm\|access-date = 2015-04-29}}</ref> In olden times it was said that the town adjoining the hill was called Kanakapatnam.		The name is a vernacular transformation of Kanakagiri (Kanaka = gold and Giri = Hill).<ref>{{Cite web\|title = Tourism, ap tourism, kanigiri kota, durgam, krishnadevaraya, katamraju, cuddapah {{!}} వైభవం నశించిన విగతజీవి "కనిగిరి దుర్గం"\|url = http://telugu.webdunia.com/article/ap-tourism/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B1%88%E0%B0%AD%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%82-%E0%B0%A8%E0%B0%B6%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%82%E0%B0%9A%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%A8-%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%97%E0%B0%A4%E0%B0%9C%E0%B1%80%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BF-%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%A8%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%97%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BF-%E0%B0%A6%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%97%E0%B0%82-109082600087_1.htm\|access-date = 2015-04-29}}</ref> In olden times it was said that the town adjoining the hill was called Kanakapatnam.

			==History==
			As per Gazettee No. 939, dated the 26 January 2022, the old Guntur district, formed in 1904, was split into [[Guntur district]], [[Palnadu district]] and [[Bapatla district]]. 12 mandals from [[Tenali revenue division]] and 13 mandals from [[Prakasam district]] was merged into the newly formed Bapatla district. <ref>{{cite web\| url = https://bapatla.ap.gov.in/history/ \| title= Bapatla District \| work= About District > History \|publisher= Government of Andhra Pradesh\| access-date = 6 September 2023}}</ref>

	== Geography and climate ==		== Geography and climate ==
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	== Administration ==		== Administration ==
	Kanigiri is also declared as Municipality during 2013-2014 and also ~~a [[~~constituency]].		Kanigiri is also declared as Municipality during 2013-2014 and also an electoral constituency.

	== Civic services ==		== Civic services ==
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	== Politics ==		== Politics ==
	[[Burra Madhu Sudhan Yadav]] has won the [[2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election\|2019 Andhra Pradesh Assembly elections]] from [[Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party\|YSRCP]].		Burra Madhu Sudhan Yadav has won the [[2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election\|2019 Andhra Pradesh Assembly elections]] from Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party(YSRCP).
	2019 Burra Madhusudan Yadav won from ~~ysrcp~~ as MLA
			2019 Burra Madhusudan Yadav won from YSRCP as MLA

	== Transport ==		== Transport ==
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	[[Category:~~Towns~~ in Prakasam district]]		[[Category:Cities and towns in Prakasam district]]

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	'''Kanigiri''' is a Town [[Municipality]] in [[Prakasam district]] of the [[~~Indian state~~]] of [[Andhra Pradesh]]. It is the mandal headquarters of ~~kanigiri~~ mandal in [[~~Kandukur~~ revenue division]].<ref>{{cite web\|title=Prakasam District Mandals \|url=http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/maps/atlas/28part32.pdf\|publisher=Census of India \|access-date=19 June 2015\|pages=154, 177\|format=PDF}}</ref><ref name="census">{{cite web\|title=District Census Handbook - Prakasam\|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/2818_PART_B_DCHB_PRAKASAM.pdf \|website=Census of India\|access-date=18 January 2015\|page=16,17,48\|format=PDF}}</ref>		'''Kanigiri''' is a Town [[Municipality]] in [[Prakasam district]] of the [[India]]n state of [[Andhra Pradesh]]. It is the mandal headquarters of Kanigiri mandal in [[Kanigiri revenue division]].<ref>{{cite web\|title=Prakasam District Mandals \|url=http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/maps/atlas/28part32.pdf\|publisher=Census of India \|access-date=19 June 2015\|pages=154, 177\|format=PDF}}</ref><ref name="census">{{cite web\|title=District Census Handbook - Prakasam\|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/2818_PART_B_DCHB_PRAKASAM.pdf \|website=Census of India\|access-date=18 January 2015\|page=16,17,48\|format=PDF}}</ref>

	== Etymology ==		== Etymology ==

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[[File:Kanigiri Town view from Kanigiri Fort.jpg|alt=Kanigiri Fort|thumb|281x281px|Kanigiri town view from Kanigiri Fort]]
[[File:Kanigir hill view.jpg|alt=Kanigiri Fort|thumb|282x282px|Kanigiri Fort Hill view]]

'''Kanigiri''' is a Town [[Municipality]] in [[Prakasam district]] of the [[Indian state]] of [[Andhra Pradesh]]. It is the mandal headquarters of kanigiri mandal in [[Kandukur revenue division]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Prakasam District Mandals |url=http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/maps/atlas/28part32.pdf|publisher=Census of India |access-date=19 June 2015|pages=154, 177|format=PDF}}</ref><ref name="census">{{cite web|title=District Census Handbook - Prakasam|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/2818_PART_B_DCHB_PRAKASAM.pdf |website=Census of India|access-date=18 January 2015|page=16,17,48|format=PDF}}</ref>

== Etymology ==
The name is a vernacular transformation of Kanakagiri (Kanaka = gold and Giri = Hill).<ref>{{Cite web|title = Tourism, ap tourism, kanigiri kota, durgam, krishnadevaraya, katamraju, cuddapah {{!}} వైభవం నశించిన విగతజీవి "కనిగిరి దుర్గం"|url = http://telugu.webdunia.com/article/ap-tourism/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B1%88%E0%B0%AD%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%82-%E0%B0%A8%E0%B0%B6%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%82%E0%B0%9A%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%A8-%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%97%E0%B0%A4%E0%B0%9C%E0%B1%80%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BF-%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%A8%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%97%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BF-%E0%B0%A6%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%97%E0%B0%82-109082600087_1.htm|access-date = 2015-04-29}}</ref> 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 metres (334 feet), and enjoys a hot climate for most of the year.

== Demographics ==
{{As of|2011}} Census, the total population of the Kanigiri was {{formatnum:37420}}, of which male population constitutes {{formatnum:18886}} and female population of {{formatnum:18534}}. It has a literacy rate of 77.55 percent. The population under six years of age are {{formatnum:4065}}.

== 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 pumplines 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nataus.org/wp-content/themes/Avenue/image/Rotary-Fluorosis%201.pdf |title=While we were Eradicating Polio another deadly disease is Crippling Children |publisher=Nataus.org |access-date=2012-11-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131013224039/http://www.nataus.org/wp-content/themes/Avenue/image/Rotary-Fluorosis%201.pdf |archive-date=13 October 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== Politics ==
[[Burra Madhu Sudhan Yadav]] has won the [[2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2019 Andhra Pradesh Assembly elections]] from [[Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party|YSRCP]].
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 (India)|National Highway 565]] passes through Kanigiri, which connects [[Hyderabad]] and [[Yerpedu]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Kanigiri residents protest National Highway 565 project|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/kanigiri-residents-protest-national-highway-565-project/article7050769.ece|access-date=30 May 2016|work=The Hindu|date=31 March 2015|language=en-IN}}</ref>

==Education==
The primary and secondary school education is imparted by government, aided and private schools, under the ''School Education Department'' of the state.<ref>{{cite web|title=School Education Department |url=http://rmsaap.nic.in/Notification_TSG_2015.pdf |publisher=School Education Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh |access-date=7 November 2016 |format=PDF |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151227185018/http://rmsaap.nic.in/Notification_TSG_2015.pdf |archive-date=27 December 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The Department of School Education - Official AP State Government Portal {{!}} AP State Portal |url=http://www.ap.gov.in/department/organizations/school-education/ |website=www.ap.gov.in |access-date=7 November 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161107155331/http://www.ap.gov.in/department/organizations/school-education/ |archive-date= 7 November 2016 }}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Takkellapadu, Guntur district|Takkallapadu]]

== References ==
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{{Prakasam district}}

[[Category:Towns in Prakasam district]]