Kovur, Nellore district: Difference between revisions

'''Kovur''' is a town <ref>{{cite web|title=kovur is a town in nellore|url=http://areaprofiler.gov.in/aboutUsIntgeratedPES.do?stateCode=28&lbCode=5729&languageId=}}</ref> in [[Nellore district]] of the [[India]]]n state of [[Andhra Pradesh]].  The town is the headquarters of the [[Kovur mandal]] in [[Nellore revenue division]].<ref>{{cite web|title=HandBook_2013-14_SPSNellore_final|url=http://nellore.ap.nic.in/download/HandBook_2013-14_SPSNellore_final.pdf|website=nellore.ap.nic.in|access-date=1 July 2017|page=77|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809183011/http://nellore.ap.nic.in/download/HandBook_2013-14_SPSNellore_final.pdf|archive-date=9 August 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> It forms a part of [[Nellore Urban Development Authority]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Mandals and villages covered under Nellore UDA limits|url=http://dtcp.ap.gov.in/webdtcp/pdf/278-NUDA.PDF|website=Directorate of village and Country Planning Andhra Pradesh|access-date=30 June 2017|page=4}}</ref> The poet "Thikkanna" was born in this place.

Nellore district formed part of the composite Madras State till 1st October, 1953. On 1st November 1956 when the states were reorganized on a linguistic basis, this district came under the Andhra Pradesh State.<ref name= ‘nellore’>{{cite web| url = https://spsnellore.ap.gov.in/history/ | title=  Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore District| publisher= Government of Andhra Pradesh| access-date = 23 September 2023}}</ref>

Tirupati District formed from a part of old Chittoor district and a part from  old Nellore district on 4th April, 2022.<ref>{{cite web| url =https://tirupati.ap.gov.in/history/  | title= Tirupati District | work=History  |publisher= Government of AndhravPradesh | access-date = 23 September 2023}}</ref>

The name of Nellore district has been changed as Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore District on 4th June, 2008. <ref name= ‘nellore’/>