Ongole

ఒంగోలు Ongole
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ఒంగోలు Ongole Location of ఒంగోలు Ongole in Andhra Pradesh and India
Coordinates	15°30′N 80°03′E / 15.5°N 80.05°E / 15.5; 80.05Coordinates: 15°30′N 80°03′E / 15.5°N 80.05°E / 15.5; 80.05
Country	India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District(s)	Prakasam
Population	400,000 (2011[update])
Sex ratio	979:1000 ♂/♀
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)
Area • Elevation	• 10 metres (33 ft)
Distance(s) • From Guntur • 100 kilometres (62 mi) S (land) • From Chennai • 292 kilometres (181 mi) N (Rail) • From Hyderabad • 330 kilometres (210 mi) S (land)
Codes • Pincode • 523 001,523002 • Telephone • +(91)8592 • Vehicle • AP 27 xx xxxx

Ongole (Telugu: ఒంగోలు), is a City and a Municipal Corporation in Prakasam district in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. It is the administrative headquarters of Prakasam District.

Ongole is famous for its Ongolu Gitta (Ongole breed of oxen).^[1] This is one of the major Zebu cattle breeds in the world.

History

The City's history goes back to the era of the Mauryas and Satavahanas who ruled most of what is now present day Andhra Pradesh. A few inscriptions dating to the Satavahana period were found in a village called China Ganjam, near Ongole. After the Satavahanas, this place came into the limelight again during the Kakatiya dynasty, when the nearby towns of Motupalli and Voda Revu served as major seaports. Ongole is also mentioned in the inscriptions of the Pallava rulers of the 3rd and 4th Century A.D.

Geography

Ongole is located at 15°30′N 80°03′E / 15.5°N 80.05°E / 15.5; 80.05.^[2] It has an average elevation of 10 m (33 ft) AMSL.

Climate

• Rain storms and cyclones are common in the region during the rainy season, which starts with the monsoons in early June. The cyclones could occur any time of the year, but commonly between August and November.

Demographics

Ongole Railway Station

As of 2001^[update] India census,^[3] Ongole had a population of 149,589. Ongole has grown in the last decade and currently the city is estimated^[who?] to have a population of around 360,000. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Ongole has an average literacy rate of 72%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 78%, and female literacy is 66%. 9% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Economy

Agriculture, specifically family farming, is the primary industry of Ongole was largely started by agricultural families within Prakasam district. Ongole is one of the major centres for tobacco trading in Andhra Pradesh.

During 70's and 80's many small scale manufacturing enterprises, such as shoes, paints, PVC, pharmaceuticals, but the majority did not survive competition from other parts of Andhra Pradesh or out of state, despite being the earliest manufacturers of the products in the coastal districts. The 80's and 90's saw proliferation of hospitals and educational institutions, and in the end of the 90s, granite mining, cutting and polishing companies sprang up around Ongole, India.

Ongole is a district headquarters of Prakasam District. Over the years it has developed into a city with good schools and colleges. Lately, the quality of education has become quite good and is comparable to that of most cities in the state. With the advent of reforms in the educational sector, a few private engineering and medical colleges have been set up in the city.

Society

Ongole has a large Hindu population followed by Muslim and Christian population. There are significant Malayalee and Rajastani families settled in Ongole. Rajasthanis settled in the Gandhi Road region. The malayalees owned many famous bakeries and restaurants like Ramya Food world, Ramya Meals, Ramya Restaurant, Kerala Bakery, Malabar Bakery, Cochin cafe(name changed recently).They celebrate the kerala festivals like Onam,New year together.

Ongole Bull

The Ongole Bull

Ongole is famous for the breed of bulls in that area, which have been exported to a number of countries. The Brahmana bull in America is an offshoot of the Ongole. The original breed of Ongole stud bulls are found in a small region around Ongole City between rivers Gundlakamma, and Musi.^{[citation needed]}

Short horned Ongole bulls resemble Nandi sculptures seen in temples dedicated to Lord Shiva. Ongoles are phylogenetically related to the Tharparkar breed of North Western India and Sind area of Pakistan where the Indus Valley Civilization [IVC] thrived approximately between 8000 to 2000 years BC.

Politics

Parliament constituency

Ongole is a Parliament constituency in Andhra Pradesh.

List of elected members

	Term	Name	Party
First	1952-57	Pishupati Venkata Raghavaiah	CPI
Second	1957-62	R. Narapa Reddy
Third	1962-67	M. N. Swamy	CPI
Fourth	1967-71	K. Jaggaiah	Congress
Fifth	1971-77	P. Ankineedu Prasada Rao	Congress
Sixth	1977-80	Puli Venkata Reddy	Congress
Seventh	1980-84	Puli Venkata Reddy	Congress
Eighth	1984-89	Bezawada Papi Reddy	TDP
Ninth	1989-91	Mekapati Rajmohana Reddy	Congress
Tenth	1991-96	Magunta Subbarami Reddy	Congress
Eleventh	1996-98	Magunta Parvathamma Reddy	Congress
Twelfth	1998-99	Magunta Srinivasula Reddy	Congress
Thirteenth	1999-04	Karanam Balaraama Krishna Murthy	TDP
Fourteenth	2004-09	Magunta Sreenivasulu Reddy	Congress
Fifteenth	2009–Present	Magunta Sreenivasulu Reddy	Congress

Assembly constituency

Ongole is an assembly constituency in Andhra Pradesh.

List of elected members^[4]

Year	Name
1955	Tanguturi Prakasam Panthulu and Telluri Jiyyardas.[5]
1962	Bollineni Venkata Lakshmi Narayana
1967	C.R. Reddy
1972	Srungarapu Jeevaratnam Naidu
1978	Srungarapu Jeevaratnam Naidu
1983	Panugupati Koteswara Rao
1985	Panugupati Koteswara Rao
1989	Bachala Balaiah
1994	Edara Hari Babu
1999	Balineni Srinivasa Reddy
2004	Balineni Srinivasa Reddy
2009	Balineni Srinivasa Reddy

Education

Medical Colleges

• Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences - RIMS - Govt Medical College & Hospital Link [1] www.rimsongole.org
• Vijayateja Medical College and Research foundation (Under construction)

Nursing Colleges in Ongole

• Aluri College of Nursing

Engineering colleges in Ongole

• QIS College of Engineering and Technology
• QIS Institute of Technology
• Rao & Naidu Engineering College
• Pace Institute Of Technology & Sciences
• Nimra Institute of Engineering and Technology
• Sri Veera venkata Satyanarayana Engineering College
• BVSR Engineering College
• Sri Satyanarayana Engineering College

Colleges in Ongole

• Chivukula SriRama Sarma College
• BA & KR Degree and P.G College
• Govt college for Womens
• V V & M
• Andhra Kesari vidya kandram College
• ABM College
• Nagarjuna Degree college
• Sri Ramakrishna Degree college
• HCM junior college for women
• Damacharla Sakkubai college for women
• NNR&CL Degree college
• SSN Degree college
• Sriji Degree college
• Pratibha Degree college
• Pavitra Academy
• Umamaheswara jr. college
• Sri Pratibha Jr. college
• Sri chaitanya college
• Narayana jr. college
• AKVK jr. College
• Geetham Degree College
• Venus Jr College

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Schools in Ongole

• Pisupati Venkata Rangarao Municipal High School (PVR High School)
• Donepudi Raghava Rao Memorial High School (Formerly known as Municipal High School)
• Sree Rama Krishna English Medium High School
• Narayana Public School
• Sree Vivekananda Vidya Vihar
• St.Xavier's high school
• Ongole public school
• Damodara Public School
• Aditya public school
• Sivani public school
• abc high school
• Samavesam high school
• Sunshine public school
• Montessori public school
• Nirmala concept school
• Krishna memorial School
• Vikram Vidhyala Public School
• global public school
• gurudattha concept school
• Vijetha High School
• Kranthi Children's School BK
• Chiranjeevi Memorial school [ Srinivasa Public school]
• Sri Sarada Balakuteer
• G.V.S. High School
• QIS high School
• Indian Blossoms International School
• Bhashyam Public School
• Pace global School
• Akshara Public School
• Narayana E-Techno School
• Sri Chaitanya Techno School
• Gurudattha Concept school
• yunnivarsal Techno School,Inkollu
• lasya priye public school.
• jawahar navodaya vidyalaya.

References

1. ^ Ongole Breed cattle
2. ^ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Ongole
3. ^ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. http://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999. Retrieved 2008-11-01. 
4. ^ Election Commission of India.APAssembly results.1978-2004
5. ^ Election Commission of India.APAssembly results.1955

External links

• Aluri College of Nursing
• www.ongolelive.com
• ongolemunicipalcorporation
• www.OngoleInfo.com
• ongole information
• Ongole MunicipalCorporation