Kollur | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Map Alt: | Dynamic map |
Pushpin Map: | India Andhra Pradesh |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Andhra Pradesh, India |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Coordinates: | 16.1847°N 80.7961°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Andhra Pradesh |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Bapatla |
Subdivision Type3: | Mandal |
Subdivision Name3: | Kollur |
Government Footnotes: | [1] |
Government Type: | Panchayati raj |
Governing Body: | Kollur gram panchayat |
Leader Title: | Sarpanch |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Footnotes: | [2] |
Area Total Ha: | 1856 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Footnotes: | [3] |
Population Total: | 16079 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Demographics1 Info1: | Telugu |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Postal Code Type: | PIN |
Area Code: | +91– |
Registration Plate: | AP |
Kollur is a village in Bapatla district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is the headquarters of Kollur mandal in Repalle revenue division.[4]
Kollur is situated near the banks of the Krishna River, at 16.1847°N 80.7961°W. It is spread over an area of 1856ha.
Agriculture
The major occupation of the village is agriculture and main crop cultivated is paddy.[5]
Brick industry
The village is famous for Brick manufacturing. The soil which is available at the bank of Krishna river is very good to make bricks. Every year millions of bricks are manufactured and transported to nearby districts and far off places like Hyderabad too. There are around 400 trucks owned by the local citizens. The Brick industry was started first by Sri. Koganti Venkata Rattaiah.[6]
Gajullanka gram panchayat is the local self-government of the village. It is divided into wards and each ward is represented by a ward member.[7] The village forms a part of Andhra Pradesh Capital Region and is under the jurisdiction of APCRDA.[8]
As per the school information report for the academic year 2018–19, the village has a total of 19 schools. These include 13 Zilla/Mandal Parishad and 6 private schools.[9]