As of 2011[update]census of India, Kuppam had a population of 21,963. The total population constitute, 11,091 males and 10,872 females - a sex ratio of 980 females per 1000 males. 2,551 children are in the age group of 0–6 years, of which 1,340 are boys and 1,211 are girls. The average literacy rate stands at 83.62% with 16,232 literates, significantly higher than the state average of 67.41%.[1][3]
Climate
Kuppam's climate is classified as tropical. When compared with winter, the summers have much more rainfall. This location is classified as Aw by Köppen and Geiger. The average annual temperature is 22.3°C in Kuppam. The rainfall here averages 680mm. Precipitation is the lowest in February, with an average of 2mm. In October, the precipitation reaches its peak, with an average of 151mm. At an average temperature of 28.0°C, May is the hottest month of the year. At 18.0°C on average, December is the coldest month of the year.[4]
Languages
Telugu is the official and most widely spoken language of the place. Tamil is also widely spoken among the natives. Since, it was historically controlled by the Chola dynasty many Tamils settled in this region. People can understand and speak Tamil and Kannada as it is located near to the neighboring states of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. Most people of Kuppam are trilingual.
Municipal Administration and Urban Development.[5] Government of Andhra Pradesh is responsible for planning and execution of programs and civic administration of the town. Kuppam Municipality has 25 Wards.
[6] Project Chairman:- Chittoor District Collector and Magistrate
Project Director :- Vikas Marmat IAS
Assistant Project Director:-
[7]Kuppam Area Development Authority with headquarters at Kuppam. It covers four mandals – Kuppam, Gudupalle, Santhipuram and Ramakuppam along with Kuppam municipality which forms part of Kuppam Revenue Division. It is meant for the overall economic growth, development, achieving sustainable development goals (SDGs) and zero poverty in the KADA region
The State government also reorganised the administrative structure of KADA to ensure a single line system for better coordination among various functionaries for an integrated approach. As such, it has re-designated the Special officer post as Project Director, KADA who will be directly responsible for planning and implementing all government programmes. The PD will review all the programmes and directly report to the Collector who shall be the Chairman of KADA.
Kuppam is known for its granitequarries and factories. A granite variety, Kuppam Green,[9] is named after the town as this variety is abundantly found in this area and exported to foreign countries on demand.
Kuppam has the presence of hydro Extrusion India Pvt Ltd. Hydro is a major aluminium extrusions company headquartered in Oslo, Norway.[10] This has now been acquired by Hindalco Industries Ltd (Aditya Birla Group Company).
Transport
Railway Station, Kuppam
Kuppam is well connected by both Roadways (NH42) and Railways.[4] Bus services are provided by state corporations APSRTC (Andhra Pradesh), TNSTC (Tamil Nadu) And Karnataka State Transport Corporation (KSRTC).
Chennai Central to K.S.R Bengaluru railway line passes through Kuppam (KPN) and it is the only one big railway station in the route belonging to Andhra Pradesh. Kuppam Railway Station comes under Bangalore Division, South Western Railways (SWR).
As Kuppam Railway Station (KPN) is located exactly at the middle of Bangarapet railway junction and Jolarpettai railway junction, it is well connected to Chennai, Vijawada, Coimbatore, Tirupati, Mysuru, Mumbai, Patna and Bengaluru via train. An exclusive train service is provided for working people between Kuppam and K.S.R Bengaluru Everyday. There is upcoming Kuppam Airport. Its very well connected.
Politics
Kuppam constituency mandals
Kuppam is an assembly constituency (comprising Kuppam, Gudipalle, Shanthipuram, Ramakuppam mandals) in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. There are 1,61,872 registered voters in Kuppam constituency as of 1999. N. Chandrababu Naidu (current Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh) is the current Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) of Kuppam.
Dravidian University was established in 1997 and offers different Under Graduation, Post Graduation and Research programs.
Engineering and Technology
Kuppam Engineering College[11] was established in 2001 and offers different Under Graduation, Post Graduation and Research programs related to Engineering, Business Administration and Technology.
It has a "Campus Creativity Lab" located on a 172-acre campus in Kuppam, which houses science and art centers that includes an astronomy center and planetarium, center for creative teaching, an innovation hub, a science model-making center, the Ramanujan Math Park, an open-air ecology lab and many more. The campus receives over 650 children every day and also trains teachers from seven states in India.
Culture
Tirupati Gangamma Jatara 2019, KuppamAadi Krithika at Kuppam Sri Subrahmanyaswamy Devasthanam
"Sri Tirupati Gangamma Jathara Kuppam" is one of the most important and oldest festivals of Kuppam dedicated to the Hindu Goddess Gangamma Devi. It is celebrated annually, over a period of nine days in the month of May. The history of the festival dates back to over a couple of centuries. Local legend has it that Lord Venkateswara was upset with his sister Gangamma for devouring corpses at the burial ground. In order to stop his sister from doing so, the Lord chopped off Gangamma's cheek, which is believed to have fallen in
Devotees on Aadi Krithika - Gudivanka
Kuppam and surrounding areas like Tirupati, Chittoor, Punganur, Vaniyambadi and Gudiyattam. To mark this event, the annual jatara is celebrated in Kuppam.[12] "Peddapuli Gangamma Jatara" is one of the important and the oldest festivals of Kuppam dedicated to the Hindu Goddess Peddapuli Gangamma Devi. "Aadi Krithika" is one of the important and the oldest festivals of Kuppam dedicated to the Tamil Hindu God Subrahmanyaswamy in the month of July or August (Aadi month - Tamil calendar). Other popular festivals in Kuppam are Ugadi, Ram Navami, Eid ul-Fitr, Ganesh Chaturthi, Deepawali and Christmas.
Chittoor is a city and district headquarters in Chittoor district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is also the mandal and divisional headquarters of Chittoor mandal and Chittoor revenue division respectively. The city has a population of 189,332.
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