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Western part is however rugged and higher in elevation (up to 1,200 meters) where the Nallamala and Velikonda hill ranges are the characteristic features of the Landscape. Kanigiri Municipality has a maximum elevation of 380 meters which is on Kanigiri Hill located on the Northern edge of the municipality. Excluding the hill, the Kanigiri Municipality's average elevation is 95 meters. The minimum elevation is 70 meters and the maximum elevation is 120 meters. The hill base starts at 120 meters and goes up to 380 meters.
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Kanigiri Master Plan is to create enabling spatial and land use planning framework to achieve the Vision of Kanigiri Master Plan in order to promote, guide and rationalize planned development, to encourage existing economic activities to grow by providing
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Kanigiri is a town in
Kanigiri Mandal in Prakasam District of Andhra Pradesh State, India. It is located on the North-West side of the Eastern Ghats. NH 565 passes through the Municipality which connects Kanigiri to Hyderabad on the Northern side and Nellore on the Southern side and further connects
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Prakasam District having a geographical area of around 490 km. Kanigiri Municipality is the 6th largest municipality in Prakasam with an area of 55.36 km. Physio-graphically, most of the part of the district is a level plain with an average height
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Kanigiri Municipality in the Northern side of the town. The hill is under the ownership of the forest department. There is a temple at the top and at the base of the hill and a water body where the Water Treatment Plant and Water Pumping station are located. There are mines
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Municipality. The population growth rate is gradually declining due to outmigration. Kanigiri is an urban area and the maximum workforce is engaged in non-primary activities. The average household size of 4 and maximum households are engaged in either agriculture or daily wage activities.
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Kanigiri was 37,420, of which male population constitutes 18,886 and female population of 18,534. It has a literacy rate of 77.55 per cent. The population under six years of age are 4,065. Almost 50% of the Mandal Population lives in Kanigiri
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adequate infrastructure in terms of the road network and preservation of other natural features. Also, to formulate infrastructure projects addressing the needs of water, solid waste collection, drainage etc.
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