Unguturu, Eluru district

This article is about the village in Eluru district. For the village in Krishna district, see Unguturu, Krishna district.

Unguturu is a village in Eluru district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is in Unguturu mandal, Eluru district.^[1][2] Vasuki Sunkavalli^[3] from the village was elected Miss India Universe in 2011. It is 12 km from the nearest town, Tadepalligudem.

Unguturu Vungutur
Village
Unguturu railway station signboard
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Coordinates: 16.8230°N 81.4238°E / 16.8230; 81.4238
Country	India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Eluru
Talukas	Unguturu
Government
• Type	Panchayat
• Body	Gram Panchayat
Area [1]
• Total	44.05 km2 (17.01 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	14,280
• Density	320/km2 (840/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Telugu
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	AP

Census

As per the 2011 census of India, the village is spread over 4405 hectares with 3912 houses and a population of 14280. The number of males in the village is 7143 and the number of females is 7137. The number of Scheduled Castes is 3349 and the number of Scheduled Tribes is 130.^{[citation needed]}

Economy

Agriculture

Agriculture is one of the main occupation with paddy being the main crop.^[4]