pedanandipadu tadikonda tadikonda, thullur, amaravathi mangalagiri mangalagiri, tadepalli, 2 tenali tenali tenali, tsundur,vemuru , chebrolu emani duggirala, kollipara, amruthalur amruthalur, kolluru, vemuru 3 repalle repalle repalle, bhattiprolu, pallapatla cherukupalli, nagaram, nizampatnam, 4 bapatla bapatla bapatla, karlapalem, pittalavanipalem ponnur ponnuru, kakumanu, 5 narsaraopeta narsaraopeta narasaraopeta, nakirekallu, rompicherla, chilakaluripeta chilakaluripeta, edlapadu, nadendla, pedanandipadu , 6 vinukonda vinukonda vinukonda, nuzendla, savalyapuram ipur ipur, bollapalle, savalyapuram 7 palnadu palnadu gurajala, karempudi, rentachintala , macherla macherla, durgi, veldurthy, rentachintala , piduguralla piduguralla, dachepalle, machavaram, 8 sattenapalle sattenapalle sattenapalle, phirangipuram, medikonduru, rajupalem rajupalem, bellamkonda, muppala, krosuru talluru atchampet, pedakurapadu, amaravathi , krosuru economy tobacco drying at grandhasiri village in guntur district the gross district domestic product (gddp) of the district is ₹49,722 crore (us$6.2 billion) and it contributes 9.5% to the gross state domestic product (gsdp). for the fy 2013–14, the per capita income at current prices was ₹82,026 (us$1,000). the primary, secondary and tertiary sectors of the district contribute ₹16,111 crore (us$2.0 billion), ₹8,770 crore (us$1.1 billion) and ₹24,841 crore (us$3.1 billion) respectively to the gddp. the major products contributing to the gva of the district from agriculture and allied services are paddy, cotton kapas, chillies, banana, milk, meat and fisheries. the gva to the industrial and service sector is contributed from construction, electricity, manufacturing, transport and education. transport the total road length of state highways in the district is 1,258 km (782 mi). there exists 406 km (252 mi) of rail network in the district. education and research a college campus a university campus the primary and secondary school education is imparted by government, aided and private schools, under the school education department of the state. as per the school information report for the academic year 2015–16, there are a total of 4,739 schools. they include, 32 government, 2,839 mandal and zilla parishads, 2 residential, 1329 private, 14 model, 24 kasturba gandhi balika vidyalaya (kgbv), 296 municipal and 203 other types of schools. the total number of students enrolled in primary, upper primary and high schools of the district are 637,031. the district being home to the capital city, it is experiencing a growth in private international schools as well. the central board of secondary education, secondary school certificate or the indian certificate of secondary education are the different types of syllabus followed by different schools. the medium of instruction followed by different schools are english, telugu and urdu. there are several junior colleges which are under government, residential, social welfare, disabled welfare, private aided and unaided for the purpose of imparting (10+2) education and the students sit for the certificate of board of intermediate education. ac college is the oldest private aided college of the district, established in 1885. the higher education colleges have various fields of study like medical, nursing, degree, post graduate, polytechnic, law, teaching, pharmacy, engineering, veterinary etc. the acharya nagarjuna university is a state university which has fourteen autonomous colleges as per universities grant commission. the kmc, gmc, aiims are some of the premier medical institutes in guntur. there are also many private universities like vignan university, kl university in the district. the acharya n. g. ranga agricultural university at lam is a public agricultural university, equipped with a regional agricultural research station. culture lord hanuman temple, ponnur the district has many festivals such as rama navami, maha sivaratri, vinayaka chavithi, vijaya dasami, deepawali, holi, ugadi, eid, krishnastami, christmas. there are hill temple festivals at kotappakonda, mangalagiri. sports mangalagiri international cricket stadium is being built in a 20-acre (8.1 ha) site in navuluru, village of mangalagiri town, guntur district, about 15 km from the city of vijayawada. the exclusive stadium of the andhra cricket association will be the venue for international and ranji matches. tourism places of historical importance in the district include ponnur, undavalli caves, gurazala, mangalagiri, tadepalle, tenali and the archaeological museum in guntur. there are many places of interest like undavalli caves. tradition and spirituality prolaya vema reddi built number of lord shiva temples during his reign. number of temples were constructed in krishna valley during the reign of vasireddy venkatadri nayudu. tall towers (gaali gopuram) of these temples in many villages and towns of guntur district stand testimony to his devotion and munificence. some of the famous destinations are nadivelamma talli temple in rajavolu, and there will be annual festival on full moon day in the month of chaitra maas. amaravathi temple, the abode of lord shiva, present in the form of a 15 ft (4.6 m) shiva linga. the auspicious hill of mangalagiri town, is dedicated to lord narasimha with three temples of panakala narasimha swamy on the hill, lakshmi narasimha swamy at the foot of the temple, gandala narasimha swamy at the top of the hill, are also famous. other famous temples are bhavanarayanaswami temple in bapatla, sri laxmi chennakesava swamy temple in macherla, kotappakonda, pedakakani, vykuntapuram in tenali.and also subramaneswara swamy temple,polleramathalli temple, agastheswaraswamy temple (which was built in 8 century by agasthaya mahrashi and rebuilt by sri krishna devaraya) amaravathi cultural heritage museum healthcare general hospital in guntur healthcare is provided by government and private institutions. the guntur government hospital provides free healthcare. all india institute of medical sciences (aiims) is situated in mangalagiri. the nonprofit or charity hospitals are the sankara eye hospital. notable people aluri chakrapani, film producer jamuna, actress krishna, film actor posani krishna murali, actor, writer dokka manikya vara prasad, former state minister ambati rayudu, former indian cricketer kotha raghuramaiah, member of parliament and former central minister n. g. ranga, member of parliament n. bhaskara rao, former chief minister of andhra pradesh alla ayodhya rami reddy, member of parliament and founded ramky group of companies a. v. gurava reddy, leading surgeon bhavanam venkatarami reddy, former chief minister of andhra pradesh kallam anji reddy, the founder of dr. reddy's laboratories kallam satish reddy present chairman of dr. reddy's laboratories savitri, actress sharada, actress and member of parliament sumalatha, actress and member of parliament