page_title: Nellore
section_title: Governance
hierarchical_section_title: Nellore / Governance
caption_attribution_description: English: Tikkana Park, Nellore, A.P.
context_page_description: Nellore is a city on the banks of Penna River, located in Nellore district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It serves as the headquarters of the district, as well as Nellore mandal and Nellore revenue division. It is the fourth most populous city in the state. It is at a distance of 275 km from the capital city of Andhra Pradesh and about 170 km north of Chennai, Tamilnadu and also about 380km from Bangalore, Karnataka. Nellore City accounts for 65% of the urban population of Nellore District.
context_section_description: Civic administration
  Nellore Municipal Corporation was constituted as a municipality on 1 November 1866 by the Madras District Municipality Act. It was upgraded to corporation on 18 October 2004 and has a jurisdictional area of 150.48 km² (58.10 sq mi) with 54 wards. In 2013, fifteen gram panchayats namely, Allipuram, Ambhapuram, Buja Buja Nellore, Chinthareddypalem, Gudupallipadu, Gundlapalem, Kallurupalli, Kanaparthypadu, Kodurupadu, Narayanareddypeta, Navalakulathota, Nellore Bit-I (Kothuru), Peddacherukuru, Pottipalem, Vavilatepadhu were merged into the municipal corporation. Present mayor of the city is Abdul Aziz.
  The city is one among the 31 cities in the state to be a part of water supply and sewerage services mission known as Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT).
  Politics
  Nellore is represented by Nellore City assembly constituency and Nellore Rural assembly constituency for Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly. Anil Kumar Poluboina is the present MLA of Nellore City assembly constituency representing YSRCP. Kotamreddy Sridhar Reddy is the present MLA of Nellore Rural assembly constituency representing YSRCP. Nedurumalli janardhan reddy former chief minister of combined andhra pradesh hails from this place.
caption: Tikkana Park in Nellore
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