{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2019}} {{Use Indian English|date=March 2019}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Pileru | other_name = | nickname = PLR | settlement_type = [[Town]] | image_skyline = {{Photomontage |size = 250 |photo1a = Pileru rly.station.JPG |photo2a = Pileru Cross Roads .jpg }} | image_alt = | image_caption = Pileru Railway Road, Pileru NH Cross Roads | pushpin_map = India Andhra Pradesh#India#Asia | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Andhra Pradesh, India | pushpin_label = <!-- only necessary if "name" or "official_name" are too long --> | pushpin_label_position = right | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 13 | coordinates = {{Coord|13.6549|N|78.9471|E|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]] | subdivision_name = {{IND}} | subdivision_type1 = [[States of India|State]] | subdivision_name1 = [[Andhra Pradesh]] | subdivision_type2 = [[List of regions of India|Region]] | subdivision_name2 = [[Rayalaseema]] | subdivision_type3 = [[List of districts in India|District]] | subdivision_name3 = [[Annamayya district|Annamayya]] | subdivision_type4 = [[List of subdistricts in India|Sub-District/Mandal]] | subdivision_name4 = [[Piler mandal|Pileru]] | established_title = <!-- Established --> | leader_party = [[YSR Congress Party|YSRCP]] | leader_title = [[Parliament of India|MP]] | leader_name = [[P. V. Midhun Reddy]] | leader_title1 = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] | leader_name1 = [[N. Kishore Kumar Reddy]] ([[Telugu Desam Party|TDP]]) | leader_title2 = [[List of constituencies of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly|Assembly]] | leader_name2 = [[Pileru Assembly constituency|Pileru]] | leader_title3 = [[Lok Sabha]] | leader_name3 = [[Rajampet Lok Sabha constituency|Rajampeta]]
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'''Pileru''' is a town in [[Annamayya district]] of [[Rayalaseema]] region of the Indian state of [[Andhra Pradesh]]. Pileru is located 197 Km North East of [[Bangalore]], The Capital City Of [[Karnataka]] and 189 Km North West of [[Chennai]], The Capital City Of [[Tamil Nadu]] and 464 Km South To The State Capital [[Amaravati]].It is the mandal headquarters of Pileru mandal in [[Pileru revenue division]]. The name 'Pileru' means a "small river stream" or "Pilla Eru" in Telugu.
== Geography == It is located at an average elevation of 458 m (1,502 ft) above mean sea level.
Pileru is located at {{Coord|13.6549|N|78.9471|E|}}
There are 14 villages in this mandal apart from Pileru:
# Agraharam # Avuvaripalle # Bodumalluvaripalle # Doddipalle # Gudarevupalle # Jandla # Kavalipalle # Maddelacheruvu # Mellacheruvu # Mudupulavemula # Regullu # Talupula # Vepulabylu # Yerraguntlapalle
{{Weather box |location= Piler |metric first= yes |single line= yes |temperature colour = pastel |Jan high C= 27.3 |Feb high C= 30.2 |Mar high C= 33.4 |Apr high C= 34.9 |May high C= 35 |Jun high C= 32.1 |Jul high C= 30.2 |Aug high C= 30.1 |Sep high C= 29.9 |Oct high C= 28.6 |Nov high C= 26.8 |Dec high C= 25.7
|Jan low C= 15.5 |Feb low C= 16.8 |Mar low C= 19.4 |Apr low C= 22.2 |May low C= 23.6 |Jun low C= 22.8 |Jul low C= 21.8 |Aug low C= 21.8 |Sep low C= 21.2 |Oct low C= 20.2 |Nov low C= 17.8 |Dec low C= 15.6
|Jan precipitation mm= 4 |Feb precipitation mm= 2 |Mar precipitation mm= 3 |Apr precipitation mm= 28 |May precipitation mm= 61 |Jun precipitation mm= 51 |Jul precipitation mm= 81 |Aug precipitation mm= 73 |Sep precipitation mm= 111 |Oct precipitation mm= 143 |Nov precipitation mm= 54 |Dec precipitation mm= 32 |date=July 2014}}
==Education== The primary and secondary school education is imparted by government, aided and private schools, under the School Education Department of the state.<ref>{{cite web|title=School Education Department|url=http://rmsaap.nic.in/Notification_TSG_2015.pdf|publisher=School Education Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh|accessdate=7 November 2016|format=PDF|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161107220545/http://rmsaap.nic.in/Notification_TSG_2015.pdf|archive-date=7 November 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The Department of School Education - Official AP State Government Portal {{!}} AP State Portal|url=http://www.ap.gov.in/department/organizations/school-education/|website=www.ap.gov.in|accessdate=7 November 2016|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161107155331/http://www.ap.gov.in/department/organizations/school-education/|archivedate=7 November 2016}}</ref> The medium of instruction followed by different schools are English, Telugu and Urdu.
'''Schools In Pileru''': * GOVT High School Kotapalli, Pileru * AP Residential school * Sree Bhuvana Educational Institutions(Sree Bhuvana Vidyalayam) * SVSN Siddartha EM High School * AVR EM High School * Kakatiya EM High School * Ratnam High School * Sadhana High School * Sri Vivekananda EM High School * Sri Sai Baba High School * Narayana EM High School * Sri Chaitanya EM High School * Boys High School * Girls High School
'''Junior Colleges In Pileru''': * GOVT Junior College Pileru * Sri Medha Junior College * Priyadarshini Junior College * Sri Chaitanya Junior College * Margadarsi Junior College
'''Degree Colleges In Pileru''': * Sanjay Gandhi Government Degree College Pileru(SGGDC) * Sri Chaitanya Degree College(Sree Medha's) * CNR Arts And Sciences * Sri Bharathi Degree College * Bhaskar ITI College
'''Engineering Colleges In Pileru''': * M.J.R. College of Engineering & Technology Pileru (MJRCET)
==Notable people==
* [[Kiran Kumar Reddy|Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy]] (Former Chief Minister of [[Andhra Pradesh (1956–2014)|Andhra Pradesh]]) * [[P. V. Midhun Reddy]] ([[Rajampet Lok Sabha constituency|Member Of Parliament Rajampeta (AP)]] & Former Panel Speaker Of Lok Sabha)
==Transport==
Pileru is the junction of two National highways (NH-40 and NH-71), also Pileru is the equidistant to four Cities.
[[File:Pileru.....jpg|thumb]] # [[Chittoor]] to the South (57 Km) # [[Tirupati]] to the east (56Km) # [[Madanapalle]] to the west (58Km) # [[Rayachoti]] to the north (55Km) Pileru is located at the center Spot where the [[Annamayya district|Annamayya]], [[Chittoor district|Chittoor]] and [[Tirupati district|Tirupati]] districts share their borders.
Pileru is also well connected by Railways Under [[Guntakal Railway Division]] (Southern Central Railways). Pileru serves as a bus depot headquarter of the Pileru region and the Bus services are provided by state corporations [[Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation|APSRTC]] (Andhra Pradesh), and [[Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation|KSRTC]](Karnataka).
== See also == *[[List of census towns in Andhra Pradesh]]
== References == {{Reflist}} {{Annamayya district}} * Mandals- http://des.ap.gov.in/jsp/social/Chittoor,%20DHBS%20-%202013.pdf * Highways- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Highway_71_(India), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Highway_40_(India), {{commons category|Pileru}}
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