Ongole

Ongole
Ongole
City
	Historic Andhra Baptist Mission High School (estd:19th Century) which was upgraded to Junior College
	Interactive map
	Ongole Location in Andhra Pradesh, India
	Coordinates: 15°30′22″N 80°02′56″E / 15.506°N 80.049°E
Country	India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Prakasam
Incorporated (Municipality)	1876
Incorporated (Corporation)	25 January 2012
Wards	50
Government
• Type	Mayor–Council
• Body	Ongole Municipal Corporation
• MLAs	Balineni Srinivasa Reddy, YSRCP
• MP	Magunta Sreenivasulu Reddy, YSRCP
• Municipal commissioner	Kanthamaneni Sakunthala
Area
• Total	132.45 km2 (51.14 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	228,629
• Density	1,700/km2 (4,500/sq mi)
• Households	51,768
	Households
Literacy
• Literates	153,628
• Literacy rate	83.04%
Languages
• Official	Telugu
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	523001, 523002, 523286
Area code	+91–8592
Vehicle registration	AP
Website	ongole.cdma.ap.gov.in

Ongole (Telugu pronunciation: [oŋɡoːlu]) is a city in Prakasam district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is the headquarters of Prakasam district.^[5]^[6] It is famous for Ongole cattle, an indigenous breed of oxen.^[7]

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^ "Municipality Profile". ongole.cdma.ap.gov.in. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
^ "Population statistics". Census of India. The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Statistical Abstract of Andhra Pradesh, 2015" (PDF). Directorate of Economics & Statistics. Government of Andhra Pradesh. p. 44. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
^ ^a ^b "District Census Hand Book : Prakasam (Part B)" (PDF). Census of India. Directorate of Census Operations, Andhra Pradesh. 2011. p. 48. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
^ "Part III, District and Sub-District (Mandals)" (PDF). Census of India. The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. pp. 157, 178. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
^ India, The Hans (3 December 2017). "Ongole Cattle". www.thehansindia.com. Archived from the original on 5 October 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2019.