Dharmavaram, Anantapur

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Dharmavaram () is the third biggest town and a municipality located in Anantapur district in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. It is famous throughout India for producing silk sarees. The Dharmavaram Temples are important places of pilgrimage. Puttaparthi, the birth place and abode of Sathya Sai Baba is situated 42&nbsp;km from Dharmavaram. Dharmavaram is a railway junction which falls under South Central Railway Zone of Indian Railways. Dharmavaram is just 39&nbsp;km away from Anantapur city. It is one of the Revenue divisions in the district. Dharmavaram is also one of the Roads and Bungalows (R&B) division.

The novel Warp & Weft written by Vinay Jalla, a Bangalore-born, Manchester-based author is set in Dharmavaram. The book details the rustic lifestyle in a lively manner.

Geography

Dharmavaram is located at . It has an average elevation of 345&nbsp;metres (1131&nbsp;feet).

Demographics

Dharmavaram is a taluk of Anantapur district in Andhra Pradesh. It has 48 villages over an area of 632 square miles. The population in 1901 was 70,943, compared with 65,629 in 1891. Dharmavaram town has a population of 10,658. It was a Railway junction of the Guntakal-Bangalore branch of the Southern Mahratta Railway with the Villupuram-Dharmavaram branch of the South Indian Railway. The city was said to be founded by Kriyasakti Udaiyar, who built a fort on the banks of large...
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