guntakal is a town in anantapur district of the indian state of andhra pradesh. it's far the headquarters of guntakal mandal in anantapur sales division.
geography
guntakal is positioned at 15.17°n 77.38°e.[4] it has an average elevation of 432 metres (1,417 toes).
demographics
as in line with provisional facts of 2011 census, guntakal municipality had a population of 126,479, out of which males have been sixty two,695 and females were 63,784. the literacy rate became seventy five.70 consistent with cent.[5] telugu is the reputable and broadly spoken language and other languages spoken include urdu, hindi, kannada, and so forth.
religions in guntakal
chippagiri is a tomb of eminent sufi saint hazrat sattar haji rehmatullahi alaih, that is visible from the principle pass roads and also the dargah of sufi saint hazrat syed sultan mohiyuddin khadri, additionally known as bham bham saheb.
the usage of granites of chippagiri the cluster of temples changed into built. chippagiri is also an area recognised for vijayadasa (1682–1755) well-known for his daasa saahitya who lived right here for sometime on the sri anjaneya swamy temple consecrated with the aid of sri vyasaraja, and reached the haripada (to attain god or pass away) right here famously referred to as vijayadasara katte.[10][11] the nettikallu or nettikanti anjaneya swamy temple idol at kasapuram on outskirts of guntakal turned into also hooked up through sri vyasaraja. the gunthakallappa swamy temple at beerappa street of old guntakal on the coronary heart of the town, changed into hooked up lengthy ago. this temple particularly depends on the kurubas.