Guntakal is a town in Anantapur district in the southwestern part of the state of Andhra Pradesh and 50km away from Bellary of Karnataka, India. It has a population of 1,26,658 (2001 census). In the year 1963, experts have identified Guntakal station, the hub of Meter Gauge / Broad Gauge movements in several directions, as a natural and ideal location for the Guntakal Railway Division of South Central Railway. Now Guntakal has become entirely BG with the gauge conversion of the Guntakal Kallur section in 2009. It also houses a railway diesel shed and is one of the most profitable divisions in Indian Railways. It also had spinning mill which is Asia's second largest cotton spinning mill call A. P. Co-Operative Spinning mill. Guntakal is located at 1510N 7723E / 15.17N 77.38E / 15.17; 77.38. It has an average elevation of 432 metres (1,417ft). As of 2009 India census, Guntakal had a population of 3,57,592. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Guntakal has...
