Pamidi
Mandal HQ
Anantapur district
Andhra Pradesh
ULB STATUS CONFLICT: Wikipedia's Anantapur district article lists Pamidi as a Nagar Panchayat with a 2011 population of 26,886, but Pamidi does NOT appear in the official CDMA ULB directory (https://cdma.ap.gov.in/ulb-web-directory, 123 ULBs statewide) and it is NOT among the urban local bodies listed on the official district page https://ananthapuramu.ap.gov.in/municipal-corporation-and-municipalities/ (which names only Anantapuramu Municipal Corporation, Guntakal, Kalyandurg, Rayadurg, Tadipatri and Gooty). Both readings are recorded here; population left null because the only figure available is tied to the disputed ULB claim. Pamidi is confirmed as a mandal (and therefore mandal headquarters) by https://ananthapuramu.ap.gov.in/mandals/. Revenue division: Guntakal. The mandal name is from the official district portal; the grouping into revenue divisions is from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anantapur_district, because the official portal's mandal table is not explicitly grouped by division. Division assignment is therefore medium-confidence. Official portal https://ananthapuramu.ap.gov.in/divisions/ confirms exactly 3 revenue divisions (Anantapuramu, Kalyandurg, Guntakal). SOURCE CONFLICT on mandal count: https://ananthapuramu.ap.gov.in/mandal/ states the district 'consists of 31 Mandals' and tabulates 31 (one combined 'Anantapur' entry), while https://ananthapuramu.ap.gov.in/mandals/ tabulates 32 (Anantapur Urban and Anantapur Rural listed separately); Wikipedia's prose says 31 but its list has 32. This dataset carries 32. Separate conflict: https://ananthapuramu.ap.gov.in/demography/ is stale, still reporting 63 revenue mandals, 5 revenue divisions and 19,130 sq km, i.e. the pre-2022 undivided Anantapur district.
Community institutions
Pamidi hand-printed cotton (chintz) industry and Vithoba temple of the Rangari printers
Market_trade ·
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1905 Madras District Gazetteer, p. 163: 'The town is now known chiefly for its hand-printed cotton stuffs... All of these are made by Marathas of the Rangari caste, who speak good Marathi... they have their own temple dedicated to Vithoba.' Imperial Gazetteer of India, Madras Vol. I (1908), p. 493: 'Pamidi chintzes are well-known throughout the Ceded Districts, and are exported in large quantities to other parts of the peninsula and to Burma.' EXPLICIT CAUTION: this is a WEAVER/PRINTER caste temple (Maratha Rangari), NOT an Arya Vysya or merchant foundation, and is recorded here only so it is not mistaken for one.
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