Polavaram, Chittoor
# Polavaram, Chittoor

Polavaram is a village in Puthalapattu Mandal, Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh state.

## Politics and government

Polavaram gram panchayat is the local self-government of the village. It is divided into wards and each ward is represented by a ward member.

As per the recent panchayat election results Smt. Nirmala Sirasanambati is the current sarpanch of the panchayat and Dasaradharami Reddy S is the upa-sarpanch of the panchayat.

## Agriculture

The major crops in this village are Paddy, Sugarcane, Groundnuts, Mango etc., Majority of the land is utilized for agriculture in this village.

## Education

As per the school information report for the academic year 2020–21, the village has one Mandal Parishad school and one Zilla Parishad school.

* MPP School, Polavaram
* ZP High School, Polavaram

## Banks

Union Bank of India (earlier Andhra Bank) has a branch in this village with branch code 809161 and IFSC as UBIN0809161.

## Festivals

People in this village celebrate the below festivals.

* Makara Sankranthi (aka Pongal) - 3/4 Days
* Ugadi - 1 Day
* Sri Rama Navami - 1/2 Days
* Varalakshmi Vratham - 1 Day
* Vinayaka Chavithi (aka Ganesh Chaturthi) - 3 Days
* Vijaya Dasami (aka Dussehra) - 1 Day
* Deepavali (aka Diwali) - 2 Days
* Karthika Pournami - 1 Day
