Dharmavaram, Sri Sathya Sai district

Dharmavaram is a city in Sri Sathya Sai District of the Andhra Pradesh state of Indian country. It is mandal and divisional headquarters of Dharmavaram mandal and Dharmavaram revenue division respectively. The city is known for its handloom silk sarees. The city is renowned for cotton, silk weaving industries and leather puppets. The city is called as Silk city of Andhra Pradesh. Dharmavaram is famous for Handloom Weavers, Saree Designs, Jacquard designs, Silk Extraction from Silkworm Cacoons, Dyeing and it is fully populated by maximum weavers and by developing technology makes changes by producing various types of machine equipment emerging for weavers to weave quickly than the past decades and quality production was happening now and the production was famous for Sarees.

Dharmavaram
Nickname: 
Silk City of Andhra Pradesh
Dharmavaram
Location in Andhra Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 14.43°N 77.72°E / 14.43; 77.72
CountryIndia
StateAndhra Pradesh
DistrictSri Sathya Sai District
Area
  Total40.50 km2 (15.64 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
  Total121,874
  Density3,000/km2 (7,800/sq mi)
Languages
  OfficialTelugu
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
Telephone code91-08559
Vehicle registrationAP-39
Websitedharmavaram.cdma.ap.gov.in
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