title: Polavaram, Chittoor
text: # 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
  