Amruthalur

Amruthalur is a village in Guntur district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is the headquarters of Amruthaluru mandal in Tenali revenue division. The village forms a part of Andhra Pradesh Capital Region and is under the jurisdiction of APCRDA.

Geography
Amruthalur is situated to the southwest of the mandal headquarters, Amruthalur, at 16.11769°N, 80.65986°W. It is spread over an area of 1499 ha.

History,Government and politics
Earlier Amruthalur was ruled by Katragadda Zamindari predominantly by Rao Sahib Katragadda Pedha Achaiah(1848-1890) followed by his elder son Katragadda Sriramullu(1873-1906) followed by his only son Katragadda Varadarajullu(1896-1960) till the zamindari system was abolished. Katragadda Varadarajullu built school in his own land in inturu(ఇంటూరు), Amruthalur mandal even Mahatma Gandhi visited this school in inturu which was later taken control by government and named it as Katragadda zilla parishad high school, drinking water wells were built by him for welfare of people, He donated his own land for people to use for graveyard purposes in 4 villages as there are no graveyards in Inturu, Rambhotlapallem, Tummalapalem surrounding areas. Katragadda Varadarajullu has also given his own 26 acres of agricultural land for 99 years lease to vinayashram through his relative Jagarlamudi Kuppuswamy Chowdary in 1933.

Later Amruthalur used to be an assembly constituency and Saranu Ramaswamy chowdary was elected member of legislative assembly

Amruthalur Gram Panchayat is the local self-government of the village. There are 14 wards, each represented by an elected ward member. The present sarpanch is vacant, elected by the ward members. The village is administered by the Amruthalur Mandal Parishad at the intermediate level of panchayat raj institutions.

Education
As per the school information report for the academic year 2018–19, the village has a total of 9 schools. These include one private and 8 Zilla/Mandal Parishad.