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Kuppam is a town in Chittoor district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located 125 kilometres from the district headquarters Chittoor,115.8 kilometers south-east of Bangalore, the capital city of Karnataka, and 243 kilometers west of Chennai, the capital of Tamil Nadu. It is the headquarters of Kuppam mandal in the Kuppam Revenue Division. The name "Kuppam" means a meeting place or confluence.
Climate
Kuppam's climate is classified as tropical. When compared with winter, the summers have much more rainfall. This location is classified as Aw by Köppen and Geiger. The average annual temperature is 22.3 °C in Kuppam. The rainfall here averages 680 mm. Precipitation is the lowest in February, with an average of 2 mm. In October, the precipitation reaches its peak, with an average of 151 mm. At an average temperature of 28.0 °C, May is the hottest month of the year. At 18.0 °C on average, December is the coldest month of the year.
Kuppam Area Development Authority (KADA)
Project Chairman :- Chittoor District Collector and Magistrate
Project Director :- Vikas Marmat IAS
Kuppam Area Development Authority with headquarters at Kuppam. It covers four mandals – Kuppam, Gudupalle, Santhipuram and Ramakuppam along with Kuppam municipality which forms part of Kuppam Revenue Division. It is meant for the overall economic growth, development, achieving sustainable development goals (SDGs) and zero poverty in the KADA region
The State government also reorganised the administrative structure of KADA to ensure a single line system for better coordination among various functionaries for an integrated approach. As such, it has re-designated the Special officer post as Project Director, KADA who will be directly responsible for planning and implementing all government programmes. The PD will review all the programmes and directly report to the Collector who shall be the Chairman of KADA.
Demographics
census of India, Kuppam had a population of 21,963. The total population constitute, 11,091 males and 10,872 females - a sex ratio of 980 females per 1000 males. 2,551 children are in the age group of 0–6 years, of which 1,340 are boys and 1,211 are girls. The average literacy rate stands at 83.62% with 16,232 literates, significantly higher than the state average of 67.41%.