Podili is a Municipality Town in Prakasam district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.

Before British rule its name was "Prudulapuri" meaning "Head quarters of the universe".

Rail The nearest Railway Station is at Donakonda which is 35 km far from the Podili Municipality.

There is a proposed railway line from Nadikudi to srikalahasti which passes through Podili Town.

With the first, he acquired mastery over Podili and Darsi and seems to have entrusted it to the Kayastha chief Gangaya Sahini who was ruling from Panugal to Marajawadi.

These series of conquests brought Podili, Darsi, Addanki, Markapur and Giddaluru taluks of this district under the sway of the Kakatiyas.

The geology shows Archaean and lower Pre-Cambrian rock formations while the soils are Ustalfs-Tropepts.

[7] According to 2011 census, the total number of households present in Podili Mandal is 16230.Podili municipality merged three Grama Panchayaths (Kambhalapadu, Madalavaripalem, Nandipalem) in 2020.

Podili Nagara Panchayat was selected for the ‘Swachh Shahar Samvaad’ award presented by the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.

Podili Nagara Panchayat Commissioner received the award from the Minister of State for the Housing and Urban Development at a function held in New Delhi on September 30, 2022.

Currently, water from the reservoir Nagarjuna Sagar Dam reaches the town via pumplines through a plant near Doruvu.

The first cases of endemic skeletal fluorosis (and its neurological signs) in the world were recorded in the Podili, Darsi and Kanigiri areas of Andhra Pradesh in 1937.

[17][18] "Narthanasala," a renowned mythological play, was authored by Sri Chilamakuri Venakata Krishna Murthy, a prominent playwright resided in Podili.

The play garnered accolades at the Nandi Natakothsavam held in 2008, further cementing its cultural significance.