Rapur is a town, municipality, railway junction and a Mandal in SPSR Nellore district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.

Rapur has India's longest electrified railway tunnel, 6.6 km long on line between Cheropali-Krishnapatnam port, opened by vice president M. Venkaiah Naidu on Aug 21, 2019.

The dam is a part of Telugu Ganga project which is a key water source channel for Chennai.

Rapur town is surrounded by very big hills named veligonda which makes it a sightseeing place especially in winter and rainy seasons.

The rainfall ranges from 700 to 1000 mm through South West and North East Monsoons Rapur have an APSRTC Bus stand and depot, recently got railway station too which is near from maddelamadu center.

People live very close to each other irrespective of religion, so almost everyone can understand and speak Urdu here tough Telugu is official state language here.

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