Darsi

Darsi Clock tower

Darsi is located on the Addanki - Podili Road. It is at 15.7667°N 79.6833°E / 15.7667; 79.6833 in the Prakasam district of Andhra Pradesh. Darsi is a town at the foot of Nallamala. It is a plain region in the coromandal region. It is covered with small mountain ranges to the north, Pulipadu Pond to the east and lush, green fields to the south and west.

There are 11 public primary schools, 12 private primary schools, one government high school, 12 private high schools, three public secondary schools and three private secondary schools.

Prominent schools include:

• St. Xavier's High School, Darsi

• A.P. Model School
• Kijiji High School
• Gowthami Grammar School
• Sri Chaitanya School

• NAP pond near Darsi Hills
• Sai Baba temple near Pulipadu Lake
• Venkateswara Swami temple
• Skj power project
• Darsi Pallevanam Park
• Clock Tower

Darsi is an assembly constituency in Andhra Pradesh, one of 12 in Prakasam district. In the last elections, YSRCP (YSR Congress) candidate Maddisetti Venugopal won by a margin of 39057 votes on Kadiri Babu Rao. Dirisala Ramanareddy was the first chairman of Prakasam Zilla Parishad in 1970. Budamaguntla Balaiah was elected as Mandal Parishad President (M.P.P) in the year 1996.

The town people mostly depend on Nagarjunasagar Right Canal (Jawahar canal) for both irrigation & drinking. It passes through Darsi. The town receives rainfall between mid-July to September. There is also a fresh water lake built by the Netherlands' Government.

There is a bus station in Darsi near where the Podili Road, Kurichedu Road and Lankojanapalli Road intersect. There is also a bus station in Auto Nagar, Darsi.[2] From there, other depot buses go to nearby towns and cities including Ongole and Podili, but also cities further away like Hyderabad, Karimnagar and Bengaluru.[3] The railway line, Nadikudi-Srikalahasthi will pass when it finishes construction through the town. It is also well connected by road.