List of districts in Andhra Pradesh

Districts of Andhra Pradesh

The state of Andhra Pradesh is divided into 13 administrative districts spread across two unofficial regions - Coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema. Coastal Andhra is divided into 9 districts: East Godavari, West Godavari, Krishna, Guntur, Prakasam, Sri Potti Sri Ramulu Nellore, Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, and Visakhapatnam. Rayalaseema comprises 4 districts: Kurnool, Chittoor, Kadapa and Anantapur.

Anantapur district in Rayalaseema is the largest district in area and Srikakulam district in Uttarandhra the smallest. East Godavari district is the most populous while Vizianagaram district is the least populous. The districts are further divided into two or more revenue divisions and Mandals for administrative purposes.

Districts

Id District Headquarters Revenue Divisions Mandals Population
1 Anantapur Anantapur 5 63 4,083,315 19,130 213
2 Chittoor Chittoor 3 66 4,170,468 15,152 275
3 East Godavari Kakinada 7 64 5,151,549 10,807 477
4 Guntur Guntur 4 57 4,889,230 11,391 429
5 YSR Kadapa Kadapa 3 50 2,884,524 15,359 188
6 Krishna Machilipatnam 4 50 4,529,009 8,727 519
7 Kurnool Kurnool 3 54 4,046,601 17,658 229
8 Sri Potti Sri Ramulu Nellore Nellore 5 46 2,966,082 13,076 227
9 Prakasam Ongole 3 56 3,392,764 17,626 193
10 Srikakulam Srikakulam 3 37 2,699,471 5,837 462
11 Visakhapatnam Visakhapatnam 4 46 4,288,113 11,161 340
12 Vizianagaram Vizianagaram 2 34 2,342,868 6,539 384
13 West Godavari Eluru 4 46 3,934,782 7,742 490

Sources:

  • Andhra Pradesh State Portal[1]

Proposed Districts

# Proposed District Head Quarters Carved From Notes
1 Parvathipuram Parvathipuram Vizianagaram district
2 Araku Paderu Visakhapatnam district
3 Anakapalle Anakapalle Visakhapatnam district
4 Rajamahendravaram Rajamahendravaram East Godavari district
5 Amalapuram Amalapuram East Godavari district
6 Bhimavaram Bhimavaram or Narasapuram West Godavari district
7 Machilipatnam Machilipatnam Krishna district
8 Amaravati Amaravati Guntur district
Krishna district		 State Capital of Andhra Pradesh
9 Narasaraopeta Narasaraopeta Guntur district
10 Bapatla Bapatla Guntur district
Prakasam district
11 Markapuram Markapur Prakasam district
12 Udayagiri Kavali Nellore district
13 Tirupati Tirupati Chittoor district
Nellore district
14 Madanapalle Madanapalle Chittoor district
15 Pulivendula Pulivendula Kadapa district
16 Adoni Adoni Kurnool District
17 Nandyal Nandyal Kurnool district
18 Hindupur Penukonda or Puttaparthi Anantapur district
19 Polavaram Jangareddigudem West Godavari district
20 Rampachodavaram Rampachodavaram East Godavari district

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Population of AP districts(2011)" (PDF). ap.gov.in. p. 14. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 November 2013. Retrieved 25 May 2014.

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