List of 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, YSR Kadapa and Anantapur.

Districts of Andhra Pradesh

Anantapur district in Rayalaseema is the largest district in area and Srikakulam district in Uttarandhra is 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.

History

At the time of Independence the present day Andhra Pradesh was a part of Madras State. Coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema were separated from Madras State to form Andhra State in 1953

As a result of the 1956 States Reorganisation Act, the state's boundaries were re-organized following linguistic lines. On 1 November 1956, Andhra State and the Telangana region of Hyderabad state were merged to form the united Andhra State and was renamed as Andhra Pradesh. The present day Andhra Pradesh while formation had 11 districts. They are as follows:

Anantapur, Chittoor, East Godavari, Guntur, YSR Kadapa, Krishna, Kurnool, Nellore, Prakasam, Srikakulam, Visakhapatnam and West Godavari

Prakasam district was created out of parts of Guntur district, Nellore district and Kurnool district in 1970.

Vizianagaram district was created out of parts of Visakhapatnam district and Srikakulam district in 1979.

Districts
S.No District Headquarters Revenue Divisions Mandals Population Area (in sq.km) Density (per sq.km)
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 district 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 Nellore Nellore 5 56 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]


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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