List of districts of Andhra Pradesh explained

Districts of Andhra Pradesh
Map:Ap-districts.svg
Caption:Andhra Pradesh Political Map
Category:Districts
Territory:Andhra Pradesh
Current Number:26 districts
Population Range:Parvathipuram Manyam – 9,25,340 (lowest); Nellore – 24,69,712 (highest)
Area Range:Visakhapatnam – 1048km2 (smallest); Prakasam – 14322km2 (largest)
Government:Government of Andhra Pradesh
Subdivision:Revenue Divisions of Andhra Pradesh

The state of Andhra Pradesh has 26 districts. Visakhapatnam district is the smallest district in area while Prakasam district is the largest. Nellore district is the most populous whereas Parvathipuram Manyam district is the least populous district. The districts are further divided into two or more revenue divisions, which are further subdivided into mandals for administrative purposes.

History

At the time of Independence the present day Andhra Pradesh was a part of the Madras State. The telugu speaking dominant regions Kostaandhra and Rayalaseema were separated from Madras State to form Andhra State in 1953.[1]

As Andhra State, it consists of 11 districts, which are Anantapur, Chittoor, East Godavari, Guntur, Kadapa, Krishna, Kurnool, Nellore, Srikakulam, Visakhapatnam and West Godavari.[2] [3]

As a result of the 1956 States Reorganisation Act, the state's boundaries were re-organized following linguistic lines. On 1 November 1956, the Andhra State and the Telangana region of the Hyderabad State were merged to form the Andhra Pradesh which is retrospectively referred to as United Andhra Pradesh.

As united Andhra Pradesh, it consisted of 21 districts, with 10 districts of Telangana region. In the year 1959, Bhadrachalam and Nuguru Venkatapuram taluks of East Godavari district, which are on the other side of the Godavari River, were merged into Khammam district on grounds of geographical contiguity and administrative viability. Similarly Aswaraopeta part of West Godavari District was added to Khammam district and Munagala taluk belonging to Krishna district was added to Nalgonda district in the same year.[4]

The number of districts became 23 with the formation of Prakasam district from the parts of Guntur, Nellore and Kurnool districts in 1970 and Vizianagaram district from parts of Visakhapatnam and Srikakulam districts in 1979.

After the bifurcation of the United Andhra Pradesh in 2014, the Andhra region now known as Andhra Pradesh was left with 13 districts but was given several tribal-dominated mandals from the Khammam district of the Telangana as part of the Polavaram project. These mandals were added to the East Godavari and West Godavari district's respectively.[5] [6] [7] [8]

On 26 January 2022, the Government of Andhra Pradesh proposed 13 new districts by issuing a draft notification under the Andhra Pradesh Districts (Formation) Act, 1974, Section 3(5).[9] [10] After taking the objections and suggestions received from the public into consideration, the government has published the final notification on 3 April 2022. With effect from 4 April 2022 the newly formed districts came into effect as specified in the schedule.[11] [12] [13] At present there are 26 districts spread across 3 cultural regions: Uttaraandhra, Kostaandhra and Rayalaseema.

Timeline

Districts

The state is further divided into 26 districts, with North Andhra comprising six districts, Coastal Andhra comprising 12 districts, and Rayalaseema comprising eight districts.[14] These districts are made up of 76 revenue divisions, 679 mandals and 13,324 village panchayats as part of the administrative organisation.[15]

North Andhra:

  1. Alluri Sitharama Raju
  2. Anakapalli
  3. Parvathipuram Manyam
  4. Srikakulam
  5. Visakhapatnam
  6. Vizianagaram

Coastal Andhra:

  1. Bapatla
  2. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Konaseema
  3. East Godavari
  4. Eluru
  5. Guntur
  6. Kakinada
  7. Krishna
  8. NTR
  9. Palnadu
  10. Prakasam
  11. Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore
  12. West Godavari

Rayalaseema:

  1. Anantapur
  2. Annamayya
  3. Chittoor
  4. YSR (Kadapa)
  5. Kurnool
  6. Nandyal
    1. Sri Sathya Sai Tirupati
S.NoCode[16] Official nameHeadquartersPast DistrictRevenue
divisions		MandalsPopulationArea
(in sq.km)		Density
(per sq.km)		Map
1SRISrikakulamSrikakulam33021,91,4714,591477.34
2PARParvathipuram ManyamParvathipuramSrikakulam, Vizianagaram.2159,25,3403,659252.89
3VIZVizianagaramVizianagaram32719,30,8114,122468.42
4VISVisakhapatnamVisakhapatnam21119,59,5441,0481869.79
5ALLAlluri Sitharama RajuPaderuEast Godavari, Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram.3229,53,96012,25177.87
6ANAAnakapalliAnakapalliVisakhapatnam22517,26,9984,292402.38
7KAKKakinadaKakinadaEast Godavari22120,92,3743,019693.07
8EASEast GodavariRajamahendravaram21918,32,3322,561715.48
9KONDr. B. R. Ambedkar KonaseemaAmalapuramEast Godavari32217,19,0932,083825.30
10ELUEluruEluruWest Godavari32720,06,7376,579305.02
11WESWest GodavariBhimavaram32018,44,8982,278809.88
12NTRNTRVijayawadaKrishna32022,18,5913,316669.06
13KRIKrishnaMachilipatnam32617,35,0793,775459.62
14PALPalnaduNarasaraopetaGuntur32820,41,7237,298279.76
15GUNGunturGuntur21820,91,0752,443855.95
16BAPBapatlaBapatlaGuntur Prakasam32515,86,9183,829414.45
17NELSri Potti Sriramulu NelloreNellore43824,69,71210,441236.54
18PRAPrakasamOngole33922,88,02614,322159.76
19KURKurnoolKurnool32622,71,6867,980284.67
20NANNandyalNandyalKurnool33017,81,7779,682184.03
21ANAAnantapuramuAnantapuram33222,41,10510,205219.61
22SSSSri Sathya SaiPuttaparthiAnantapuramu43218,40,0438,925206.17
23CUDYSRKadapa43620,60,65411,228183.53
24ANNAnnamayyaRayachotiChittoor, YSR33016,97,3087,954213.39
25TIRTirupatiTirupatiChittoor, Nellore43421,96,9848,231266.92
26CHIChittoorChittoor43218,72,9516,855273.22

See also

Sources

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1 November 2020. History of Andhra Pradesh. live. 3 April 2022. The Hans India. en. 3 April 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220403095807/https://www.thehansindia.com/andhra-pradesh/history-of-andhra-pradesh-have-a-quick-recall-of-formation-of-the-state-654080.
  2. Web site: 30 March 2022. AP new districts: First formed under the empire, Andhra Pradesh's map shaped and reshaped over two centuries. 3 April 2022. The Times of India. en.
  3. Web site: 2 April 2022. New districts in AP: Experts want the government to walk the talk. live. 3 April 2022. The Hindu. en . 3 April 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220403071546/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/new-districts-in-ap-experts-want-the-government-to-walk-the-talk/article65284435.ece .
  4. News: ANI . 2013-11-12 . GoM on Andhra bifurcation to elicit views of political parties . Business Standard India . 2023-03-14.
  5. Web site: 3 September 2014. Andhra Pradesh takes control of seven mandals in Khammam. 3 April 2022. Deccan Chronicle. en.
  6. Web site: 11 July 2014. List of seven mandals to be included in AP. 3 April 2022. The Hans India. en.
  7. News: 2014-08-19 . TS gives up on 7 transferred mandals . en-IN . The Hindu . 2023-03-14 . 0971-751X.
  8. News: 2014-07-14 . Parliament passes bill on Polavaram project . en-IN . The Hindu . 2023-03-14 . 0971-751X.
  9. Web site: 2022-01-31 . Doubling the number of districts in Andhra Pradesh: The proposal and the criticism . 2023-03-11 . The Indian Express . en.
  10. News: Raghavendra. V.. 26 January 2022. With creation of 13 new districts, AP now has 26 districts. The Hindu. live. 26 January 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220126110443/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/with-creation-of-13-new-districts-ap-now-has-26-districts/article38327788.ece. 26 January 2022. 0971-751X.
  11. Web site: 30 March 2022. New districts to come into force on April 4. The Hindu. 3 April 2022.
  12. Web site: Here's how new ap map looks after districts reorganisation . 2022-04-03 . 2023-04-17.
  13. Web site: 31 March 2022. Andhra Pradesh to have 13 new districts from April 4. 3 April 2022. india.com. en.
  14. News: V. . Raghavendra . 4 April 2022 . Jagan launches 13 new districts of Andhra Pradesh . 21 August 2024 . The Hindu.
  15. Book: Monthly bulletin . Ministry of Panchayat raj, Government of India . 2022 . 3 . 3 June 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230603070851/https://egramswaraj.gov.in/FileRedirect.jsp?FD=Bulletin&name=MonthlyBulletin_July_v01.pdf . 3 June 2023 . live.
  16. Web site: 2008-09-11 . NIC Policy on format of e-mail Address . https://web.archive.org/web/20080911133331/https://www.mail.nic.in/docs/MailService_e-mail_address_Policy_WithCodes.pdf . 11 September 2008 . 2021-02-15 . www.mail.nic.in.

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