List of census towns in Andhra Pradesh explained

The article lists census towns in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The statistical data is based on 2011 Census of India, conducted by the Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, under Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India.

Census town

A census town is one which has urban characteristics but is not notified as a statutory town.^[1] These towns should have a minimum population of 5,000, at least 50% of male working population is employed outside the agricultural sector and minimum population density of 400 persons per km².^{[2] [3]}

Statistics

census of India, the state of Andhra Pradesh has a total of 104 census towns in 13 districts. Guntur district has the least with only 1.^[4] Kanuru of Krishna district is the most populated and Arempudi of East Godavari district is the least populated census towns of the state. In terms of area, Podili of Prakasam district has the largest area of 43.88km2 and Modameedipalle of Kadapa district is the smallest with an area of 0.9km2.

Notes

• Gooty and Kalyandurg of Anantapur district, Sullurpeta of Nellore district, Palakonda of Srikakulam district and Nellimarla of Vizianagaram district were upgraded as municipalities.^[5]
• Dowleswaram, Hukumpeta and Katheru of East Godavari district were merged into Rajahmundry Municipal Corporation.^{[6] [7]}

List

S.No.	District	Census town	Population (2011)	Area	Total
1		Anantapur	15,247	21.30	7	^[8]
2		Kakkalapalle	30,128	16.01
3		Narayanapuram	14,227	9.90
4			13,850	3.78
5			18,895	30.34
6			35,565	30.28
7		Yenumalapalle	10,482	12.57
1		Arempudi	1,546	6.32	7	^[9]
2			11,470	4.97
3		Chidiga	6,365	1.90
4		Morampudi	15,346	7.54
5			28,369	9.99
6			9,952	4.99
7		Suryaraopeta	24,112	9.20
1			6,275	3.30	1	^[10]
1		Chennamukkapalle	7,065	3.05	11	^[11]
2		Dommara Nandyala	8,337	12.68
3			22,936	5.92
4		Mangampeta	5,175	5.10
5		Modameedipalle	11,397	0.90
6			6,812	4.64
7			9,775	17.87
8		Nagireddipalle	12,318	5.82
9			19,483	13.94
10		Veparala	6,712	11.26
11			32,574	5.32
1			11,187	10.26	11	^[12]
2			29,432	15.00
3			14,616	3.37
4			49,006	9.02
5			33,373	15.00
6		Nadim Tiruvuru	18,567	10.49
7			25,545	11.78
8			13,941	2.40
9			22,222	3.30
10			17,462	5.77
11			34,177	4.17
1			20,749	8.43	7	^[13]
2		Banumukkala	14,307	13.99
3			38,994	25.75
4		Mamidalapadu	26,694	9.15
5			21,452	5.96
6		Ramapuram	6,614	7.84
7		Thummalamenta	12,373	23.80
1		Buja Buja Nellore	10,927	2.81	5	^[14]
2		L.A. Sagaram	19,904	4.81
3		Tada Khandrika	6,123	6.88
4		Vinnamala	20,924	8.00
5		Yerrabalem	7,803	1.36
1		Chirala	30,858	23.70	9	^[15]
2			15,169	8.81
3			35,150	20.94
4			37,420	33.06
5		Mulaguntapadu	7,145	3.38
6			20,000	16.15
7			31,145	43.88
8			19,400	11.20
9			38,671	11.14
1		Balaga	30,858	23.70	7	^[16]
2			6,603	2.55
3			26,280	5.18
4			12,640	11.07
5			18,778	11.10
6			28,631	13.58
7			12,273	20.00
1		Bowluvada	5,001	6.89	12	^[17]
2			20,251	16.88
3			7,888	4.21
4		Gudivada	8,787	1.00
5			6,714	1.62
6		Mulakuddu	4,513	4.90
7			7,603	6.73
8			33,757	6.83
9		Peda Boddepalle	12,781	10.59
10			27,001	2.59
11			4,632	3.77
12			27,265	10.36
1			14,847	3.48	9	^[18]
2			5,921	3.59
3			5,687	1.04
4			5,761	2.30
5			5,960	5.30
6			14,321	7.60
7		Malicherla	33,757	6.83
8			18,893	7.72
9		Tummikapalle	4,911	2.95
1			5,543	2.18	5	^[19]
2			10,029	1.40
3			8,142	1.70
4			6,393	1.40
5			8,250	4.80
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References

Notes and References

1. News: Ramachhandran, M.. Rescuing cities from chaos. 8 March 2012. The Hindu Business Line. 13 February 2012.
2. Web site: Census of India: Some terms and definitions. Census of India. 8 March 2012.
3. "New Census Towns Showcase New India", Mint.
4. Web site: Administrative Units – Census 2011. Census of India. Government of India. 23 February 2016. 13. PDF.
5. Web site: Municipalities, Municipal Corporations & UDAs. Directorate of Town and Country Planning. Government of Andhra Pradesh. 17 June 2016. PDF.
6. News: BVS Bhaskar . 21 gram panchayats merged into RMC. 24 August 2015. The Hindu. 20 March 2013. Rajahmundry.
7. Web site: Rajahmundry Municipal Corporation Enlarged with 21 Gram Panchayats. Tgnns. 24 August 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304102049/http://www.tgnns.com/andhra-pradesh-2/east-godavari/rajahmundry-municipal-corporation-enlarged-with-21-gram-panchayats/2013/03/18/. 4 March 2016. dead.
8. Web site: District Census Handbook – Chittoor. Census of India. 4 November 2015. 15,46. PDF.
9. Web site: District Census Handbook – East Godavari . Census of India. 18 January 2015. 17,48,54. PDF.
10. Web site: District Census Handbook – Guntur. Census of India. 18 January 2015. 15,28. PDF.
11. Web site: District Census Handbook – Kadapa. Census of India. 20 February 2016. 11,52. PDF.
12. Web site: District Census Handbook – Krishna. Census of India. 18 January 2015. 17,48. PDF.
13. Web site: District Census Handbook – Kurnool. Census of India. 23 February 2016. 13,59. PDF.
14. Web site: District Census Handbook – Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore . Census of India. 18 January 2015. 25,26,56. PDF.
15. Web site: District Census Handbook – Prakasam. Census of India. 18 January 2015. 16,17,48. PDF.
16. Web site: District Census Handbook – Srikakulam . Census of India. 18 January 2015. 26–28,54. PDF.
17. Web site: District Census Handbook – Visakhapatnam . Census of India. 18 January 2015. 26–27,52. PDF.
18. Web site: District Census Handbook – Vizianagaram. Census of India. 5 December 2015. 18–19,44. PDF.
19. Web site: District Census Handbook – West Godavari . Census of India. 18 January 2015. 22–23,54. PDF.