Districts of Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh Political Map
CategoryDistricts
LocationAndhra Pradesh
Number26 districts
PopulationsParvathipuram Manyam – 9,25,340 (lowest); Nellore – 24,69,712 (highest)
AreasVisakhapatnam – 1,048 km2 (405 sq mi)(smallest); Prakasam – 14,322 km2 (5,530 sq mi)(largest)
Government
Subdivisions

The state of Andhra Pradesh has 26 districts spread across three cultural regions: Uttaraandhra, Kostaandhra and Rayalaseema. Uttaarandhra consists of Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, Parvathipuram Manyam, Alluri Sitharama Raju, Visakhapatnam and Anakapalli districts. Coastal andhra comprises Kakinada, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Konaseema, East Godavari, West Godavari, Eluru, Krishna, NTR, Guntur, Palnadu, Bapatla, Prakasam and Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore districts. Rayalaseema consists of Kurnool, Nandyal, Anantapuramu, Sri Sathya Sai, YSR, Annamayya, Tirupati and Chittoor districts.

Visakhapatnam district is the smallest district in area while Prakasam district is the largest. Sri Potti Sriramulu 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 consisted 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 district's, 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 district's 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 had 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

S.No Code[14] Official name Headquarters Revenue
divisions		 Mandals Population Area
(in sq.km)		 Density
(per sq.km)		 Map
1 SR Srikakulam Srikakulam 3 30 21,91,471 4,591 477.34
2 PM Parvathipuram Manyam Parvathipuram 2 15 9,25,340 3,659 252.89
3 VZ Vizianagaram Vizianagaram 3 27 19,30,811 4,122 468.42
4 VS Visakhapatnam Visakhapatnam 2 11 19,59,544 1,048 1869.79
5 AS Alluri Sitharama Raju Paderu 2 22 9,53,960 12,251 77.87
6 AK Anakapalli Anakapalli 2 25 17,26,998 4,292 402.38
7 KK Kakinada Kakinada 2 21 20,92,374 3,019 693.07
8 EG East Godavari Rajamahendravaram 2 19 18,32,332 2,561 715.48
9 KN Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Konaseema Amalapuram 3 22 17,19,093 2,083 825.30
10 EL Eluru Eluru 3 28 20,71,700 6,679 310.18
11 WG West Godavari Bhimavaram 2 19 17,79,935 2,178 817.23
12 NT NTR Vijayawada 3 20 22,18,591 3,316 669.06
13 KR Krishna Machilipatnam 3 26 17,35,079 3,775 459.62
14 PL Palnadu Narasaraopeta 3 28 20,41,723 7,298 279.76
15 GU Guntur Guntur 2 18 20,91,075 2,443 855.95
16 BP Bapatla Bapatla 2 25 15,86,918 3,829 414.45
17 PR Prakasam Ongole 3 39 22,88,026 14,322 159.76
18 NE Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore Nellore 4 38 24,69,712 10,441 236.54
19 KU Kurnool Kurnool 3 26 22,71,686 7,980 284.67
20 NN Nandyal Nandyal 3 30 17,81,777 9,682 184.03
21 AN Anantapur Anantapur 3 32 22,41,105 10,205 219.61
22 SS Sri Sathya Sai Puttaparthi 4 32 18,40,043 8,925 206.17
23 CU YSR Kadapa 4 36 20,60,654 11,228 183.53
24 AM Annamayya Rayachoti 3 30 16,97,308 7,954 213.39
25 TR Tirupati Tirupati 4 34 21,96,984 8,231 266.92
26 CH Chittoor Chittoor 4 32 18,72,951 6,855 273.22

See also

References

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  2. ↑ "AP new districts: First formed under the empire, Andhra Pradesh's map shaped and reshaped over two centuries". The Times of India. 30 March 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  3. ↑ "New districts in AP: Experts want the government to walk the talk". The Hindu. 2 April 2022. Archived from the original on 3 April 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  4. ↑ ANI (12 November 2013). "GoM on Andhra bifurcation to elicit views of political parties". Business Standard India. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
  5. ↑ "Andhra Pradesh takes control of seven mandals in Khammam". Deccan Chronicle. 3 September 2014. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  6. ↑ "List of seven mandals to be included in AP". The Hans India. 11 July 2014. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  7. ↑ "TS gives up on 7 transferred mandals". The Hindu. 19 August 2014. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
  8. ↑ "Parliament passes bill on Polavaram project". The Hindu. 14 July 2014. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
  9. ↑ "Doubling the number of districts in Andhra Pradesh: The proposal and the criticism". The Indian Express. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  10. ↑ Raghavendra, V. (26 January 2022). "With creation of 13 new districts, AP now has 26 districts". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Archived from the original on 26 January 2022. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  11. ↑ "New districts to come into force on April 4". The Hindu. 30 March 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  12. 1 2 "Here's how new ap map looks after districts reorganisation". 3 April 2022. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
  13. ↑ "Andhra Pradesh to have 13 new districts from April 4". india.com. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  14. ↑ "NIC Policy on format of e-mail Address" (PDF). www.mail.nic.in. 11 September 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 September 2008. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
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