List of districts of Andhra Pradesh

The state of Andhra Pradesh has 26 districts spread across three regions — Uttarandhra, Coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema. Uttarandhra consists of Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, Parvathipuram Manyam, Alluri Sitarama Raju, Visakhapatnam and Anakapalli districts. Coastal Andhra comprises Kakinada, Konaseema, East Godavari, West Godavari, Eluru, Krishna, NTR, Guntur, Palnadu, Bapatla, Prakasam and SPS Nellore districts. Rayalaseema consists of Kurnool, Nandyal, Anantapur, Sri Sathya Sai, YSR, Annamayya, Tirupati and Chittoor districts.

Districts of Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh Political Map
CategoryDistricts
LocationAndhra Pradesh
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

Prakasam is the largest district in area while Visakhapatnam is the smallest. Nellore is the most populous whereas Parvathipuram Manyam is the least populous district. 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.[1]

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. Andhra Pradesh while formation had 11 districts. They are as follows:[2][3]

After the bifurcation of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh lost 9 districts to the new state but was given several tribal-dominated mandals from Khammam district as part of the Polavaram project. These were added to East and West Godavari districts respectively.[4][5]

On 26 January, 2022, the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy and his cabinet has proposed 13 new districts and notified under AP Districts Formation Act, Section 3(5).[6] After taken into consideration the objections and suggestions received from the public of those districts, the government has published the final notification on 3 April, 2022 i.e., With effect on and from 4 April, 2022 the new districts will be formed as specified in the schedule.[7][8][9]

Districts
Code[10] Official name Headquarters Revenue
divisions		 Mandals Population Area
(in sq.km)		 Density
(per sq.km)
SR Srikakulam Srikakulam 3 30 21,91,471 4,591 477.34
PM Parvathipuram Manyam Parvathipuram 2 15 9,25,340 3,659 252.89
VZ Vizianagaram Vizianagaram 2 27 19,30,811 4,122 468.42
VS Visakhapatnam Visakhapatnam 2 11 19,59,544 1,048 1869.79
AS Alluri Sitharama Raju Paderu 2 22 9,53,960 12,251 77.87
AK Anakapalli Anakapalli 2 24 17,26,998 4,292 402.38
KK Kakinada Kakinada 2 21 20,92,374 3,019 693.07
EG East Godavari Rajahmundry 2 20 18,32,332 2,561 715.48
KN Konaseema Amalapuram 3 22 17,19,093 2,083 825.30
EL Eluru Eluru 3 28 20,71,700 6,679 310.18
WG West Godavari Bhimavaram 2 19 17,79,935 2,178 817.23
NT NTR Vijayawada 3 20 22,18,591 3,316 669.06
KR Krishna Machilipatnam 3 25 17,35,079 3,775 459.62
PL Palnadu Narasaraopet 3 28 20,41,723 7,298 279.76
GU Guntur Guntur 2 18 20,91,075 2,443 855.95
BP Bapatla Bapatla 2 25 15,86,918 3,829 414.45
PR Prakasam Ongole 3 38 22,88,026 14,322 159.76
NE Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore Nellore 4 38 24,69,712 10,441 236.54
KU Kurnool Kurnool 3 26 22,71,686 7,980 284.67
NN Nandyal Nandyal 3 29 17,81,777 9,682 184.03
AN Anantapur Anantapur 3 31 22,41,105 10,205 219.61
SS Sri Sathya Sai Puttaparthi 4 32 18,40,043 8,925 206.17
CU YSR Kadapa 3 36 20,60,654 11,228 183.53
AM Annamayya Rayachoti 3 30 16,97,308 7,954 213.39
TR Tirupati Tirupati 4 34 21,96,984 8,231 266.92
CH Chittoor Chittoor 4 31 18,72,951 6,855 273.22

Source: Andhra Pradesh State Portal[11][12][13]

See also

References
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  7. "New districts to come into force on April 4". The Hindu. 30 March 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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  10. "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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  13. "District Census Hand Books - Andhra Pradesh". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
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