In an effort to gain an independent state based on linguistic identity, and to protect the interests of the Telugu-speaking people of Madras State, Potti Sreeramulu fasted to death in 1952. Chennaiis the capital of Tamil nadu. In 1977, Associated Press reporter James W. When did Telangana separate from Andhra Pradesh? Corrections? [171][172] The industry holds the Guinness World Record for the largest film production facility in the world.[173]. It is an exporter of many agricultural products and is also known as "Rice Bowl of India". Hyderabad will remain as a joint capital for not exceeding ten years. [125] The domestic product of agriculture sector accounts for 545.99 billion (US$6.8billion) and industrial sector for 507.45 billion (US$6.4billion). [128][129] The state has three Agricultural Economic Zones in Chittoor district for mango pulp and vegetables, Krishna district for mangoes, Guntur district for chilies. ;[174] caves such as, Borra Caves,[175] Indian rock-cut architecture depicting Undavalli Caves[176] and the country's second longest caves- the Belum Caves. [12], There are 24,738,068 male and 24,648,731 female citizensa sex ratio of 996 females per 1000 males, higher than the national average of 926 per 1000. [169] Film producer D. Ramanaidu holds a Guinness Record for the most films produced by a person. [32] It has a jurisdiction over almost 15,000 square kilometres (5,800sqmi) of territorial waters.[12][33]. They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. He won the All England Open Badminton Championships in 2001, becoming the second Indian to win after Prakash Padukone. Most of the coastal plains are put to intense agricultural use. The rural headcount ratio stands at 22% while for urban areas it is 19%. [227], Krishnam Raju Gadiraju of Bhimavaram, is a four-time world record holder. The population of Christians in Andhra Pradesh is only 6.82 Lakhs out of 4.93 Crores (State Population) which would translate to just 1.4 percent Christian population. 84 bridges. [16] Andhra State was the first state to be formed on a linguistic basis in India on 1 October 1953. Total Number of districts in Andhra Pradesh In 1983, the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) won the state elections and N. T. Rama Rao became the Chief Minister of the state for the first time. The economy of Andhra Pradesh is the 8th largest in India, with a gross state domestic product (GSDP) of 8.84 trillion (US$110 billion) and has the country's 17th-highest GSDP per capita of 170,000 (US$2,100). [158] Pothana is the poet who composed the classic Srimad Maha Bhagavatamu, a Telugu translation of Sri Bhagavatam. Rice is the major food crop and staple food of the state. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions. The Government of Andhra Pradesh established Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies (RGUKT) in 2008 to cater to the education needs of the rural youth of Andhra Pradesh. [209], Higher education in the state is administered by the Department of Higher Education. The total population constitute, 70.4% of rural population with 34,776,389 inhabitants and 29.6% of urban population with 14,610,410 inhabitants. The highways in the state are also being widened. [30], Andhra Pradesh comprises three major regions namely Rayalaseema in the south-west, Coastal Andhra bordering the Bay of Bengal in the east and Uttarandhra at north-east. [143] The state has become power surplus with excess power generation being exported to other states. Population of Andhra Pradesh in 2023 - 5.3 Crore (Approx) Andhra Pradesh: Census 2011: 2021 Estimates: Total Population: 5.27 Crore: Male Population: 24,738,068: 2.64 Crore: Female Population: 24,648,731: [150] It increased to fifteen with the addition of Banaganapalle Mangoes[151] and Bandar laddu. [152] The other GI tagged goods are, Bobbili Veena, Budithi Bell and Brass Craft, Dharmavaram Handloom Pattu Sarees and Paavadas, Guntur Sannam, Kondapalli Toys, Machilipatnam Kalamkari, Mangalagiri Sarees and Fabrics, Srikalahasti Kalamkari, Tirupati Laddu, Uppada Jamdani Sari and Venkatagiri Sari. Cricket is one of the most popular sports in the state. There are also 16 small airstrips located in the state. The most exported marine exports include Vannamei shrimp[135]. Near the temple complex is a large granite Nandi bull. info)) is a city and the administrative headquarters of Guntur district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. This is 25%! Four important rivers of India, the Godavari, Krishna, Penna, and Tungabhadra flow through the state and provide irrigation. A summer that lasts from March to June, a season of tropical rains that runs from July to September, and a winter that lasts from October to February constitute the three seasons of Andhra Pradesh. [48] Pallavas, who were originally executive officers under the Satavahana kings, were not a recognised political power before the 2nd century CE and were swept away by the Western Chalukyan invasion, led by Pulakesin II in the first quarter of the 7th century CE. At the census 2011, out of the 4.93 Crore population, around 4.48 crores (90.87%) have returned themselves as followers of the Hindu religion, 36 lakhs (7.33%) as Muslims or followers of Islam, 6.82 Lakhs (1.38%) as Christians. No. [228], Pullela Gopichand is a former Indian badminton player. Dandamudi Rajagopal Rao, the first 12 times National heavy weight lifting Champion, hails from Krishna district. Lambasingi in Visakhapatnam district is also nicknamed as the "Kashmir of Andhra Pradesh" due to its relatively cool climate as compared to others and the temperature ranges from 0 to 10C (32 to 50F).[93][94]. The ACA-VDCA Stadium in Visakhapatnam is the home to Andhra Pradesh cricket team. Local power plants of 9,600MW capacity only are supplying electricity in the state, which includes Simhadri Super Thermal Power Station (2000MW) of NTPC, Vizag Thermal Power Station (1040MW), Rayalaseema Thermal Power Station (1650MW), Sri Damodaram Sanjeevaiah Thermal Power Station (2400MW), and Narla Tata Rao Thermal Power Plant (1760MW). The literacy rate of the state stands at 67.41%. The deltas formed by the most important of those riversthe Godavari and the Krishnamake up the central part of the plains, an area of fertile alluvial soil. S.No State Name Total Population (Projected 2023)* Numbers of Aadhaar assigned (LIVE) Saturation % (LIVE) 1 A & N Islands 4,03,000 3,87,442 96.14% [195] The state has four other domestic airports, Rajahmundry Airport, Kadapa Airport, Kurnool Airport a privately owned, public use airport at Puttaparthi, and Tirupati Airport located in the city of Tirupati. Children in the age group of 06 years are 5,222,384, constituting 10.6% of the total population, among them 2,686,453 are boys and 2,535,931 are girls. The 7th Nizam wanted to retain the independence of the Princely Hyderabad State from India, but the people of the region launched a movement to join the Indian Union. Andhra Pradesh's eastern boundary is a 600-mile (970-km) coastline along the Bay of Bengal. Image Source: Andhra people gathering at Tirupati meeting in 2019 Tirupati is the major pilgrimage center in south India located in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh. It is bounded by the Indian states of Tamil Nadu to the south, Karnataka to the southwest and west, Telangana to the northwest and north, and Odisha to the northeast. Maharashtra's 1.18 crore slum population was living in 25 lakh households, and Andhra Pradesh's 1.02 crore in a little over 24 lakh households. [119], As of 2014, the Legislative Assembly of Andhra Pradesh is the lower house of the state with 175 members and the Legislative Council is the upper house with 58 members. Black soil is also found in certain parts of the area. [201][202] There are urban, rural and residential schools. The population will go up by 25.7 per cent in 25 years, at the rate of one per cent annually. Pop. The Telugu film culture (also known as "Tollywood") is the second-largest film industry in India next to the Bollywood film industry. Two of which have populations over 1 million people: Visakhapatnam and Vijayawada. In 1839 just before the British Raj, a cyclone struck Coringa, East Godavari district and toppled buildings, as a result 20,000 ships were destroyed and over 300,000 people were killed. Telangana became a state of India on June 2, 2014. The IT/ITES revenues of Visakhapatnam is at 14.45 billion (US$180million) in 20122013. Harikatha was originated in Andhra. There are two main rivers namely, Krishna and Godavari, that flow through the state. A group of people named Andhras was mentioned in Sanskrit texts such as Aitareya Brahmana (800500 BCE). Andhra Pradesh State is spread over 275,045 Sq Km. Get a Britannica Premium subscription and gain access to exclusive content. The Ghats become more pronounced towards the south and extreme north of the coast. The state has a total road network of 53,403km (33,183mi), of which 6,401km (3,977mi) of National highways, 14,722km (9,148mi) of state highways and 32,280km (20,060mi) of district roads. According to the 2011 census, the major religious groups in the state are Hindus (90.89%), Muslims (7.30%) and Christians (1.38%). The Eastern Ghats are part of a larger mountain system extending from central India to the far south and running parallel to the east coast. The state also borders a union territory, Yanam a district of Puducherry, which lies to the south of Kakinada in the Godavari delta on the eastern side of the state. Nannayya wrote the first treatise on Telugu grammar called Andhra Shabda Chintamani in Sanskrit, as there was no grammatical work in Telugu prior to that. Andhra Pradesh hosted 121.8 million visitors in 2015, a 30% growth in tourist arrivals over the previous year, making it the third most-visited state in India. Visakhapatnam, the administrative hub of Visakhapatnam district is the largest city in the state of Andhra Pradesh. Forms such as the Burra katha and Poli are still performed today. In February 2014, the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act bill was passed by the Parliament of India for the formation of the Telangana state comprising ten districts. Presently overall testing rates have increased significantly in the state - as of 30 September 2020, 1 07 392 tests per million are done in A.P. Andhra Pradesh has a population growth rate during 2011-2021 of 8.73%. [197] The other famous ports are Krishnapatnam Port (Nellore), Gangavaram Port and Kakinada Port. Uttar Pradesh is the most populous state in India with estimated population of 23.79 crores in 2019. The economy here is mainly based on agriculture. Naval Science and Technological Laboratory (NSTL), National Institute of Oceanography, Visakhapatnam (NIO), School of Planning and Architecture at Vijayawada is an autonomous research institute under Ministry of Human Resource Development of Government of India, National Atmospheric Research Laboratory carry out fundamental and applied research in atmospheric and space sciences,[218] Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Tirupati,[219] Society for Applied Microwave Electronics Engineering and Research, Visakhapatnam Central Tobacco Research Institute, Rajahmundry under control of ICAR (Indian Council of Agriculture Research) conducts fundamental and applied research on tobacco for the benefit of the farming community,[220] Indian Institute of Oil Palm Research (IIOPR) at Pedavegi near Eluru in West Godavari district serves as a centre for conducting and co-ordinating research on all aspects of oil palm conservation, improvement, production, protection, post-harvest technology and transfer of technology,[221] CCRH Regional Research Institute at Gudivada, Clinical Research Institute at Tirupati and National Institute of Oceanography[222] at Visakhapatnam are some of them. It was reconquered by Vijayanagara who overthrew sultanate rule across the entirety of modern-day Andhra Pradesh (excluding Telangana). The state government owned Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC) is the major public bus transport, which runs thousands of buses connecting different parts of the state. Agriculture growth rate was 36.19%, Industry 23.36%, and Services 40.45%. [181] From 30 January 2019, all the vehicles in the state are registered as AP39, followed by an alphabet and four digits. Amaravati serves as the capital of the state with the largest city being Visakhapatnam. It is also connected to other countries by means of airways and seaports as well. Gangavaram Port is a deep seaport which can accommodate ocean liners up to 200,000250,000 DWT. 27 of 2020.It was notified on 31 July 2020 by the Government of Andhra Pradesh as per The Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority Repeal Act, 2020, it replaced the Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority Act, 2014.The authority has a jurisdictional area of 8,352.69 km2 . [184] The rail density of the state is 16.59 per 1,000km (620mi), compared to an all India average of 20. 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