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State Andhra Pradesh India
Andhra Pradesh State India
Area : 275, 069 sq km
Population : 7, 61, 11,243; growth rate ( 1991 – 2001 ) : 13.86%
Density per sq km : 275
Sex ratio ( females per 1,000 males ) : 978
Literacy rate : 61.11% (males: 70.85%; females: 51,17%)
Capital : Hyderabad
No. of Districts : 23
Legislature : Unicameral
Principal Languages : Telugu and Urdu.
Important Cities, Towns are Religious / Tourist Places :
Adilabad, Anantpur, Adoni, Bheemavaram, Chittoor, Cuddapah, Eluru, Guntur, Hyderabad (Birla Mandir, Charminar [ majestic four-minarest monument built in 1591 Ad], Salajung Museum, Golconds Fort [ once the legendary fort, the capital of Qutub Shabi kings who ruled the surrounding territories from 1518 to 1687 Ad ], Mecca Masjuid [ started in 1687 AD by Abdullab Qutub Shab and completed by Aurangzeb when be annexed Golonda kingdom ], Naubat pabad [ two billocks; one is the site of banging garden and the other marble temple of Lord Sri Venkateswara ], Nehru Zoological Park, Osmansagar 9 beaautiful lake formed by damming the river Musi ], Hussainsagar Lake [ separating Hyderabad and Secunderabad cities; a giant statue of Lord Gautama Buddha of a height of 60 feet is erected on the Gibraltar rock here ], Tombs of Qutab Shabi Kings ), Kakinada, Karimnagar, Khammam, Kurnool, Machilipatnam, Mahaboobnagar, Nagarjunakonda ( Buddha Stupa ), Nagarjuna Sagar, Nalgonda, Nellore, Nizamabad, Ongole, Proddaturm Puttaparthi ( Ashram of Sri Satya Sai Baba ), RajaHmundry, Sangareddy, Srikakulam, Tenali, Tirupati ( the holiest Hindu place of South India known for Lord Sri Venkateswara Temple located in a hillock which typifies the early Dravidian Architecture ), vijayawada, Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram, Yadagirigutta ( Sri Lakshminarasimha Swamy Temple ).
Judicature : High Court at Hyderabad.
Location : Located in South India, Andhra Pradesh is bounded by Tamil Nadu in the south – Orissa in the northeast Maharashtra and Chhattoisgarh in the north east – Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh in the northeastern Maharashtra and Karnataka in the west and buy the Bay of Bengal in the east.
History : Andhra Pradesh was constituted as separate State on October 1, 1953 on the partition of Madras Presidency and consisted of the undisputed Telugu – speaking area of that State. To this region was added on November 1,1956 the Telangana area of the former Hyderabad State, Comprising the districts of Hyderabad, Medak, Nizamabad, Karimnagar, Warangal.
Khamman, Nalgonda and Mahabubnagar, parts of the Adilabad district, and some taluks of the Raichur, Gulbar and Bidar districts, and some revenue circles of the Nanded district. On April 1, 1960, 573.43 sq km ( 221.4sq miles ) in the Chingleput to Andhra Pradesh in exchange for 1,062 sq km ( 4110 sq miles ) from Chittoor district. The District of Prakasam was formed on February 2, 1970. Hyderabad was split into two districts on August 15, 1978. A new district, Vizianagaram, Was formed in 1979.
Economy : For about 70 percent of the people of Andhra Pradesh, agriculture is the main occupation. About 40 percent of the cultivated area is irrigated. Important crops of the State are rice, jowar, bajra, maize, ragi, small millets, pulses, tobacco, cotton, sugarcane, groundnut and bananas. The State is surplus in respect of rice. The state accounts for about 55 percent of the country’s entire production of castor and 94 percent of the Virginia tobacco. Forests cover about 23 percent of State’s area. Important forest products are teak and other country wood, eucalyptus, cashew, casuarina, bamboo, soft wood, etc.
Andhra Pradesh has a virtual monopoly of quality ‘Chrysotile asbestons’ in the country. It accounts for about 98 percent of India’s total production of barytes. Other important minerals found in the State are copper ore, managnese, mica, coal and limestone. In respect of manganese or production, the state ranks sixth in the country. It also ranks second in respect of mica and limestone production. The famous Singareni cola mines are located in Andhra Pradesh, which supply coal to the entire south India. The State Government is also promoting Indian Institute of Information Technology ( IIIT ) at Hyderabad.
Hyderabad and Visakhapatnam are the main centres of several major industries. They are known for the production of machine tools, synthetic drugs. Pharmaceuticals, electronic equipment, aeronautical parts, electronic equipment, aeronautical parts, cement, chemicals, asbestos, cement products and glass. Besides them, there are 2,539 large and medium size industries in the State which employ over seven lakh persons.
Important power projects are : Machkund, Upper Sileru, Lower Sileru, Tungabhadra Dam, Nagarjuna Sagar, Srisailam and Nizamsagar hydel power Schems and Nellore, Ramagundam, Kothagudem and Vijayawada thermal stations. Visakhapatnam is the major port while Kakinada, Machilipatnam, Bheemunipatnam, Krishnapatnam, Vadarevu and kalingapatnam are the minor ports.
Important airports : Hyderabad, Tirupati, Vijay Wada and Visakhapatnam.
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