Anantapur district
Anantapur District ( Telugu: అనంతపురం జిల్లా ) is one of 23 districts in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The administrative center is the city of Anantapur.
Geography
The district is bordered to the north by Kurnool District, on the east by the district of YSR and to the southeast by Chittoor district. Due to its location in the southwest of the state he is bordered to the south and west by the state of Karnataka.
Anantapur is with its 19,130 km ² the largest area district of Andhra Pradesh (7.0 % of the area of Andhra Pradesh ). From the surface is 1970 km 2 ( 10.3 percent ) .. The forested central and northern part of the district lies on a high plateau with a few rock formations and hills. The south of the district is an area with many hills. The most important rivers in the district are the Pennar, the Jayamangala, the Chitravathi and Vedavathi.
Climate
The climate is divided into four seasons. March to May is the summer time with a severe drought and high temperatures. June to September is the time of the southwest monsoon with lots of rain. October to December is the time of northeast monsoon. And January and February is winter with cooler temperatures. Anantapur is relatively low precipitation. The long-term average of rainfall is 553 mm per year. The southwest monsoon brings 337 mm and the northeast monsoon 156 mm of annual rainfall. Otherwise falls only a little rain. This leads to dehydration of the cultivated land in the dry season, which runs from January to Mai. The rainfall increases from northwest to southeast. The coldest month is January ( average 21.83 ° - 16 ° day minimum, maximum 27 ° ), the warmest April (average 29.69 ° - 23 ° Minimum, maximum 36 °).
Population
At the last census 2011 4.083.315 inhabitants were counted. Of these, 2,064,928 were men ( 50.6 percent) and 2,018,387 women. Among the Dalits were 2001 514.698 ( 14.1 percent), the Adivasi 127 161 ( 3.5 percent) people. Of the total number of inhabitants lived 2011 1.146.956 persons ( 28.09 percent) in urban areas. Thus more than 70 percent of the population lived in the countryside. The majority of the population of the district of Anantapur speaks Telugu. In the whole district there are 925 inhabited villages.
Population of the district according to confessions
A clear majority of the population belongs to the Hindus. Besides them, there are still a significant number of Muslims of over 10 percent. A smaller minority are Christians.
Demographics
As everywhere in India is growing, the population in the district of Anantapur for decades strong. Although the increase was only between the last two censuses, nearly 12 percent, but is still significant in absolute terms. From 2001 to 2011, the population grew still more than 440,000 people. The exact figures shows the following table:
Significant places
Strongest town inhabitants of the district is the main town of Anantapur with more than 250,000 residents. Other important cities with over 100,000 inhabitants are Hindupur, Guntakal, Dharmawaram and Tadpatri.
Economy
The majority of the population is employed in agriculture. Due to the low rainfall of cultivation is difficult. Mainly peanuts, sunflower, rice, cotton, corn, chili, sesame and sugarcane are grown. There is little industry, low mineral resources and trade (especially silk).
History
The district was created in 1882 from parts of the former district of Bellary. Territorial expansion in the years 1910 ( from parts of the former district Cuddapah ) and 1956 ( from other parts of the district of Bellary ) led to its present size. Politically, the district is divided into the three control districts of Anantapur, Dharmavaram and Penukonda and classified a total of 63 Mandals.