East Godavari district
The district East Godavari ( Telugu: తూర్పు గోదావరి ) is one of 23 districts in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The administrative center is the city of Kakinada.
Geography
In the West, East Godavari districts bordering the West Godavari and Khammam, on the north by the state of Orissa, on the northeast by the district and Visakhapatnam on the east by the Bay of Bengal.
East Godavari is one with 10,807 km ² of the medium sized districts of Andhra Pradesh (3.9 % of the area of Andhra Pradesh ). From the surface is 3232 km 2 ( 29.9 percent) is forested .. The western part of the district's hilly ( Ostausläufer the ghats ), another part east of it a plateau. However, the largest part of the district is a fertile lowland, which is popularly known as the rice bowl of Andhra Pradesh. There are also large coconut plantations. The delta landscape of the river Godavari, which gave the district the name, makes up a large part of the lowland area. Other important rivers in the district are Pampa, Thandava and Yeleru.
Climate
The climate is divided into four seasons. March to May is the summer time with a severe drought and high temperatures. The south-west monsoon from June to mid-October brings the most plentiful rain. The northeast monsoon from mid-October to the end of December brings somewhat lower, but still significant amounts of rain. And January and February is winter with cooler temperatures. The average rainfall in East Godavari is 1280 mm per year, in the western part even 1400 mm. The long-term average rainfall in the district is 1218 mm per year. The southwest monsoon brings 752 mm and the northeast monsoon 320 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 coldest month is January ( average 23.16 ° - 18 ° day minimum, a maximum of 28 ° ), the warmest May (average 32.04 ° - 27 ° Minimum, maximum 37 °).
Population
At the last census 2011 5.151.549 inhabitants were counted. Of these, 2,569,419 were men ( 49.9 percent) and 2.58213 million women. Among the Dalits were 2001 881.650 ( 18.0 percent), the Adivasi 191 561 ( 3.9 per cent ) people. Of the total number of inhabitants lived 2011 1.314.597 persons ( 25.52 percent) in urban areas. Thus lived with 3 out of 4 residents in the country. The majority of the population of the district of East Godavari speaks Telugu. In the whole district there are 1,323 inhabited villages.
Population of the district according to confessions
Almost the entire population belongs to the Hindus. Besides them, there are also smaller minorities of Muslims and Christians.
Demographics
As everywhere in India is growing, the population in the district East Godavari for decades strong. Although the increase was between the last two censuses just under 5.1 percent, but is still significant in absolute terms. From 2001 to 2011, the population grew still around 250,000 people. The exact figures shows the following table:
Significant places
Strongest town inhabitants of the district is Rajahmundry with more than 315,000 residents. Other important cities with over 50,000 inhabitants are the chief town of Kakinada, Samalkot, Pithapuram and Tuni.
Economy
The majority of the population is employed in agriculture. Rice fields and coconut plantations cover large areas of the lowlands. The fishing is an important industry. There are numerous industries. Major employers in this area are two fertilizer plants, also gas power plants and oil refineries. Recently, oil and gas deposits were discovered.
History
The district was created in 1925 in the division of the former district Godavari into an eastern and a western part. Politically the district is now divided into five control districts Amalapuram, Kakinada, Peddapuram, Rajahmundry and Rampachodavaram and a total of 59 Mandals (circles).