Prakasam district
Prakasam ( Telugu: ప్రకాశం జిల్లా ) is one of 23 districts in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The administrative center is the city of Ongole.
Geography
The district is located in the southeastern part of Andhra Pradesh. It is in the west of Kurnool District, surrounded in the north west of the district Mahbubnagar, to the north by the district of Guntur, in the east by Bay of Bengal and in the south of Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore districts and YSR.
The district has an area of 17,626 km ² and is one of the largest surface area in districts in Andhra Pradesh (6.4 % of the area of Andhra Pradesh ). 4425 km ² ( 25.1 percent) of the area is forested. The most important rivers in the district are Gundalakamma, Music, Manneru and Paleru.
Climate
The climate of the district is characterized by hot summer and in general dry except during the monsoon season. March to May is the summer time with a severe drought and high temperatures. The southwest monsoon from the second week of June until the second week of October brings abundant rain. The northeast monsoon subsequent to the end of December brings about equally high amounts of rain. During the months of January and February is winter with cooler temperatures. The long-term average of rainfall is 871 mm per year. The rainfall increases from west to east. The southwest monsoon brings 388 mm and the northeast monsoon 393 mm. 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 23.46 ° - 18 ° day minimum, maximum 29 ° ), the warmest May (average 33.22 ° - 27 ° Minimum, maximum 39 °). During Mosunzeit there is a relative humidity of up to 80 percent. This falls in the dry season to 30 percent.
Population
At the last census 2011 3.392.764 inhabitants were counted. Of these, 1,712,735 were men (50.5 percent) and 1,680,029 women. Among the Dalits were 2001 651.498 ( 21.3 percent), the Adivasi 118 241 ( 3.9 per cent ) people. Of the total number of inhabitants lived 2011 662.116 persons ( 19.52 percent) in urban areas. The majority of the population of the district of Prakasam speaks Telugu. In the whole district there are 1093 inhabited villages.
Population of the district according to confessions
A clear majority of the population belongs to the Hindus. The only significant religious minority are Muslims with a little over 6 percent of the population. A smaller minority are the Christians. The exact religious composition of the population shows the following table:
Demographics
As everywhere in India is growing, the population in the district Nizamabad decades strongly. The increase was between the last two censuses 10.9 percent and is still significant in absolute terms. From 2001 to 2011, the population increased by more than 330,000 people. The exact figures shows the following table:
Significant places
Strongest town inhabitants of the district is the main town Ongole with nearly 290,000 residents. Other important cities with over 50,000 inhabitants are Chirala, Markapur and Kandukur.
Economy
The majority of the population is employed in agriculture. Mainly rice, sorghum ( sorghum), turmeric, maize, pigeon peas, cotton, sugarcane, sesame and chilli are grown. In addition, fishing is an important industry. There are throughout the district numerous small industrial enterprises in various sectors. In the cities, people live from trade in goods and services.
History
The district was formed on February 2, 1970 from parts of the former districts of Guntur, Kurnool and Nellore district under the name Ongole. The present name was given to the District on May 12, 1972 in honor of Tanguturi Prakasam Panthulu, a companion of Gandhi and fighter for the State of Andhra Pradesh.
Management
The district comprises 56 Mandals Prakasam ( talukas ) and 1093 inhabited villages.
On the fiscal side, the district is now divided into the three control districts Kandukur, Markapur and Ongole.