Sri Potti Sri Ramulu Nellore district

Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore ( Telugu: శ్రీ అమరజీవి పొట్టి శ్రీరాములు నెల్లూరు జిల్లా ) is one of 23 districts in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The administrative center is the city of Nellore.

Geography

The district is located in the southeastern part of Andhra Pradesh. It is bordered to the west by the district YSR, on the north by Prakasam District, on the east by the Bay of Bengal and to the south by the district Chittoor and the state of Tamil Nadu. The coastline is 169 km.

The district has an area of ​​13,076 km ², making it one by area is medium-sized districts in Andhra Pradesh (4.8 % of the area of Andhra Pradesh ). 2519 km ² ( 19.3 percent ) of the area is forested. The most important rivers in the district are Pennar, Kandaleru, Swarnamukhi and Upputeru. At the southern boundary of the district is the Pulicat lake. There are also several reservoirs in Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore district.

Climate

The climate of the district is characterized by hot summer and in general dry except during the monsoon season. The climate is divided into four seasons. March to May is the summer time with a severe drought and high temperatures. The southwest monsoon from June until the second week of October brings the first abundant rain. The northeast monsoon subsequent to the end of December brings even greater amounts of rain. During the months of January and February is winter with cooler temperatures. The long-term average rainfall is 1095 mm per year. The southwest monsoon brings 337 mm and the northeast monsoon 665 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 23.39 ° C; daily minimum 19 ° C, maximum 28 ° C), the warmest May (average 32.42 ° C; minimum 26 ° C, maximum 38 ° C). During the monsoon season there is a humidity of up to 80 percent. This falls in the dry season to 30 percent.

Population

At the last census 2011 2.966.082 inhabitants were counted. Of these, 1,493,254 were men ( 50.3 percent) and 1,472,828 women. 2001 belonged to the Dalit 587 157 ( 22.0 percent), the Adivasi 242 257 ( 9.1 per cent ) people. 2011 lived 862 309 persons ( 29.07 percent of the total number of inhabitants ) in urban areas. The majority of the population of the district of Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore speaks Telugu. In the whole district there are 1,110 inhabited villages.

Population of the district according to confessions

A clear majority of the population belongs to the Hindus. A numerically significant religious minority are Muslims with over 9 percent. A smaller minority are Christians. The exact religious composition of the population shows the following table:

Demographics

As everywhere in India grows, the population of Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore district in the decades to strong. The increase was between the last two censuses, only 11.15 percent and is still significant in absolute terms. From 2001 to 2011, the population increased by nearly 300,000 people. The exact figures illustrated by the following diagram:

Significant places

Strongest town inhabitants of the district is the main town Nellore with around 380,000 inhabitants. Other important cities with over 50,000 inhabitants are Kavali and Gudur.

Economy

The majority of the population is employed in agriculture. Mainly rice, tobacco, sugar cane, sunflower, tropical fruits (oranges and mangoes ) and chilli are grown. In addition, fishing is an important industry. The hand weaving gives many people an income. There are throughout the district numerous small industrial enterprises in various sectors. In the cities, people live by trade in goods and services.

History

The district belonged to 1 October 1953 to the Madras State. Thereafter, until 1956 Andhra State. Since then, Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore is an administrative unit in the then newly created state of Andhra Pradesh. The district was renamed in 2008. Up to this time he had the same name as the main town, Nellore.

Management

The district comprises 46 Mandals ( talukas ) and 1,110 inhabited villages.

Politically the district is now divided into the three control districts Gudur, Kavali and Nellore.