Srikakulam district

Srikakulam, formerly Chica Cole ( Telugu: శ్రీకాకుళం జిల్లా ) is one of 23 districts in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The administrative center is the city of Srikakulam.

Geography

The district is located in the northeast of Andhra Pradesh. He is surrounded by the Bay of Bengal to the west by the district Vizianagaram, on the north by the state of Odisha and the East.. The coastline is 193 km.

The district has an area of ​​5837 km ² and is the second smallest in terms of area district in Andhra Pradesh (2.1 % of the area of Andhra Pradesh ). 686 km ² ( 11.8 percent) of the area is forested. It consists of two opposing parts: the flat part of the coast and the hilly part in the interior, which is one of the Eastern Ghats. The more mountainous part of the district is heavily wooded. The most important rivers in the district are Vamsadhara, Nagavali, Nowpada, Mahendra, Bahuda, Pundi and Tanaya. Several water supply reservoir population and agriculture.

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 the second week of June to early October brings the most plentiful rain. The northeast monsoon subsequent to the end of December brings somewhat lower, but still significant amounts of rain. During the months of January to March is winter with cooler temperatures. The long-term average rainfall is 1162 mm per year. The southwest monsoon brings 705 mm and the northeast monsoon 277 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 20.59 ° C - day minimum 16 ° C, maximum 26 ° C), the warmest May (average 28.52 ° C - min 24 ° C, maximum 33 ° 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 2.699.471 inhabitants were counted. Of these, 1.34043 million men (, percent) and 1,359,041 women. Among the Dalits were 2001 229.609 ( 9.0 percent), the Adivasi 151 249 ( 6.0 per cent ) people. Of the total number of inhabitants lived 2011 436.347 persons ( 16.16 percent) in urban areas. The majority of the population of the district of Srikakulam speaks Telugu. In the whole district there are 1,715 inhabited villages.

Population of the district according to confessions

Almost the entire population belongs to the Hindus. Smaller minorities are Muslims and Christians. The exact religious composition of the population shows the following table:

Demographics

As everywhere in India grows, the population in the district of Srikakulam for decades strong. The increase was between the last two censuses only 6:38 per cent, but is still significant in absolute terms. From 2001 to 2011, the population increased by more than 160,000 people. The exact figures shows the following table:

Significant places

Strongest town inhabitants of the district is the main town Srikakulam with more than 100,000 residents. Other important cities are Palasa, Amadalavalasa and Ichchapuram.

Economy

The majority of the population is employed in agriculture. Mainly rice, sugar cane and Roselle are grown. In fruit cultivation to harvest large quantities of coconuts, fruit from the cashew, mango, pineapple and bananas. In addition, fishing is an important industry. The hand weaving gives many people an income. There are throughout the district numerous industrial companies in various sectors. In the cities, people live by trade in goods and services.

History

The district was created in 1950 from parts of the former district of Visakhapatnam. 1969 smaller areas were reclassified in the former parent district. Srikakulam is in its current boundaries since 1 June 1979. At that time the district of Vizianagaram from parts of the former districts of Srikakulam and Visakhapatnam was established.

Management

The district comprises 38 Mandals ( talukas ) and 1,715 inhabited villages.

Politically, the district Srikakulam is now divided into the three control districts Palakonda, Srikakulam and Tekkali.