Visakhapatnam district
Visakhapatnam, also Visakha Zilla ( Telugu: విశాఖపట్నం జిల్లా ) is one of 23 districts in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The administrative center is the city of Visakhapatnam.
Geography
The district is located in the northeast of Andhra Pradesh. He is surrounded by the Bay of Bengal in the west by East Godavari district in the north by the state of Odisha, in the east by the district of Vizianagaram and the south. The coastline is 132 km.
The district has an area of 11,161 km ², making it one by area is medium-sized districts in Andhra Pradesh (4.1 % of the area of Andhra Pradesh ). 4412 km ² ( 39.5 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 Sharada ( Sarada ), Varsha ( Varaha ), Tandava, Machkand, Champavathi and Gostnani ( Gostani ). 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. 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 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 and February is winter with cooler temperatures. The long-term average rainfall is 1084 mm per year. The southwest monsoon brings 644 mm and the northeast monsoon 281 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 22.19 ° - 17 ° day minimum, maximum 27 ° ), the warmest May (average 31.31 ° - 26 ° Minimum, maximum 37 °). 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 4.288.113 inhabitants were counted. Of these, 2,140,872 were men ( 49.9 percent) and 2,147,241 women. Among the Dalits were 2001 291.219 (7.6 percent), the Adivasi 557 572 ( 14.5 per cent ) people. Of the total number of inhabitants lived 2011 2.037.458 persons ( 47.51 percent) in urban areas. The majority of the population of the district of Visakhapatnam speaks Telugu. Throughout the district there are 3,108 inhabited villages.
Population of the district according to confessions
A clear majority of the 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 is growing, the population in the district Visakhapatnam decades strongly. The increase was between the last two censuses 11.89 percent and is still significant in absolute terms. From 2001 to 2011, the population grew by about 455,000 people. The exact figures shows the following table:
Significant places
Strongest town inhabitants of the district is the main town Visakhapatnam with almost 1,000,000 inhabitants. Other important cities with over 50,000 inhabitants are Gajuvaka and Anakapalli.
Economy
The majority of the population is employed in agriculture. Mainly rice, finger millet, pearl millet, sorghum, sugar cane, peanuts, sesame seeds 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 industrial companies in various fields (especially in the two major cities ). In the cities, people live from trade in goods and services.
History
The district was under British rule until 1956 and belonged to the State of Andhra. Since then, Visakhapatnam is an administrative unit in the then newly created state of Andhra Pradesh. The district is in its current boundaries since 1979. At that time the district Vizianagaram from parts of the former districts Visakhapatnam Srikakulam was established.
Management
The district comprises 43 Mandals ( talukas ) and 3,082 inhabited villages.
Politically the district is now divided into the three control districts Narsipatnam, Paderu and Visakhapatnam.