| Lok Sabha Constituencies in Srikakulam district, Andhra Pradesh (MP Constituencies) | Srikakulam |
| MLA Assembly Constituencies in Srikakulam district, Andhra Pradesh | Ichchapuram Palasa Tekkali Pathapatnam Srikakulam Amadalavalasa Etcherla Narasannapeta Rajam Palakonda |
SALIENT FEATURES :
| History : Srikakulam District is the extreme Northeastern District of Andhra Pradesh situated within the Geographic Co-Ordinates of 18?-20’ and 19?- 10’ of Northern latitude and 83?-50’ and 84?-50’ of Eastern longitude. The Nagavali, Vamsadhara, Suvarnamukhi, Vegavathi, Mahendratanaya, Gomukhi, Champavathi, Bahuda and Kumbikota Gedda are the important rivers of the District . The Vamsadhara river rises in the Eastern Ghats of Orissa State and enters Srikakulam District in Bhamini Mandal and finally falls into the Bay of Bengal near Kalingapatnam. The Nagavali and Suvarnamukhi rivers also originate in the Eastern Ghats while Nagavali in Vangara Mandal and the confluence joins the Bay of Bengal at Kallepalli near Srikakulam Rising in Pachipenta hills the Vegavathi river flows from west to east, ultimately joining the river Suvarnamukhi, Gomukhi joins Suvarnamukhi at Sirlam Village of Vizianagaram District and Mahendratanaya which is Atributory of Vamsadhara joins the later at Komanapalli Village in Hiramandalam Mandal. Another river of the same Eastern Ghats flows through Mandasa and Sompeta Mandals and falls into Bay of Bengal at Baruva. The Bahuda river also rises in the Eastern Ghats enters into Srikakulam District at Boddapadu Village of Ichapuram Mandal and flows through Ichapuram, Kaviti and Mandasa and enters into Bay of Bengal at Donkuru. The District has a seacoast of 193 Kms . |
| Boundaries and Topography : The District is skirted to a distance by Kandivalasagedda, Vamsadhara and Bahuda at certain stretchers of their courses white a line of heights of the great Eastern Ghats run from North East. Vizianagaram District flanks in the south and west while Orissa bounds it on the North and Bay of Bengal on the East. The District derived its name from Srikakulam its headquarters town. Srikakulam District was carved out in 1950 by bifurcating it from Visakhapatnam District. it remained unaffected in its territorial jurisdiction for quite some time. But in November, 1969 the District lost 63 Villages from Saluru Taluk and 44 Villages from Bobbili Taluk on account of their transfer to the then newly constituted Gajapathinagaram Taluk of Visakhapatnam District. Again in May, 1979, the District had undergone major territorial changes on account of the formation of new District with head quarters at Vizianagaram which involved transfer of Salur, Bobbili, Parvathipuram and Cheepurupalli Taluks to the new District. |
| Land Utilization : The Geographical area of the District is 583700 Hectares covered by 38 Mandals under three Revenue Divisions Viz., Srikakulam, Palakonda & Tekkali. During the Year 2009-10 the Cultivable land (i.e., Net area Sown, Current fallows and Other fallow lands) was 3,56,654 hectares and it accounted for 61.10percent of the total Geographical area of the district. The Forest Area of the District during 2009-10 is 68,641 hectares accounting for 11.76% this shows half of the State and one – third of the Normal Ecological balance area. Land Put to Non-Agricultural Uses occupied by buildings, roads and railways or under water i.e., rivers, canals and other land put to uses other than Agriculture area is 99,269 hectares accounting for 17.01% of the Geographical area. Barren and Uncultivable Land like mountains, deserts, etc whether such land is in isolated blocks or within cultivated holdings, an extent of 49,687 hectares are comes under and accounted for 8.51%. Under Permanent Pastures and Other Grazing Lands covers 942 hectares accounted for 0.16%, Miscellaneous Tree Crops and Groves not included in the Net Area Sown is 7,451 hectares accounted for 1.27%, Culturable Waste in 2009-10 is 659 hectares accounted for 0.11%, Other Fallow Lands is 17,487 hectares accounted for 2.99%, Current Fallow Lands is 54,523 hectares accounted for 9.34% and Net Area Sown represents 2,84,644 hectares accounting for 48.76%. |
| Natural Resources : |
| The Srikakulam District which is situated in North Coastal Plain of the Agro – Climatic Zone and partly in Tribal Areas. The District has two Natural Regions Viz., the Hilly Region called Agency Area, mostly inhabitated by Tribal Population and the Plain Area. There are famous rivers i.e., Vamsadhara, Nagavali flow from North to East in the District. The Major and Medium irrigation Projects in the District numbering 10 such as BRR Vamsadhara Project, Madduvalasa, Thotapalli, Narayanapuram Anicut, Kalingadala Reservoir, Dabarsingi Reservoir, Bondigedda Reservoir, Gajjiligedda Reservoir, Thotapalli Reservoir and Pydigam Project. |
| Developmental Activities : |
| A) Agriculture |
| The role of Agricultural Sector in District Economy is very significant. However, out of 47.36% of Main Workers in the District Population comes under this category, 32.14 % Cultivators and Agricultural Labours are still dependent on Agriculture. Agriculture in Srikakulam district is mostly Rainfall dependent, Monsoon and Seasonal conditions play a major role in the Agriculture Production.During the year 2009-10, the South-West Monsoon Period, the district received deficit rainfall with negative deviation of -15.3% against Normal. However, North-East Monsoon Rainfall was Scanty Deviation by –37.2%. As compared to Normal, the overall Rainfall for the year was 978.1 mm as against the District Normal of 1162.5 mm there by showing deficit of –15.8%. The Net area sown in the District during 2009-10 is 2,84,644 hectares as against 3,21,892 hectares in 2008-09 a decrease of 11.57%. |
| B) Irrigation |
| The Gross area irrigated by all sources during the year 2009-10 is 189729 hectares. This accounted for 46.81% of the Gross cropped area as against 48.93% during the year 2008-09. |
| C) Education |
| The District is Backward and the infrastructure is very poor. There are 2714 Primary Education Schools in various Management Enrolled 1.41 Lakhs students, under Upper Primary Schools are 847 covered 1.08 Lakshs students, High Schools are 531 and accounted for 1.61 Lakhs, Junior Colleges are 129 in various Managements, 69 Degree Colleges and one Dr. B.R.Ambedkar University and 12 B.Ed. College, Rajeev Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences attached Medical College is recently established one Dental College under Private Management is in Academic Capacity.D) INDUSTRIES: There are 25 Large and Medium Scale Industries in the District involving a total investment of Rs:7750799.80 Lakhs and providing employment to around 7130 persons. In addition to there are around 1101 Tiny and Small Scale Industries and business employment with an investment of Rs:29733.614 lakhs and providing employment 35316 persons. The District offers tremendous potential for establishment of more industries. Such as Large, Medium and Small Scale Industries in view of GOI/GOAP incentives, cheap land and labour cost and Natural resource. |
| E) Transport And Communications |
| The district spread with NH5 around 194 Kms from Kandivalasagedda at Ransthalam Mandal to Ichapuram Mandal |
CENSUS 2011 :
| Overview |
| An official Census 2011 detail of Srikakulam, a district of Andhra Pradesh has been released by Directorate of Census Operations in Andhra Pradesh. Enumeration of key persons was also done by census officials in Srikakulam District of Andhra Pradesh. |
| Population |
| In 2011, Srikakulam had population of 2,703,114 of which male and female were 1,341,738 and 1,361,376 respectively. In 2001 census, Srikakulam had a population of 2,537,593 of which males were 1,260,020 and remaining 1,277,573 were females. Srikakulam District population constituted 3.20 percent of total Maharashtra population. In 2001 census, this figure for Srikakulam District was at 3.33 percent of Maharashtra population. |
| Density Of Population: |
| The initial provisional data released by census India 2011, shows that density of Srikakulam district for 2011 is 463 people per sq. km. In 2001, Srikakulam district density was at 435 people per sq. km. Srikakulam district administers 5,837 square kilometers of areas. |
| Literacy Rate: |
| Average literacy rate of Srikakulam in 2011 were 61.74 compared to 55.31 of 2001. If things are looked out at gender wise, male and female literacy were 71.61 and 52.08 respectively. For 2001 census, same figures stood at 67.19 and 43.68 in Srikakulam District. Total literate in Srikakulam District were 1,495,381 of which male and female were 857,824 and 637,557 respectively. In 2001, Srikakulam District had 1,217,659 in its district. |
| Sex Ratio: |
| With regards to Sex Ratio in Srikakulam, it stood at 1015 per 1000 male compared to 2001 census figure of 1014. The average national sex ratio in India is 940 as per latest reports of Census 2011 Directorate. In 2011 census, child sex ratio is 954 girls per 1000 boys compared to figure of 967 girls per 1000 boys of 2001 census data. |
| Child Population: |
| In census enumeration, data regarding child under 0-6 age were also collected for all districts including Srikakulam. There were total 281,037 children under age of 0-6 against 336,093 of 2001 census. Of total 281,037 male and female were 143,835 and 137,202 respectively. Child Sex Ratio as per census 2011 was 954 compared to 967 of census 2001. In 2011, Children under 0-6 formed 10.40 percent of Srikakulam District compared to 13.24 percent of 2001. There was net change of -2.84 percent in this compared to previous census of India. |
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| Srikakulam District Urban Population 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Out of the total Srikakulam population for 2011 census, 16.16 percent lives in urban regions of district. In total 436,703 people lives in urban areas of which males are 214,850 and females are 221,853. Sex Ratio in urban region of Srikakulam district is 1033 as per 2011 census data. Similarly child sex ratio in Srikakulam district was 932 in 2011 census. Child population (0-6) in urban region was 42,706 of which males and females were 22,103 and 20,603. This child population figure of Srikakulam district is 10.29 % of total urban population. Average literacy rate in Srikakulam district as per census 2011 is 78.36 % of which males and females are 85.97 % and 71.06 % literates respectively. In actual number 308,719 people are literate in urban region of which males and females are 165,702 and 143,017 respectively. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Srikakulam District Rural Population 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| As per 2011 census, 83.84 % population of Srikakulam districts lives in rural areas of villages. The total Srikakulam district population living in rural areas is 2,266,411 of which males and females are 1,126,888 and 1,139,523 respectively. In rural areas of Srikakulam district, sex ratio is 1011 females per 1000 males. If child sex ratio data of Srikakulam district is considered, figure is 958 girls per 1000 boys. Child population in the age 0-6 is 238,331 in rural areas of which males were 121,732 and females were 116,599. The child population comprises 10.80 % of total rural population of Srikakulam district. Literacy rate in rural areas of Srikakulam district is 58.51 % as per census data 2011. Gender wise, male and female literacy stood at 68.86 and 48.35 percent respectively. In total, 1,186,662 people were literate of which males and females were 692,122 and 494,540 respectively. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| All details regarding Srikakulam District have been processed by us after receiving from Govt. of India. We are not responsible for errors to population census details of Srikakulam District. |
| Urban Agglomerations inside Srikakulam District | Population | Male | Female |
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| Srikakulam (Urban Agglomeration) | 146,988 | 73,077 | 73,911 |
| Cities inside Srikakulam District | Population | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|---|
| Srikakulam (Municipality) | 126,003 | 62,583 | 63,420 |
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