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East Godavari district

East Godavari district
District of Andhra Pradesh
Clockwise from top-left: Kovvur Shivalayam, Golingeshwara Temple near Biccavole, Godavari bridges near Rajamahendravaram
Location in Andhra Pradesh
Location in Andhra Pradesh
Map
Interactive map outlining district
Coordinates: 16°57′N 82°15′E / 16.950°N 82.250°E / 16.950; 82.250
Country India
StateAndhra Pradesh
RegionCoastal Andhra
HeadquartersRajamahendravaram
Mandalas19[1]
Government
 • District collectorDr K Madhavi Latha, IAS[2]
 • Lok Sabha constituenciesRajamahendravaram
 • Assembly constituencies7
Area
 • Total2,560.70 km2 (988.69 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[3][4]
 • Total1,832,332
 • Density720/km2 (1,900/sq mi)
Demographics
 • Literacy71.35%
 • Sex ratio1005
Vehicle registrationAP-05 (former)
AP–39 (from 30 January 2019)[5]
Major highwaysNH 16, NH 216, NH 516E, NH 216A, NH-365BB, NH-516D.
Websiteeastgodavari.ap.gov.in

East Godavari is a district in the Coastal Andhra region of Andhra Pradesh, India. Its district headquarters is at Rajamahendravaram.

In the Madras Presidency, the District of Rajamahendravaram was created in 1823.[6] It was reorganised in 1859 and was bifurcated into Godavari and Krishna districts. During British rule, Rajamahendravaram was the headquarters of Godavari District, which was further bifurcated into East Godavari and West Godavari districts in 1925. When the Godavari district was divided, Kakinada became the headquarters of East Godavari and Eluru became headquarters of West Godavari.[7][8] In November 1956, Andhra Pradesh was formed by merging Andhra State with the Telugu-speaking areas of the Hyderabad State. In 1959, the Bhadrachalam revenue division, consisting of Bhadrachalam and Naguru Taluqs (2 Taluqas in 1959 but later subdivided into Wajedu, Venkatapruram, Charla, Dummugudem, Bhadrachalam, Nellipaka, Chinturu, Kunavaram, and Vara Rama Chandra Puram Mandals) of the East Godavari district were merged into the Khammam district.[9] After June 2014's reorganisation and division of Andhra Pradesh, the mandals of Bhadrachalam (with the exception of Bhadrachalam Temple), Nellipaka, Chinturu, Kunavaram and Vara Rama Chandra Puram were re-added back to the East Godavari district.[10]

  1. ^ "District – East Godavari". Andhra Pradesh Online Portal. Archived from the original on 18 June 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  2. ^ "Collectors, SPs appointed for new districts in Andhra Pradesh". The Hindu. 30 April 2022. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference demographics was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference demographics1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "New 'AP 39&40' code to register vehicles in Andhra Pradesh launched". The New Indian Express. Vijayawada. 31 January 2019. Archived from the original on 3 February 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  6. ^ Bhaskar, B. v s (8 June 2014). "Nyapathi Subbarao carved an identity for Telugus". The Hindu – via www.thehindu.com.
  7. ^ "District Profile". East Godavari District Webportal. National Informatics Centre. Archived from the original on 30 April 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
  8. ^ Knipe, David M. (2015). Vedic Voices: Intimate Narratives of a Living Andhra Tradition. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199397709. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
  9. ^ Narayana Rao, K. V. (1972). Telangana. Minerva Associates. ISBN 9780883861189.
  10. ^ "Post division, who will get Bhadrachalam?". The Times of India. 21 August 2013.

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