| Andhra Pradesh
Area 2,75,069 sq. km
Capital Hyderabad
Principal Languages : Telugu and Urdu
Provisional Numbers in Census 2011
Andhra Pradesh population as percentage of India : 7.00%
Population in 2011 : 8 46 65 533
Males 4 25 09 881
Females 4 21 55 652
Sex ratio : 992
Under 6 Sex ratio : 943
Number of Districts : 23
Number of habitated villages : 26,613
Population in 2001 : 7 62 10 007
Estimated population in 2025 : 9 36 36 000
History
The earliest mention of the Andhras is said to
be in Aitereya Brahmana (2000 BC). It indicates that the Andhras,
originally an Aryan race living in north India migrated to south
of the Vindhyas and later mixed with non-Aryans. Regular history
of Andhra Desa, according to historians, begins with 236 BC, the
year of Ashoka's death. During the following centuries, Satavahanas,
Sakas, Ikshvakus, Eastern Chalukyas, Kakatiyas ruled the Telugu
country. Other dynasties that ruled over the area in succession
were the kingdoms of Vijayanagar and Qutub Shahi followed by Mir
Qumruddin and his successors, known as the Nizams. Gradually, from
the 17th century onwards, the British annexed territories of the
Nizam and constituted the single province of Madras. After Independence,
Telugu-speaking areas were separated from the composite Madras Presidency
and a new Andhra State came into being on 1 October 1953. With the
passing of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, there was a merger
of Hyderabad State and Andhra State, and consequently Andhra Pradesh
came into being on 1 November 1956.
Andhra Pradesh is historically called the Rice Bowl of India. The
State has a large river system which supplements the rainfall in
the State. It is one of the few States in the country blessed with
riverine geography.
Andhra Pradesh is bound on the north by Odisha and Chhattisgarh,
on the west by Maharashtra and Karnataka, on the south by Tamil
Nadu and on the east by the Bay of Bengal with a coastline of 974
km.
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