| Voice of Nellore : Gopal
Porwal
Following are the social and developmental challenges of Nellore
district:
Mainstreaming the tribals is one of the main challenges of the district.
Lack of employment opportunities has led to other issue of migration.
Status of education in the rural areas is very poor.
Contaminated water affects the health of the people.
During drought situations, people do not even have access to drinking
water.
Recently, few deaths occurred due to heat waves.
Nellore District
Area, Population & Sex Ratio
Geographical Area : 13076.0 Km2
Population in Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore (Census 2011)
Total 2966082
Male 1493254
Female 1472828
Under 6 population
Total 287368
Male 147719
Female139649
Disabled population
Total disabled population : 49653
In seeing : 17871
In speech : 5639
In hearing : 3873
In movement : 16104
Mental : 6166
Rank ( VoiceOfBharat.org Analysis
)
Backwardness : 171
Sex Ratio Rank : 470
(Rank one is least sex ratio - Cenus 2001)
HIV Category District : A
(HIV Sentinel Surveillance 2004 -2006)
Disability : 156 (Census 2001)
Literacy Ratio : 282 (Census 2001)
Minority : Does not figure in MCD
Water : Flouride in Groundwater above permissible limits
Brief About Nellore District
Nellore also known as Vikrama Simhapuri. Nellore
is famous for Rice and Aqua culture. There are many places of Historical
importance in Nellore, the Ranganayakula Temple on the bank of the
river Penna, the Udayagiri fort, the Narasimha Konda, Penchala kona,
Venkatagiri fort, Mypadu beach,famous rocket launching centre at
Sriharikota,the Krishnapatnam port, Nelapattu etc. Vikramsimha Mahavir,
Manumasiddhi Maharaj ruled this Nellore town, with Simhapuri as
its capital. One of the writers of Mahabharatha in telugu,'Kavi
Brahma','Ubhaya Kavimithrudu' writer kavi thikkanna, worked as prime
minister and Khadga Thikkanna as Defence minister. During this period
this state flourished with highest paddy yield. That is why it is
called "nelli" an equivalent word for paddy in tamil. In course
of time the name Nellivur is changed to NELLORE, as was written
in sthala puranam and history. Nellore was the only Education Centre
in Andhra Pradesh during the British rule. This area is rich in
particular kind of flint called quartzite, out of which prehistoric
man made his weapons and implements. With the rise of the Mauryan
Empire, nellore also seems to have come under its influence and
was part of the Ashokan empire in the third century B.C. The district
was next included in the Pallava dominion between the fourth and
sixth centuries A.D.With the dawn of the seventh century, the political
centre of Gravity of the Pallavas shifted to the south and weakened
their power, the north. During the British period, the district
tasted the blessings of settled peace, the only event of any political
importance being the sequestration in 1838, of the Jagir of Udaygiri,
owing to its title holder's participation in a conspiracy, engineered
by the Nawab of Kurnool, against the ruling power. After the district
came under the british administration the jurisdiction of the district
did not undergo any major changes, but for the transfer of Ongole
taluk in 1904 to guntur district when it was newly constituted.
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