| Voice of Visakhapatnam
District : Barina Das
Visakhapatnam District
Area, Population & Sex Ratio
Geographical Area : 11161.0 Km2
Population in Visakhapatnam (Census 2011)
Total 4288113
Male 2140872
Female 2147241
Under 6 population
Total 429234
Male 218923
Female 210311
Disabled population
Total disabled population : 67263
In seeing : 32639
In speech : 6965
In hearing : 3252
In movement : 17454
Mental : 6953
Rank ( VoiceOfBharat.org Analysis
)
Backwardness : Does not figure in list of 447 backward
districts
Sex Ratio Rank : 476
(Rank one is least sex ratio - Cenus 2001)
HIV Category District : A
(HIV Sentinel Surveillance 2004 -2006)
Disability : 67 (Census 2001)
Literacy Ratio : 373 (Census 2001)
Minority : Does not figure in MCD
Water : Flouride in Groundwater above permissible limits
Brief About Visakhapatnam District
Visakhapatnam History
Visakhapatnam District is one of the North Eastern Coastal districts
of Andhra Pradesh and it lies between 17o - 15' and 18o-32' Northern
latitude and 18o - 54' and 83o - 30' in Eastern longitude. It is
bounded on the North partly by the Orissa State and partly by Vizianagaram
District, on the South by East Godavari District, on the West by
Orissa State and on the East by Bay of Bengal.
Inscriptions indicate that the District was originally
a part of Kalinga Kingdom subsequently conquered by the Eastern
Chalukyas in the 7th Century, A.D. who ruled over it with their
Head Quarters at Vengi. This District was also under the occupation
of various rulers such as the Reddy Rajahs of Kondaveedu, the Gajapathis
of Orissa, the Nawabs of Golkonda and the Moghal Emperor Aurangazeb
through a Subedar. This territory passed on to French occupation
in view of succession dispute among Andhra Kings and finally it
came under the British Reign. There were no geographical graftings
till 1936 in which year, consequent on the formation of Orissa State
the Taluks namely Bissiom, Cuttack, Jayapore, Koraput, Malkanagiri,
Naurangapur, Pottangi and Ryagada in their entirety and parts of
Gunpur, Paduva and Parvathipur Taluks were transferred to Orissa
State. The Visakhapatnam District was reconstituted with the remaining
area and residuary portions of Ganjam District namely Sompeta, Tekkali
and Srikakulam Taluks in entirety and portion of Parlakimidi, Ichchapuram,
Berahmpur retained in Madras presidency. With the passage of time,
the reconstituted District was found administratively unwieldy and
therefore it was bifurcated into Srikakulam and Visakhapatnam districts
in the year 1950. The residuary district of Visakhapatnam was further
bifurcated and the Taluks of Vizianagaram, Gajapathinagaram, Srungavarapukota
and portion of Bheemunipatnam Taluk were transferred to the newly
created Vizianagaram District in the year 1979.
Coming to etymology of the name Visakhapatnam, tradition
has it that some centuries ago a King of Andhra Dynasty encamped
on the site of the present Head Quarters Town of Visakhapatnam on
his piligrimage to Banaras and being pleased with the place, had
built a shrine in honour of his family deity called Visakeswara
to the South of the Lawsons Bay from which the district has derived
its name as Visakheswarapuram which subsequently changed to Visakhapatnam.
The encroachment of waves and currents of the sea supposed to have
swept away the shrine into off shore area.
PHYSICAL FEATURES
The District presents two distinct Geographic divisions. The strip
of the land along the coast and the interior called the plains division
and hilly area of the Eastern Ghats flanking it on the North and
West called the Agency Division. The Agency Division consists of
the hilly regions covered by the Eastern Ghats with an altitutde
of about 900 metres dotted by several peaks exceeding 1200 metres.
Sankaram Forest block topping with 1615 metres embraces the Mandals
of Paderu, G. Madugula, Pedabayalu, Munchingput, Hukumpeta, Dumbriguda,
Araku Valley, Ananthagiri, Chinthapalli, G.K. Veedhi, and Koyyuru
erstwhile Paderu, Araku Valley and Chinthapalli taluks in entirety.
Machkhand River which on reflow becomes Sileru, drains and waters
the area in its flow and reflow and is tapped for Power Generation.
The other division is the plains division with altitude no where
exceeding 75 metres watered and drained by Sarada, Varaha and Thandava
Rivers and revulets Meghadrigedda and Gambheeramgedda. Since no
major Irrigation system exists significant sub regional agronomic
variations exist in this division. Along the shore lies a series
of salt and sandy swamps. The coast line is broken by a number of
bald head lands, the important of them being the Dolphin's Nose
which had afforded the establishment of Natural Harbour at Visakhapatnam,
Rushikonda(v) Polavaram Rock and the big Narasimha Hill at Bheemunipatnam.
Administratively, the District is devided into 3 Revenue Divisions
and 43 Mandals.
DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS
The population of the district is 38.32 lakhs as per 2001 Census
and this constituted 5.0% of the population of the state while the
Geographical area of the District is 11161 Sq. KM. which is only
4.1% of the area of the State. Out of the total population 19.30
lakhs are Males and 19.02 lakhs are Females. The Sex Ratio is 985
Females per 1000 Males. The District has Density of population of
343 per Sq.Km. Agency area shows lesser Density and plain area higher
density. 39.90% of the population reside in the 10 Hirarchic urban
settlements while rest of the population is distributed in 3082
villages. Scheduled Castes constituted 7.82% of the population while
Scheduled Tribes account for 14.55% of the population of the district.
The district has a work force of 16.03 lakhs constituting about
41.83 of the population besides the marginal workers to a tune of
2.97 lakhs as per 2001 Census. The cultivators constitute 36.31%
Agricultural Labourers 23.60% and the balance of 40.09% engage in
Primary, Secondary and Teritory sectors as per 1991 census.
CLIMATE
The district has differing climatic conditions in different
parts of it. Near Coast the air is moist and relaxing, but gets
warmer towards the interior and cools down in the hilly areas on
account of elevation and vegetation. April to June are warmest months.
The Temperature (at Visakhapatnam Airport) gets down with the onset
of South West Monsoon and tumbles to a mean minimum of 18.8o C by
December after which there is revarsal trend till the temperature
reaches mean maximum of 37.4o C by the end of May during 2002-2003.
RAINFALL
The District receives annual normal rainfall of 1202 MM., of which
south-west monsoon accounts for 53.9% of the normal while North-East
monsoon contributes 24.8% of the normal rainfall during 2001-2002.
The rest is shared by summer showers and winter rains. Agency and
inland Mandals receive larger rainfall from the Sourth West Monsoon,
while Coastal Mandals get similarly larger rainfall from North-East
monsoon. But both the monsoons play truant, variations of South-west
monsoon accounting for 15.3% of normal and North-west monsoon to
33.2% of normal. Since the variation for most periods is on the
negative side of log `Y' and since even the years of normal rainfall
are characterised by long dry spells during one or more parts of
the crop season, the district experiences drought conditions too
often, as no major irrigation system exists to cushion the vagaries
of the monsoon.
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