| Voice of Vizianagaram
District : Ravi Kumar
Vizianagaram is a backward district.
The economic condition of the people here is poor.
Agriculture and fishing are the source of income.
The challenges are mostly faced by women, children and youth.
Women literacy is very low. The literacy rate among the tribes is
also very depressing.
Child mortality rate is high.
There are no technical and skilled based schools. This has led to
massive unemployment among the youths of the district.
Women are inactive in participating in the Panchayati raj.
Vizianagaram District
Area, Population & Sex Ratio
Geographical Area : 6539.0 Km2
Population in Vizianagaram (Census 2011)
Total 2342868
Male 1161913
Female 1180955
Under 6 population
Total 231021
Male 118149
Female 112872
Disabled population
Total disabled population : 49406
In seeing : 23057
In speech : 4791
In hearing : 3060
In movement : 14133
Mental : 4365
Rank ( VoiceOfBharat.org Analysis
)
Backwardness : 168
Sex Ratio Rank : 528
(Rank one is least sex ratio - Cenus 2001)
HIV Category District : A
(HIV Sentinel Surveillance 2004 -2006)
Disability : 158 (Census 2001)
Literacy Ratio : 494 (Census 2001)
Minority : Does not figure in MCD
Water : Flouride in Groundwater above permissible limits
Brief About Vizianagaram District
Location and Composition
Vizianagaram district was formed on 1st June 1979, with headquarters
at Vizianagaram as per G.O. Ms. No 700/revenue (U) Department dated
15th May 1979 with portions carved from Srikakulam and Visakahapatnam
Districts. Vizianagaram District is situated with in the geographical
co-ordinates of 17- 15’ and 19 – 15’ of the northern latitude and
83 –00’ and 83-45’’ of the eastern longitude. The district is bounded
on the east by Srikakulam District on the west and south by Visakhapatnam
district, on the south – east by the Bay of Bengal and North West
by Orissa State.
The areas transferred from Visakhapatnam district
are mostly picturesque especially in the north. The agency track
mostly consists of the hilly regions covered by the Eastern Ghats
which run parallel to the coast from the North - East to the South
– West. The average height of these hills is over 914 metres, although
there are several peaks of even 1,219 metres high
The main soils in the district are Red soils, Sandy
loams and Sandy clay and they constitute 96 % of the total area.
The soils in the district are predominantly loamy with medium fertility.
There are mostly red loamy soils, as far as dry lands are concerned
and clay loamy in case of wet lands
The normal rainfall of the district for the year
is 1,131.0 MM as against the actual rainfall of 740.6 MM received
during 2002-03. The district gets the benefit of both the South
–West and North- East monsoon.
Vizianagaram district extends over an area of 6,539
Sq.Kms with a density of 343 per Sq. KM covering 1,551 villages,
out of which 66 are uninhabited. The total population of the district
is 22,45, 103 as per 2001 census consisting of 11,20,124 Males and
11,24,979 females. According to 2001 census rural population of
the district is 18.33 Lakhs which comes to 82% of the total population
and the urban population is 4.12 Lakhs which comes to 18% of the
total population.
The principal rivers flowing in the district are
Ø Nagavali Ø Vegavathi Ø Gomukhi Ø Suvarnamukhi Ø Champavathi Ø
Gostani.
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