| Voice of West Godavari
District : Garapati Harikiran
Unemployment and Child labour
Women in the district need livelihood opportunities to support their
family
Farmers face lot of problems due to heavy investments and low profits
in agriculture. Also due to less marketing knowledge they are unable
to generate profits.
Health and sanitation status of the district is also not good.
West Godavari District
Area, Population & Sex Ratio
Geographical Area : 7742.0 Km2
Population in West Godavari (Census 2011)
Total 3934782
Male 1963184
Female 1971598
Under 6 population
Total 363536
Male 184513
Female179023
Disabled population
Total disabled population : 61135
In seeing : 18143
In speech : 7502
In hearing : 3778
In movement : 23608
Mental : 8104
Rank ( VoiceOfBharat.org Analysis
)
Backwardness : 327
Sex Ratio Rank : 490
(Rank one is least sex ratio - Cenus 2001)
HIV Category District : A
(HIV Sentinel Surveillance 2004 -2006)
Disability : 98 (Census 2001)
Literacy Ratio : NA
Minority : Does not figure in MCD
Brief About West Godavari District
West Godavari History
Rich in Agriculture. Rice, Sugar are important crops. Most of
the people belongs to agriculture & education is moderate in the
people. Most People live in villages. Urbanisation is less as most
people live in remote areas. Sea food cultivation is also important
in the district. Tanuku is famous for Andhra Sugar Factory. Ceramics
was another industry developed in the district. There is a jute
mill in the district headquarters i.e, Eluru. ONGC had footage at
Narsapuram. Apart of this, there is no significant industrialization
in the district. Economy is mostly agricultural based. West godavary
is famous for its intensive aggriculture and it is known as "annapurna"
meaning rice bowl of andhra pradesh. |
