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Anantapur
—  district  —
Districts of Andhra Pradesh
Coordinates	14°41′N 77°36′E / 14.68°N 77.6°E / 14.68; 77.6Coordinates: 14°41′N 77°36′E / 14.68°N 77.6°E / 14.68; 77.6
Country	India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District(s)	Anantapur
Collector	V. Durga Das
Population • Density	3,640,478 (2001[update]) • 190 /km2 (492 /sq mi)
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)
Area	19,130 square kilometres (7,390 sq mi)

Anantapur District Telugu: అనంతపురం జిల్లా , Urdu: اننت پور ضلع) is one of the 23 districts in Andhra Pradesh, India. The district headquarters is Anantapur City. It is currently a part of the Red Corridor.^[1]

Geography[link]

It is the largest district of Andhra Pradesh spanning an area of 19,130 square kilometres (7,390 sq mi),^[2] comparatively equivalent to Japan's Shikoku Island.^[3] It is bounded on the north by Kurnool District, on the east by Kadapa District, on the southeast by Chittoor District, and on the southwest and west by Karnataka state.^[4] It is part of Rayalaseema region on the state. Its northern and central portions are a high plateau, generally undulating, with large granite rocks or low hill ranges rising occasionally above its surface. In the southern portion of the district the surface is more hilly, the plateau there rising to 2 ft (0.61 m). above the sea. Six rivers flow within the district: Penna, Chithravathi, Vedavathi, Papagni, Swarnamukhi, and Thadakaleru. The district receives an average annual rainfall of 381 millimeters.

Anantapur city is 354 km from Capital Hyderabad, 200 km from the neighboring state capital of Bangalore. Anantapur connects Hyderabad and Bangalore through National Highway-7. Bangalore International Airport is nearest international airport to Anantapur.

Economy[link]

The economy is principally agrarian with very few industries. With very little rainfall, the district is one of the most backward provinces in the state. Prominent crops include groundnut, sunflower, rice, cotton, maize, chillies, sesame, and sugarcane. Silk trade, limestone quarrying, iron and diamond mining constitute the few industries that are there.

In 2006 the Indian government named Anantapur one of the country's 250 most backward districts (out of a total of 640).^[5] It is one of the thirteen districts in Andhra Pradesh currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF).^[5]

Household indicators[link]

In 2007–2008 the International Institute for Population Sciences interviewed 1009 households in 37 villages across the district.^[6] They found that 94.1% had access to electricity, 99.5% had drinking water, 35.6% toilet facilities, and 61.3% lived in a pucca (permanent) home.^[6] 31.4% of girls wed before the legal age of 18^[7] and 88.2% of interviewees carried a BPL card.^[6]

Divisions[link]

The District has been divided into three Revenue Divisions consisting of 63 Revenue Mandals (Anantapur Division 20, Dharmavaram Division 17 and Penukonda Division 26).^[8]

Demographics[link]

According to the 2011 census Anantapur district has a population of 4,083,315,^[9] roughly equal to the nation of Lebanon^[10] or the US state of Oregon.^[11] This gives it a ranking of 52nd in India (out of a total of 640) and 7th in its state.^[9] The district has a population density of 213 inhabitants per square kilometre (550 /sq mi) .^[9] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 12.16 %.^[9] Anantapur has a sex ratio of 977 females for every 1000 males,^[9] and a literacy rate of 64.28 %.^[9]

The district had a population of 3,640,478 of which 25.26% is urban as of 2001 [1]. Anantapur district includes 866 villages. Telugu is the widely spoken language in this region and it has a literacy rate of 56.69%. Urdu and Kannada are the other two widely spoken languages in the district. Telugu and Urdu are the two official languages of the district. Moreover, Anantapur is one of the 13 districts in Andhra Pradesh where Urdu is 2nd official language.^[12]

Main religious groups are Hindus 3,225,156, Muslims 389,201 (10.7%), Christians 20,770.

Places of interest[link]

1.Lepakshi.... It very famous Temple of Historical importance. Hanging pillar in the Temple is a wonder. The paintings and sculpture on the ceiling and on the pillars are more attractive. Near the Temple a very big a single stone carved NANDI Sculpture is very famous. 2. Gooty... In this Historical Town a big hill port is there known as gutti kota. 3. Penugonda is another historical place where a bit port is situated. Around this so many temples are located. Once it was the 2nd capital of Vijayanagara kings. 4. Kadiri.... This town is famous for its Sri Lakshmi Narasimhaswamy temple.

References[link]

4.timmamma mirri manu this is the world largest banayan tree in the world 5.kondameedha raidu temple 8 km from Ananthpur,is a very famous temple.which is on very high hill,which takes 1and half to 2 hours to climb,for darshan.and this is the temple 1st kalyanotsavam happnes,and same rice used as talambralu will be ised in many temples and after that finally same is used in Tirupati.every year on the month of February a good temple fair with gathering of minimum 2 lakhs of peoples.this temple has its own history. 6.Lord Shiva as Sri Ramalingeswara in Ramappa temple at Sriveedu (Chiyyedu) village which is 15 km from Ananthpur. 7. Sri Yogi Vemana, the famous yogi's samadhi, Kataru palli, near kadiri . 8. Sri Virat Viswa Karma, Sri Kalika Devi, Sri Veer Brahmendra Swamy Temple, in Rani Nagar, Old Town Anantapur, the only temple of Sri Virat Viswa Karma in Anantapur District.

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Anantapur district

• Official site
• Anantapur (district) travel guide from Wikitravel

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