Bapatla district is a

district A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivision ...

coastal Andhra Coastal Andhra (South costal Andhra) also known as Coastal Andhra, Kostha Andhra is a region in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. Vijayawada is the largest city in this region. It was part of Madras State before 1953 and Andhra State from ...

in the Indian state of

Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh (, abbr. AP) is a state in the south-eastern coastal region of India. It is the seventh-largest state by area covering an area of and tenth-most populous state with 49,386,799 inhabitants. It is bordered by Telangana to the ...

established on 4 April 2022. The administrative headquarter is Bapatla. The district is formed from part of erstwhile

Prakasam district Prakasam district is one of the thirteen districts in the coastal Andhra region of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It was formed in 1970 and reorganised in 2022 on April 4. The headquarters of the district is Ongole. It is located on the wes ...

and part of erstwhile

Guntur district Guntur district is one of the twenty six districts in the Coastal Andhra region of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The administrative seat of the district is located at Guntur, the largest city of the district in terms of area and with a p ...

. It has an Air Force Station and several universities.

Geography

This district is surrounded by North of Palnadu district , Northeast of

,South of

Bay of Bengal The Bay of Bengal is the northeastern part of the Indian Ocean, bounded on the west and northwest by India, on the north by Bangladesh, and on the east by Myanmar and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands of India. Its southern limit is a line betwee ...

, West of

And East of

Krishna district Krishna district is district in the coastal Andhra Region in Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, with Machilipatnam as its administrative headquarters. It is the coastal district of Andhra Pradesh. Machilipatnam is the most populated city in the di ...

Administrative divisions

The district has two revenue divisions, namely Bapatla, Chirala and Repalle division, each headed by a sub collector. These revenue divisions are divided into 25 mandals. The district consists of three municipalities and One Nagar Panchayath. Repalle(28 wards), Bapatla (34 wards) and Chirala (33 wards) are the three municipalities & Addanki(20 wards) is the only one Nagar Panchayath.

Politics

There are one parliamentary and six assembly constituencies in Bapatla district. The parliamentary constituencies are The assembly constituencies are

Cities and towns

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Demographics

At the time of the 2011 census Bapatla district had a population of 15,86,918, of which 284,114 (17.90%) lived in urban areas. Bapatla had a sex ratio of 1012 females per 1000 males. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes made up 3,58,655 (22.61%) and 75,838 (4.78%) of the population respectively. At the time of the 2011 census, 93.00% of the population spoke Telugu and 6.12%

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Notable people

Pawan Kalyan Pawan Kalyan (born Konidela Kalyan Babu; 2 September is an Indian actor, filmmaker, and politician. His films are predominantly in Telugu cinema. Kalyan is the younger brother of actor-ex.politician Chiranjeevi, and made his debut in the 1996 ...

, film actor * Daggubati Purandeswari, Member of Parliament, former Central Minister and BJP National Leader * Daggubati Venkateswara Rao, former State Minister and Member of Parliament * Kona Prabhakara Rao, former Andhra Pradesh Assembly Speaker, State Minister and Governor * D. Ramanaidu, Member of Parliament and Film Producer * Gade Venkata Reddy, former State Minister * Konijeti Rosaiah, former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh and Governor * Kona Venkat, film writer * Ummareddy Venkateswarlu, Member of Parliament and former Central Minister * K. Viswanath, film director *

Chiranjeevi Chiranjeevi (born Konidela Sivasankara Varaprasad; 22 August 1955) is an Indian actor, film producer and former politician, who predominantly works in Telugu cinema. Chiranjeevi starred in over 150 feature films in Telugu, as well as some fil ...

, film actor

References

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