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Andhra Pradesh (/ ˌɑːndrə prəˈdeɪʃ /; ISO: Āndhra Pradēś; Telugu: [aːndʱrɐ prɐdeːʃ] ⓘ abbr. AP) is a state in the southern coastal region of India. It is the seventh-largest state and the tenth-most populous in the country. Telugu, one of India's classical languages, is the primary official language and the most widely spoken ...
Andhra Pradesh is one of the southern state of India. There are a total of 26 districts in the three regions of Coastal Andhra, Uttarandhra and Rayalaseema. The capital of the state [Andhra Pradesh] is the Amaravati. The census over the years grown steadily in terms of population. It shares borders with states like Tamil Nadu, Orissa, Telangana ...
The economy of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh is primarily dependent on agriculture, which directly and indirectly employs 62% of the population. [9] GSDP as per the first revised estimate, for the year 2023-24 is ₹15,40,000 crore. [10] The state is ranked 1st in the country for the year 2021-22 in terms of the Gross State Domestic ...
The Telugu people form the dominant ethnic group in Andhra Pradesh, making up to 83.88% (as per 2001 census) [1] of the total population of the state. They are the native speakers of the Telugu language. Telugu is one of the official languages of India and the official and administrative language of the state of Andhra Pradesh.
The recorded history of Andhra Pradesh, one of the 28 states of 21st-century India, begins in the Vedic period. It is mentioned in Sanskrit epics such as the Aitareya Brahmana (800 BCE). [ 1 ][ 2 ][ 3 ] Its sixth-century BCE incarnation Assaka lay between the Godavari and Krishna Rivers, [ 4 ] one of sixteen mahajanapadas (700–300 BCE).
Andhra Pradesh, retrospectively referred to as United Andhra Pradesh, Undivided Andhra Pradesh, and Combined Andhra Pradesh, was a state in India formed by States Reorganisation Act, 1956 with Hyderabad as its capital and was reorganised by Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014. The state was made up of three distinct cultural regions of ...
Out of this population, 10,846,333 people live in rural areas. This represents approximately 6.89% of India's total Scheduled Caste population, which stands at 201,378,086. [4] Andhra Pradesh, prior to the formation of Telangana, comprised 60 distinct castes.
It is the 7th most populous urban agglomeration in the state, with a population of 459,985 in 2011. [3] As of 2011 census, it had a population of 287,035 making it the 9th most populous city in Andhra Pradesh. [3] It is the second biggest city in Rayalaseema after Kurnool.