Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh situated on the country's southeastern coast. Amaravati is the New Capital of andhra pradesh. Currently its building its city planned to build in par with western cities by Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu. It was the capital of Satavahanas who ruled andhra region from 2nd century BCE to 3rd century CE, After decline of Satavahanas there were various rulers like Ikshvakus and pallvas, Chalukyas, Cholas, Delhi Sultanate, Nayaks, Vijayanagar kings were controlled this place.

It is India's fourth largest state by area and fifth largest by population. Andhra Pradesh State is bordered by Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh and Orissa in the north, the Bay of Bengal in the east, Tamil Nadu to the south and Karnataka to the west.

Andhra Pradesh has the second-longest coastline of 972 km. Two major rivers, the Godavari and the Krishna, run across the state. The primary official language of Andhra Pradesh is Telugu with Urdu a common secondary official language in some areas.

Andhra Pradesh Literacy rate improved from 60.47 (2001) to 67.66(2011). Population density is increased from 277 per sq.km(2001) to 308 per sq.km(2011)

Universities: Jawaharlal Nehru Tenological Univeristiy (JNTU Kakinada), Acharya Nagarjuna Univeristy(Guntur), Andhra University(Vishakapatnam) are the top universities in Andhra Pradesh.

Andhra Pradesh Map, district wise population

Andhra Pradesh is the newly divided state with 13 districts of area 162,970 sq km. Its 8th Rank in India as per area wise. Vishakhpatnam is the largest district with an area of 681.96 sq km and population of 2,035,922 persons. Amaravati is the newly formed state capital near Vijayawada of Krishna district.