Annamayya district

Annamayya district is one of the twenty-six districts in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh and one of the eight districts in the Rayalaseema region formed from Rajampeta Parliamentary Constituency. Rayachoti is the district administrative headquarters and Madanapalle is the largest city in the district. The newly formed district has a 64.53% literacy rate, which is lower than the state literacy which stands at 67.35%.

Annamayya district
District of Andhra Pradesh
Clockwise from top-left: Saumyanatha Temple in Rajampet, Ehsanullah Khan Warsi Dargah in Madanapalle, Pileru NH Junction Cross Roads , Rayachoti Municipal Office, Paddy fields in Kosuvaripalle, View of Horsley Hills
Location of Annamayya district in Andhra Pradesh
Coordinates: 14.05°N 78.75°E / 14.05; 78.75
Country India
StateAndhra Pradesh
RegionRayalaseema
Formed4 April 2022
Founded byGovernment of Andhra Pradesh
Named forAnnamacharya
HeadquartersRayachoti
Largest cityMadanapalle
Administrative Divisions
Government
 • District collectorSri P. S. Girisha IAS,Collector & District Magistrate
 • SPSri V. HarshaVardhan Raju IPS
 • Lok Sabha constituenciesRajampeta
 • MPSri P.V Midhun Reddy
 • Assembly constituencies06
Area
 • Total7,951 km2 (3,070 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1][2]
 • Total1,697,308
 • Density210/km2 (550/sq mi)
Languages
 • OfficialTelugu
Literacy
 • Literates2667878
Time zoneUTC+05:30 (IST)
Postal Index Number
516XXX, 517XXX
Websiteannamayya.ap.gov.in

Geography

Annamayya district is the extreme southeastern district of Andhra Pradesh situated within the geographical co-ordinate of 13° 19’ 55” and 14° 42’ 32” of northern latitude and 78° 18’ 55” and 79° 20’26” Eastern longitude. The District is bounded on North by Kadapa-YSR District , West by Sri Sathya Sai District and Chikballapura District Of Karnataka state , South by Kolar District of Karnataka and Chittoor of Andra Pradesh, East by Nellore District and Tirupati District districts.

Volcanogenic bedded Barytes

Volcanogenic bedded Barytes located at Mangampet in Obulavaripalle mandal has been declared the National Geological Monuments of India by the Geological Survey of India (GSI), for their protection, maintenance, promotion and enhancement of geotourism.[3][4][5]

Etymology

The district is named after the Annamacharya,[6] a 15th-century Hindu saint hailing from Tallapaka, Rajampeta and the earliest known Indian musician to compose songs called sankirtanas in praise of the Lord Venkateswara.

History

This district is formed on 4 April 2022 by the Government of Andhra Pradesh.The district was formed from Madanapalle revenue division of Chittoor district and Rajampeta revenue division and a newly formed Rayachoti revenue division from Kadapa district. Madanapalle revenue division is the largest revenue division in the district.

Demographics
Religions in Annamayya district (2011)[7]
Religion Percent
Hinduism
 
 81.97%
Islam
 
 17.25%
Other or not stated
 
 0.78%
Distribution of religions

At the time of the 2011 census Annamayya district had a population of 16,97,308, of which 391,511 (23.07%) live in urban areas. Annamayya district has a sex ratio of 989 females per 1000 males. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 2,28,501 (13.46%) and 62,475 (3.68%) of the population respectively.[1]: 80–84 [2]: 82–87 

Languages of Annamayya district (2011)[8]

  Telugu (81.91%)
  Urdu (16.40%)
  Lambadi (1.04%)
  Others (0.65%)

At the time of the 2011 census 81.91% of the population spoke Telugu, 16.40% Urdu and 1.04% Lambadi as their first language.[8]

Administrative divisions
Annamayya District Revenue Divisions and Mandals

The district has three revenue divisions, namely Rajampeta, Rayachoti, and Madanapalle, each headed by a sub collector. Madanapalle is the largest revenue division in the district. These revenue divisions are divided into 30 mandals. The district consists of one municipal corporation in Madanapalle and two municipalities in Rayachoti and Rajampet.

Mandals
Satellite View Of Annamayya District Mandals

There are nine mandals in Rajampeta revenue division, 10 mandals in Rayachoti revenue division and 11 mandals in Madanapalle revenue division. The 30 mandals under their revenue divisions are listed below.

Rajampeta division Rayachoti division Madanapalle division
Railway KoduruRayachotiMadanapalle
PenagalurSambepalliNimmanapalle
ChitvelChinnamandyamRamasamudram
PullampetaGaliveeduThamballapalle
ObulavaripalleLakkireddypalliMulakalacheruvu
RajampetRamapuramPeddamandyam
NandalurPileruKurabalakota
VeeraballiGurramkondaPeddathippasamudram
T. SundupalleKalakadaBeerangi Kothakota
KambhamvaripalleKalikiri
Valmikipuram

Politics

There is only one parliamentary constituency and six assembly constituencies in Annamayya district.

The parliamentary constituencies are:

The assembly constituencies are:[9]

Constituency number Name Reserved for
(SC/ST/None)		 Parliament
125 Rajampet None Rajampet (Lok Sabha constituency)
127 Kodur SC Rajampet (Lok Sabha constituency)
128 Rayachoti None Rajampet (Lok Sabha constituency)
162 Thamballapalle None Rajampet (Lok Sabha constituency)
163 Pileru None Rajampet (Lok Sabha constituency)
164 Madanapalle None Rajampet (Lok Sabha constituency)

Education

The primary and secondary school education is imparted by government aided and private schools of the School Education Department of the state Government of Andhra Pradesh. The medium of instruction followed by different schools are English and Telugu. District has some of the most famous institutions for engineering, such as Annamacharya Institute of Technology & Sciences (AITS)[10] and Narayanadri Institute of Science and Technology (NIST). Madanapalle Institute of Technology & Science (MITS) situated in Madanapalle. Besant Theosophical College, Madanapalle. Rishi Valley School, Madanapalle[11]

Transport

Roadways

District is the entranceway to the pilgrimage site of Tirumala.

• National Highway NH 716 : Chennai-Kurnool Chennai - Surat Green filed Corridor, passes through the district.

• NH 40 Chittoor-Kurnool passes through the district.

• NH 71 passes through this district.

• Proposed NH 370 Nellore to Ananthapuram (Nellore–Rapur–Rajampet–Rayachoti–Kadiri–Ananthapuram) is currently under planning passes through the district.

• district well connected to all major national highways NH 40, NH 71.

The Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation operates bus services from Sri Annamayya Bus Station, Madanapalle Bus Station, Rayachoty Bus Station, Pileru Bus Station to Major cities Chittoor, Kadapa, Tirupati, Nellore, Kurnool, Hyderabad, Chennai, Bengaluru, Anantapur, and to other towns and villages in the district. NH 42 passes through the district starts at Mulakalacheruvu Mandal and ends at Madanapalle Mandal[12]

Railways

District has two railway stations, which are major stations in the district that comes under the South Central Railway Zone of Guntakal railway division.

• Madanapalle & Rajampeta Railway Stations in the district are well connected to major cities like Mumbai, Hyderabad, Chennai, Tirupati, Ahmedabad, Kurnool, Hubli, Goa, Pune, Surat, Delhi, Shirdi, Kadapa from Annamayya District through Guntakal-Renigunta Stretch.

• Madanapalle Road Railway Station in the district is connected to few cities from the Annamayya District through Guntakal-Pakal-Tirupati stretch.

• Very well railway conneivityed to Chennai, Mumbai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Guntakal, Hubli, Goa, Arakonam, Renigunta Junction, Kurnool, Kolhapur, Tirupati.

Airways

The nearest airports are:

• Kadapa Airport, located in Kadapa 54 kilometres (34 mi) away from Rajampeta and Rayachoty.

• Tirupati International Airport is 66 kilometres (41 mi) Kms From Pileru and 125 kilometres (78 mi) Kms from Madanapalle.

• Local transport is available from the bus and railway stations to the airports.

Cities and towns

Notable people

References
  1. "District Census Hand Book – YSR Kadapa" (PDF). Census of India. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
  2. "District Census Hand Book – Chittoor" (PDF). Census of India. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
  3. "National Geological Monument, from Geological Survey of India website". Archived from the original on 12 July 2017. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  4. "Geo-Heritage Sites". pib.nic.in. Press Information Bureau. 9 March 2016. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  5. national geo-heritage of India Archived 11 January 2017 at the Wayback Machine, INTACH
  6. Apparasu, Srinivasa Rao (5 April 2022). "Andhra adds 13 new districts with aim to boost governance". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  7. "Population by Religion - Andhra Pradesh". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
  8. "Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Andhra Pradesh". Census of India. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
  9. "District-wise Assembly-Constituencies". ceoandhra.nic.in.
  10. "Annamacharya Institute of Technology & Sciences - Rajampet". www.aitsrajampet.ac.in.
  11. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  12. ""Bus Stations in Districts". Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation". Archived from the original on 22 March 2016.
  13. "ANDHRA PRADESH GAZETTE". G.O.Rt.No.60, Revenue (Lands-IV), 25 [ 1 ] Th January, 2022: 119. 25 January 2022.
  14. Raghavendra, V. (26 January 2022). "With creation of 13 new districts, AP now has 26 districts". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Archived from the original on 26 January 2022. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  15. "AP issues draft gazette notification on 26 districts". Deccan Chronicle. 26 January 2022. Archived from the original on 29 January 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
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