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, subdivisions o ...

coastal Andhra Coastal Andhra (South costal Andhra) also known as 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 1953 to 1956. ...

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 Bapatla is a city and District headquarters of Bapatla district in the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a municipality and the mandal headquarters of Bapatla mandal of Bapatla revenue division. The ne ...

. 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 weste ...

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 po ...

. It has an Air Force Station and several universities.

Geography

This district is surrounded by North of

Palnadu district Palnadu district is a district in coastal Andhra Region in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. With Narasaraopet as its administrative headquarters, it was formed on 04 April 2022 to become one of the resultant twenty-six districts The 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 between ...

, 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

Chirala Chirala (), (, Telugu) a city in Bapatla district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a municipality and the headquarters of Chirala mandal in Chirala revenue division. , it had a population of above 170,000. Chirala is the most popul ...

and Repalle division, each headed by a sub collector. These revenue divisions are divided into 25

mandals A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluka, or taluk) is a local unit of administrative division in some countries of South Asia. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administr ...

. The district consists of three municipalities and One Nagar Panchayath.

Repalle Repalle is a town in Bapatla district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The town is one of the 12 municipalities in Bapatla district and the headquarters of Repalle mandal under the administration of Bapatla revenue division. It is situate ...

(28 wards),

(34 wards) and

(33 wards) are the three municipalities &

Addanki Addanki is a Municipal city in Bapatla district of the Indian State, Andhra Pradesh. Addanki North is the mandal headquarters of Addanki mandal in chirala revenue division. Geography Addanki located at . It has an average elevation of 24&nbs ...

(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

Note -

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

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and 6.12%

Urdu Urdu (;"Urdu"
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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 Nandamuri Purandareswari (born 22 April 1959) is an Indian politician from the state of Andhra Pradesh. She represented the Visakhapatnam constituency of Andhra Pradesh as a Member of Parliament in the 15th Lok Sabha of India. She had previousl ...

, Member of Parliament, former Central Minister and BJP National Leader *

Daggubati Venkateswara Rao Dr. Daggubati Venkateswara Rao, M.B.,B.S., (born 14 December 1953) is a former member of the Indian National Congress. Personal life Rao is the 2nd son-in-law in order for N. T. Rama Rao, actor and founder of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP). He ...

, former State Minister and Member of Parliament *

Kona Prabhakara Rao Kona Prabhakara Rao (10 July 1916 – 20 October 1990) was an Indian politician. He was a member of the Indian National Congress party and was elected four times as Member of the Legislative Assembly From Bapatla (Assembly constituency). Early ...

, former Andhra Pradesh Assembly Speaker, State Minister and Governor *

D. Ramanaidu Daggubati Ramanaidu (6 June 1936 – 18 February 2015) was an Indian film producer known for his work in Telugu cinema. He founded Suresh Productions in 1964 which became of one of the largest film production companies in India. He was placed i ...

, Member of Parliament and Film Producer *

Gade Venkata Reddy Gade Venkat Reddy is a senior most politician from Prakasam district and 5 terms MLA of the Indian National Congress Party. He was first elected in 1967 from Parchur Constituency, then within Bapatla Taluk and Guntur district. He is an advocat ...

, former State Minister *

Konijeti Rosaiah Konijeti Rosaiah (4 July 1933 – 4 December 2021) was an Indian politician who served as the List of chief ministers of Andhra Pradesh, 15th chief minister of United Andhra Pradesh from 2009 to 2010. He also served as the Governor of Karnataka ...

, former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh and Governor *

Kona Venkat Kona Venkat ( born 19 February 1965) is an Indian screenwriter and producer known for his works in Telugu language, Telugu and Hindi cinema. He is known for his works in box office hits such as ''Alludu Seenu'', ''Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi'' ''Ba ...

, film writer *

Ummareddy Venkateswarlu Ummareddy Venkateswarlu (born 1 July 1935) is an Indian politician. Chief Whip in Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council He joined YSR Congress party in November 2012. He was an MLA and senior leader in Telugu Desam Party. Life He is a native of ...

, Member of Parliament and former Central Minister *

K. Viswanath Kasinadhuni Viswanath (born 19 February 1930) is an Indian film director, screenwriter and actor, known for his works primarily in Telugu cinema. He is recipient of five National Film Awards, seven state Nandi Awards, ten Filmfare Awards South ...

, 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 language, Telugu, as ...

, film actor

References

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