Nandyal district is a

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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 ...

Nandyal Nandyal is a city and District headquarters of Nandyal district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a municipality and the headquarters of Nandyal mandal in Nandyal revenue division. Demographics In the 2011 census of India, Nandyal ...

as its administrative headquarters, it was formed on 4 April 2022 to become one of the resultant twenty-six districts and one of the district in Rayalaseema region. The district consists of Nandyal revenue division and a newly formed Dhone revenue division and Atmakur revenue division from Kurnool district.

Geography

Nandyal district lies between the northern latitudes of 15° 27’ 49’’ and eastern longitudes of 78° 28’ 43’’. The altitude of the district varies from 100 ft above the mean sea level. This district is bounded on the north by

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rivers as well as

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State, on the south by YSR and Anantapur Districts on the west by the Kurnool district and on the east by

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Etymology

The district derived its name from its headquarters

Notable people

* S. P. Y. Reddy, Member of Parliament and Industrialist *

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, Central Minister and Governor

Administrative divisions

The district has three revenue divisions, namely Atmakur, Nandyal and Dhone, each headed by a sub collector. These revenue divisions are divided into 29

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. The district consists of 6 municipalities.

Dhone Dhone or Dronachalam is a town in Nandyal district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a Municipality located in Dhone mandal. And it is the head quarters of Dhone revenue division . History Dhone was formerly known as Dronachalam. ...

, Atmakur, Allagadda, Bethamcherla and

Nandikotkur Nandikotkur is a municipality and mandal in Nandyal district of Andhra Pradesh, India. Geography Nandikotkur is located at . It has an average elevation of 292 meters (961 feet). The nearest river is Krishna river. Nandikotkur is a mandal (eq ...

are the six municipalities.

Mandals

There are 10 mandals in Atmakur division, 13 mandals in Nandyal and 6 mandals in Dhone division. The 29 mandals under their revenue divisions are listed below:

Politics

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

Demographics

At the time of the 2011 census Nandyal district had a population of 1,781,777, of which 385,185 (21.62%) live in urban areas. Nandyal district has a sex ratio of 985 females per 1000 males. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 322,825 (18.12%) and 52,784 (2.96%) of the population respectively. At the time of the 2011 census, 81.08% of the population spoke

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and 17.25%

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Cities and towns

References

External links

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