Parvathipuram Manyam district is a district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. With Parvathipuram as its administrative headquarters, it became functional from 4th April 2022. The district was formed from

Parvathipuram revenue division Parvathipuram revenue division (or Parvathipuram division) is an administrative division in the Parvathipuram Manyam district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is one of the two revenue divisions in the district with eight mandals under i ...

from Vizianagaram district and part of

Palakonda revenue division Palakonda revenue division (or Palakonda division) is an administrative division in the Parvathipuram Manyam district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is one of the two revenue divisions in the district with seven mandals under its admin ...

Srikakulam district Srikakulam district is one of the twenty-six districts of the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, located in the Uttarandhra region of the state, with its headquarters located at Srikakulam. It is one of the si ...

.The district was once the part of ancient Kalinga. The Famous Kamalingeswara Swamy temple was built in the regin of King Rajaraja Deva of Eastern Ganga Dynasty of Odisha in 11th century CE.

Geography

This district is located between Northern latitude of 18.8 , Eastern longitude of 83.4.This district is bounded by North of Koraput district of

Odisha state Odisha (English: , ), formerly Orissa ( the official name until 2011), is an Indian state located in Eastern India. It is the 8th largest state by area, and the 11th largest by population. The state has the third largest population of S ...

And surrounded by South of Vizianagaram district,

and west of Alluri Sitharama Raju district and east of Rayagada district of

Administrative divisions

The district has two revenue divisions, namely Palakonda and Parvathipuram, each headed by a sub collector. These revenue divisions are divided into 15

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 ...

Mandals

There are 7 mandals in Palakonda division and 8 in Parvathipuram division. The 15 mandals under their revenue divisions are listed below:

Cities and towns

Politics

There are one parliamentary and 4 assembly constituencies in Parvathipuram Manyam district. The parliamentary constituencies are The assembly constituencies are

Demographics

At the time of the 2011 census the district had a population of 9,25,340, of which 124,104 (13.41%) live in urban areas. Parvathipuram Manyam district has a sex ratio of 1035 females per 1000 males and a literacy rate of 50.9%. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 1,10,169 (11.91%) and 2,60,419 (28.14%) of the population respectively. At the time of the 2011 census, 89.00% of the population spoke

Telugu Telugu may refer to: * Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of India *Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India * Telugu script, used to write the Telugu language ** Telugu (Unicode block), a block of Telugu characters in Unicode S ...

, 5.86% Sora and 2.15%

Kuvi Kuvi is a South-Central Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Odisha. The language is one of two spoken by the Kandhas, with the other being the closely related and more dominant Kui language. According to the 2011 Indian census, the ...

as their first language.

References

{{Andhra Pradesh Districts of Andhra Pradesh Parvathipuram Manyam district 2022 establishments in Andhra Pradesh