Andhra Pradesh
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Andhra Pradesh ఆంధ్ర ప్రదేశ్ |
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 Location of Andhra Pradesh in India |
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| Coordinates: 16°30′N 80°38′E / 16.50°N 80.64°ECoordinates: 16°30′N 80°38′E / 16.50°N 80.64°E | ||
| Country |
 India
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| Formation | 1 October 1953 (carved out of Madras State as Andhra State) 1 November 1956 (first established including Telangana) 2 June 2014 (re-organised excluding Telangana) |
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| Capital city |
Hyderabad (de jure) Amaravati (de facto seat of governance) |
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| Largest city | Visakhapatnam | |
| Districts | 13 | |
| Government | ||
| • Body | Government of Andhra Pradesh | |
| • Governor | E. S. L. Narasimhan | |
| • Chief Minister | Nara Chandrababu Naidu (TDP) | |
| • Legislature | Bicameral (175 + 58 seats) | |
| • Lok sabha constituencies | 25 | |
| • High Court | High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 160,205 km2 (61,855 sq mi) | |
| Area rank | 8th | |
| Population (2011) | ||
| • Total | 49,386,799 | |
| • Rank | 10th | |
| • Density | 308/km2 (800/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+05:30 GMT) | |
| UN/LOCODE | AP | |
| Vehicle registration | AP | |
| Literacy rate | 67.41 | |
| Official language | Telugu | |
| Coastline | 972 kilometres (604 mi) | |
| GSDP | ₹5.2 lakh crore (US$77 billion) | |
| GSDP per-capita | ₹104,000 (US$1,500) | |
| Website | AP State Portal | |
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^† The Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014 states that Hyderabad is joint capital of both Telangana and Andhra Pradesh states for a period of time not exceeding 10 years. A new capital is planned to be developed between Guntur and Vijaywada. |
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| Symbols of Andhra Pradesh | ||
| Emblem | Poorna kumbham | |
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| Song | Maa Telugu Talliki | |
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| River | Godavari, Krishna, Penna and Tungabhadra | |
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| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1961 | 35,983,000 |
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| 1971 | 43,503,000 | 20.9% | |
| 1981 | 53,550,000 | 23.1% | |
| 1991 | 66,508,000 | 24.2% | |
| 2001 | 75,727,000 | 13.9% | |
| 2011 | 84,665,533 | 11.8% | |
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Includes Telangana. Source:Census of India |
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^† The Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014 states that Hyderabad is joint capital of both Telangana and Andhra Pradesh states for a period of time not exceeding 10 years. A new capital is planned to be developed between Guntur and Vijaywada.
Andhra Pradesh (/ˌɑːndrə prəˈdɛʃ/)(
pronunciation ) is one of the 29 states of India, situated on the southeastern coast of the country. The state is the eighth largest state in India covering an area of 160,205 km2 (61,855 sq mi). As per 2011 Census of India, the state is tenth largest by population with 49,386,799 inhabitants. On 2 June 2014, the north-western portion of the state was bifurcated to form a new state of Telangana. In accordance with the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014, Hyderabad will remain the de jure capital of both Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states for a period of time not exceeding 10 years. The new river-front proposed capital in Guntur district is Amaravati, which is under the jurisdiction of APCRDA. The Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) of the state in the 2014–2015 financial year at current prices stood at ₹5,200.3 billion (US$77 billion) and ₹4,641.84 billion (US$69 billion) in the 2013–2014 financial year.
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