Chittoor district

Chittoor district చిత్తూరు జిల్లా
District

Country	India
State	Andhra Pradesh
Region	Rayalaseema
Area
• Total	15,359 km² (5,930 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	4,170,468
Languages
• Official	Telugu
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
ISO 3166 code	ISO 3166-2:IN
Vehicle registration	AP-02
Headquarters	Chittoor
Sex ratio	M-50%/F-40% ♂/♀
Literacy	72.96%
Lok Sabha seats	2
Vidhan Sabha seats	14
Website	http://www.chittoor.ap.gov.in/

Chittoor district ( pronunciation ), is a district in Rayalaseema region of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The district headquarters is located at Chittoor. It has a population of 4,170,468 according to 2011 census of India. Chittoor district has many major temples including Tirupati, Kanipakam and Sri Kalahasti temples. It lies in the Poini river valley of southernmost Andhra Pradesh along the Chennai – Bangalore section Chennai-Mumbai highway. It is a major market centre for mangoes, grains, sugarcane, and peanuts.

The district derived its name from its headquarters Chittoor.

Chittoor District was formed on 1 April 1911, taking Chittoor, Palamaneru, Chandragiri from the then North Arcot District of Madras State and Madanapalli, Vayalpadu from Kadapa and Punganur, Sri Kalahasti, Karvetinagar from Zamindari provinces to form united Chittoor district. Later in the Apri1 1 1960 319 villages of chittoor district were added into the then Kanchipuram districtand Thiruvallur districts of Tamil Nadu through the demands of Ma. Po. Si. and other leaders.