Srikakulam district
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Srikakulam district శ్రీకాకుళం జిల్లా |
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| District of Andhra Pradesh | |
 Location of Srikakulam district in Andhra Pradesh |
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| Country | India |
| State | Andhra Pradesh |
| Headquarters | Srikakulam |
| Tehsils | 37 |
| Government | |
| • Lok Sabha constituencies | Srikakulam (Lok Sabha constituency) |
| • Assembly seats | 10 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5,837 km2 (2,254 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 2,699,471 |
| • Urban | 16.16% |
| Demographics | |
| • Literacy | 62.30% |
| • Sex ratio | 1014 |
| Vehicle registration | AP-30 |
| Major highways | NH-5 |
| Coordinates | 18°25′N 84°01′E / 18.417°N 84.017°ECoordinates: 18°25′N 84°01′E / 18.417°N 84.017°E |
| Website | [Srikakulam district website Official website] |
Srikakulam district is one of the 13 districts in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is one of the 9 coastal districts, located in the extreme north eastern direction of the state. The headquarters of the district is located at Srikakulam. It was formerly known as Chicacole.
It is situated within the geographic co-ordinates of 18°-20’ and 19°-10’ N and 83°-50’ and 84°-50’ E. The district is skirted to a distance by Kandivalasagedda, Vamsadhara and Bahuda at certain stretches of their courses while a line of heights of the great Eastern Ghats run from the northeast. Vizianagaram district flanks in the south and west while Odisha bounds it on the north and Bay of Bengal on the East.
Evidence of early historic man and his activities during Stone Age and Iron Age periods have been recently discovered at Sangamayya Konda and Dannanapeta. The speciality of Dannanapeta Iron Age megalithic site is a large single capstone as a dolmen with 36 ft in length and 14 ft in width and 2 ft thickness. Sailada Hills consists of 36 upright rocks and natural caves used for habitation by Iron Age man in Amudalavalasa mandal of the district.
Evidences of Jain monuments and Buddhist remnants were discovered near Sangamayya Konda. Jain rock beds were discovered at Dannanapeta near Amudalavalasa in the district. Salihundam is a famous Buddhist Remnants site situated on the south bank of River Vamsadhara at a distance of 5 kilometres west of Kalingapatnam and 18 kilometres from Srikakulam town.
Srikakulam District was carved out in 1950 by bifurcating it from Visakhapatnam District, it remained unaffected in its territorial jurisdiction for quite some time. But in November 1969 the district lost 63 Villages from Saluru Taluk and 44 Villages from Bobbili Taluk on account of their transfer to the then newly constituted Gajapathinagaram Taluk of Visakhapatnam District. Again in May 1979, the district had undergone major territorial changes on account of the formation of new District with headquarters at Vizianagaram which involved transfer of Salur, Bobbili, Parvathipuram and Cheepurupalli Taluks to the new District.Srikakulam's culture is a blend of traditional festivals, food, music and theatres.
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