INTRODUCTION

AREA PROFILE AND DEMOGRAPHICS

TheAndhra Pradesh Capital Regionis the area

covering the proposedAndhra Pradesh Capital
City and the metropolitan areaaround it. The
entire region is under the jurisdiction ofAP
Capital Region Development Authority(APCRDA).
The extent of the region is spread across
2
7,068km
(2,729sqmi)
in
58
mandals,
of
which
INTRODUCTION TO STUDY AREA
29 are inKrishna district and 29 inGuntur
Total
area of capital city is 220 sq. kms
district.
Total area of CRDA region= 7088 sq. kms
Total perimeter of capital city=53 km
New capital of A.P consists of three Mandals:
1)Thulluru
2)Mangalagiri
3)Tadepalli
There are 18 villages in Thulluru mandal as
Thulluru as the head quarters for this mandal,2
villages in Tadepalli mandal, 5 villages in
Mangalagiri mandal and four hamlets.

LOCATION
Latitude
Longitude
Geographical
area(sqkm)
Total population
Population
density(persons /km
sq)
SEX ratio(females per
1,000 males)
Literacy rate(%)
WPR
GDP

CAPITAL
AREA
16 30' N
80 31' E

ANDHRA
PRADESH
16.50 N
80.64 E

221

1,60,200

97960
433

493.8(lakhs)
308

PRAKASAM
BARRAGE
GUNTUR

980
61.09
50

996
Source: Census 2011

67.41

CLIMATE AND GEOGRAPHY

CLIMATE: The average annual temperature is

28.5 C and annual rain fall is about 905mm.
SOIL: The soils in general are very fertile and
they are broadly classified as Black cotton, Red
loamy and sandy loamy. Black cotton area is in
70%, Red loamy in 24% and sandy loamy in
about 6% of the area in the region.

CONNECTIVITY
TYPE

ROUTE
DISTANCE( DIRECT

Km)
CONNECTIVITY
GANNAVARA
HYDERABAD,CHEN
AIRWAY M
45
NAI

AIRPORT
BANGALORE
ROADWA NH -16,
1533Km
Y
NH64, NH214 329Km

172Km
VIJAYAWADA
RAILWAY
RAILWAY

STATION
MACHILIPATN
AM,VADAREV
PORTS
U,

NIZAMAPATN
AM

MUMBAI,HYDERAB
AD,
KOLKATA,CHENNAI
ALL
OVER THE
COUNTRY

CHENNAI, VIZAG,
KOLKATA

CLASSIFICATION OF
ROADS
ARTERIAL (NH-5)
SUBARTIRIAL ROAD
VILLAGE ROADS

AMARAVAT
HI

NO.OF LANES

ROW(meter)

4
1
1

7
5