west godavri disrict

During the division of Northern Cirkars in to Districts, ELURU was made a part of Machilipatnam District. Later, it was included in the Godavari District in 1859. Subsequently, Eluru made part of the Krishna District. Finally in the year 1925, West Godavari District was formed with Eluru as its Headquarters and all the District Offices and Regional Offices were setup in Eluru Town.West Godavari District, as its name indicates, is a part of the Godavari Delta in Andhra Pradesh. It lies between 16o 15'-17o30' northern latitudes and 80o55' and 81o55' eastern longitudes. It is surrounded by Khammam District on the north, Krishna District and the Bay of Bengal on the south and on the east by river Godavari and Krishna District on the West. The District occupies an area of 7742 sq.km. with density of population of 454 per sq.km. The total population of the district is 35.18 lakhs, of which 27.90 lakhs is rural and 7.28 lakhs urban. In the district The total forest area is 81,200 hectares, forming 10.49% of the total geographical area of the district. The area covered by paddy is 82.80%, tobacco: 4.86%, sugarcane: 4.73% and chilies:1.29%. Above 70% of the workers are engaged in agriculture and allied actives. Nearly 37% of the population living in rural areas depends, upon agriculture for its livelihood. In about 68% of the irrigates area, the cultivation is mainly under canals. Tube wells and tank-g come next in the order of source of irrigation. The normal annual rainfall of the district is 1076.2 mm. Most of the rainfall is received during the south-west monsoon. West Godavari district is known as "the greenery of Andhra Pradesh". The district has 15,84,065 literates forming 53.38% of the population of the district, excluding 0-6 age group. Separately for urban and rural areas, the literacy rates work out to 67.61 and 49.55% respectively. Again within the urban areas, the male and female literacy rates separately work out to 74.72% and 60.55% respectively against the corresponding figures of 55.75% and 43.30% in rural areas.