Anakapalli district

Anakapalli district is a district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It was formed on 4 April 2022 from Anakapalli and Narsipatnam revenue divisions of the old Visakhapatnam district. The administrative headquarters are at Anakapalli. Sankaram, 3 km from Anakapalli is identified to be developed as the headquarters of the new district.

Etymology
This district name is derived from its headquarters Anakapalli.

Geography
This district is surrounded by Alluri Sitharama Raju district to the north, Kakinada district to the west, the Bay of Bengal to the south and Vizianagaram district and Visakhapatnam district to the east.

Parliament segment
There are one parliamentary and 7 assembly constituencies in Anakapalli district.

Anakapalli, from this constituency Chintakunta Munuswamy Ramesh (Bharatiya Janata Party) was representing, won in 2024.

Assembly segments
Anakapalli District presently comprises the following 7 Legislative Assembly segments:

Administrative divisions


The district is divided into 2 revenue divisions: Anakapalli and Narsipatnam, which are further subdivided into 24 mandals, each headed by a sub-collector.

Mandals
The list of 24 mandals in Anakapalli district, divided into 2 revenue divisions, is given below.


 * 1) Anakapalle revenue division
 * 2) Anakapalli
 * 3) Atchutapuram
 * 4) Butchayyapeta
 * 5) Chodavaram
 * 6) Devarapalli
 * 7) Elamanchili
 * 8) K. Kotapadu
 * 9) Kasimkota
 * 10) Munagapaka
 * 11) Paravada
 * 12) Rambilli
 * 13) Sabbavaram
 * 14) Narsipatnam revenue division
 * 15) Cheedikada
 * 16) Golugonda
 * 17) Kotauratla
 * 18) Madugula
 * 19) Makavarapalem
 * 20) Nakkapalli
 * 21) Narsipatnam
 * 22) Nathavaram
 * 23) Payakaraopeta
 * 24) Ravikamatham
 * 25) Rolugunta
 * 26) S. Rayavaram

Cities and towns
The district consists of two municipalities and 8 census towns. Anakapalli zone falls under Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation and the two municipalities in the district are Elamanchili and Narsipatnam. The census towns are Bowluvada, Chodavaram, Kantabamsuguda, Mulakuddu, Nakkapalle, Narsipatnam, Peda Boddepalle, Payakaraopeta.

Notable people from Anakapalli district

 * Gurajada Apparao, poet and writer
 * Vangalapudi Anitha, Minister of Home Affairs & Disaster Management
 * Aarudra, writer
 * S. R. A. S. Appala Naidu, minister AND MLA
 * Konathala Ramakrishna, former minister and MP
 * Villuri Venkata Ramana, former Rajya Sabha member
 * Dadi Veerabhadra Rao, politician
 * Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry, lyricist
 * Shobha Naidu, kuchipudi dancer
 * Puri Jagannadh, film producer and director
 * Gunasekhar, film producer and director

Demographics
At the time of the 2011 census, Anakapalli district had a population of 1,726,998, of which 250,359 (14.50%) live in urban areas. Anakapalli district had a sex ratio of 1020 females per 1000 males. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 158,060 (9.15%) and 47,975 (2.78%) of the population respectively.

Telugu was the predominant language, spoken by 98.87% of the population.