Kakinada district

Kakinada district is a district in the Coastal Andhra Region in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. With Kakinada as its administrative headquarters, it was proposed on 26 January 2022 to become one of the resultant twenty six districts in the state after the final notification has been issued on 4 April 2022 by the government of Andhra Pradesh. The district was formed from Kakinada and Peddapuram revenue divisions from East Godavari district. Incidentally, during earlier times, the region comprising towns Pithapuram, Kakinada and Peddapuram were referred as Polnaud or Prolunadu (prōlunāḍu), which now roughly corresponds to the areas in this district.

Etymology
This district name derives from its headquarters Kakinada.

History
In 1839 just before the British Raj, a cyclone struck Coringa, East Godavari district and toppled buildings, as a result 20,000 ships were destroyed and over 300,000 people were killed.

Geography
This district is surrounded by North of Alluri Sitharama Raju district, South of Bay of Bengal & Yanam district, East of Anakapalli district and west of East Godavari district & Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Konaseema district.

Parliament segments
There is 1 parliamentary and 7 assembly constituencies in Kakinada district.

Kakinada Parliamentary constituency, from this constituency Tangella Uday Srinivas (Jana Sena Party) was representing, won in 2024.

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

Administrative divisions


The district is divided into 2 revenue divisions: Kakinada and Peddapuram, which are further subdivided into a total of 21 mandals, each headed by a sub-collector.

Mandals
The list of 21 mandals in Kakinada district, divided into 2 revenue divisions, is given below.
 * 1) Kakinada revenue division
 * 2) Samalkota
 * 3) Pithapuram
 * 4) Gollaprolu
 * 5) U. Kothapalli
 * 6) Karapa
 * 7) Kakinada Rural
 * 8) Kakinada Urban
 * 9) Pedapudi
 * 10) Thallarevu
 * 11) Kajuluru
 * 12) Peddapuram revenue division
 * 13) Peddapuram
 * 14) Jaggampeta
 * 15) Gandepalle
 * 16) Kirlampudi
 * 17) Tuni
 * 18) Kotananduru
 * 19) Prathipadu
 * 20) Sankhavaram
 * 21) Yeleswaram
 * 22) Rowthulapudi
 * 23) Thondangi

Demographics
At the time of the 2011 census, Kakinada district had a population of 20,92,374, of which 662,726 (31.67%) lived in urban areas. The district had a sex ratio of 1007 females per 1000 males. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 3,31,103 (15.82%) and 30,803 (1.47%) of the population respectively.

At the time of the 2011 census, 98.41% of the population spoke Telugu and 1.14% Urdu as their first language.