Andhra Pradesh

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Andhra Pradesh
State
Nandi Bull Lepakshi2.jpg Tirumala 090615.jpg
Vizag View from Kailasagiri.jpg
Papi Hills Tour Pic 10.jpg Araku valley view.jpg
Vijayawada landscape.jpg
Dhyana Buddha statue.jpg
From top, left to right: Nandi at Lepakshi, Venkateswara Temple, Tirumala, skyline
view of Visakhapatnam city, Papi Hills, Araku Valley,skyline view of Vijayawada
City and Dhyana Buddha statue.
Official logo of Andhra Pradesh
Emblem
Anthem: "Maa Telugu Thalliki"
Location of Andhra Pradesh in India
Location of Andhra Pradesh in India
Coordinates: 16.50�N 80.64�ECoordinates: 16.50�N 80.64�E
Country India
Statehood 1 November 1956
Capital city Amaravati[1]
Largest city Visakhapatnam
Districts 13
Government
� Body Government of Andhra Pradesh
� Governor Biswabhusan Harichandan (BJP)[2][3]
� Chief Minister Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy (YSRCP)
� Legislature Bicameral (175 + 58 seats)
� Parliamentary constituency Rajya Sabha 11
Lok Sabha 25
� High Court High Court of Andhra Pradesh
Area[4]
� Total 160,205 km2 (61,855 sq mi)
Area rank 7th
Population (2011)[5]
� Total 49,386,799
� Rank 10th
� Density 308/km2 (800/sq mi)
Demonym(s) Telugu / Andhraite
GDP (2018�19)[6]
� Total ?10.81 lakh crore (US$150 billion) (15.3%)Increase
� Per capita ?164,025 (US$2,300)
Time zone UTC+05:30 (IST)
UN/LOCODE AP
Vehicle registration AP�39
Literacy rate 67.41% (2011)
Official languages Telugu
Coastline 974 kilometres (605 mi)
HDI (2017) Increase 0.650[7]
medium � 27th
Website www.aponline.gov.in//
^a The Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014 states that Hyderabad is common
capital of both Telangana and Andhra Pradesh states for a period of time not
exceeding 10 years.
Symbols of Andhra Pradesh
Emblem Official Emblem Of Andhra Pradesh.jpeg Poorna Ghatam [1]
Language Telugu.svgTelugu
Song Maa Telugu Thalliki[8]
Dance Kuchipudi Performer DS.jpgKuchipudi[9]
Mammal Antilope cervicapra from velavadar.JPGBlackbuck[9]
Bird Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri male by Dr. Raju Kasambe DSCN8937
(3).jpgRose-ringed parakeet[9]
Flower Jasminum officinale.JPGJasmine[9]
Tree (Curetis thetis) Indian Sunbeam on a neem tree along Eastern Ghats
04.JPGNeem[9]
Andhra Pradesh (/???ndr? pr?'d??/) (About this soundpronunciation (help�info)) is
one of the 28 states of India, situated in the south-eastern part of the country.
It is the eight-largest state in India, covering an area of 162,975 km2 (62,925 sq
mi).[4] As per the 2011 census, it is the tenth-most populous state, with
49,386,799 inhabitants. Amaravati is the capital city of Andhra Pradesh which is
located on the southern bank of Krishna river. The largest city is Visakhapatnam.
Telugu, one of the classical languages of India,[10] is the major and official
language of Andhra Pradesh.[11][12]

The north-western portion of Andhra Pradesh was separated to form the new state of
Telangana on 2 June 2014, and Hyderabad, the longtime capital of Andhra Pradesh,
was transferred to Telangana as part of the division. However, in accordance with
the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014, Hyderabad was to remain the acting
capital of both Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states for a period of time not
exceeding ten years.[13]

Andhra Pradesh has a coastline of 974 km (605 mi) � the second-longest coastline
among the states of India, after Gujarat � with jurisdiction over almost 15,000 km2
of territorial waters.[4][14] The state is bordered by Telangana in the north-west,
Chhattisgarh and Odisha in the north-east, Karnataka in the west, Tamil Nadu in the
south, and to the east lies the Bay of Bengal. The small enclave of Yanam, a
district of Puducherry, lies to the south of Kakinada in the Godavari delta on the
eastern side of the state.[15]

The state is made up of the two major regions of Rayalaseema, in the inland
southwestern part of the state, and Coastal Andhra to the east and northeast,
bordering the Bay of Bengal.[16][17] The state comprises thirteen districts in
total, nine of which are located in Coastal Andhra and four in Rayalaseema. The
largest city and commercial hub of the state are Visakhapatnam, located on the Bay
of Bengal, with a GDP of US$43.5 billion; the second largest city in the state is
Vijayawada, located on the banks of the Krishna River, which has a GDP of US
billion (as of 2010).[18] The economy of Andhra Pradesh is the seventh-largest
state economy in India with ?9.33 lakh crore (US$130 billion) in gross domestic
product and a per capita GDP of ?164,000 (US$2,300).[6] Andhra Pradesh ranks 27th
among Indian states in human development index.[7]

Andhra Pradesh hosted 121.8 million visitors in 2015, a 30% growth in tourist
arrivals over the previous year,[19] making it the third most-visited state in
India. The Tirumala Venkateswara Temple in Tirupati is one of the world's most
visited religious sites, with 18.25 million visitors per year.[20] Other pilgrimage
centres in the state include the Mallikarjuna Jyotirlinga at Srisailam, the
Srikalahasteeswara Temple at Srikalahasti, the Varaha Lakshmi Narasimha temple,
Simhachalam at Visakhapatnam, the Ameen Peer Dargah in Kadapa, the Mahachaitya at
Amaravathi, the Kanaka Durga Temple in Vijayawada, and Prasanthi Nilayam in
Puttaparthi. The state's natural attractions include the beaches of Visakhapatnam,
hill stations such as the Araku Valley and Horsley Hills, and the island of
Konaseema in the Godavari River delta.

tates (1�28) & Union territories (A�I)

1. Andhra Pradesh
2. Arunachal Pradesh
3. Assam
4. Bihar
5. Chhattisgarh
6. Goa
7. Gujarat
8. Haryana
9. Himachal Pradesh
10. Jharkhand
11. Karnataka
12. Kerala
13. Madhya Pradesh
14. Maharashtra
15. Manipur
16. Meghalaya
17. Mizoram
18. Nagaland
19. Odisha
20. Punjab
21. Rajasthan
22. Sikkim
23. Tamil Nadu
24. Telangana
25. Tripura
26. Uttar Pradesh
27. Uttarakhand
28. West Bengal
A. Andaman and Nicobar Islands
B. Chandigarh
C-D. Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
E. Jammu and Kashmir
F. Ladakh
G. Lakshadweep
H. National Capital Territory of Delhi
I. Puducherry
India is a federal union comprising 28 states and eight union territories.[241] All
states, as well as the union territories of Jammu and Kashmir, Puducherry and the
National Capital Territory of Delhi, have elected legislatures and governments
following the Westminster system of governance. The remaining five union
territories are directly ruled by the central government through appointed
administrators. In 1956, under the States Reorganisation Act, states were
reorganised on a linguistic basis.[242] There are over a quarter of a million local
government bodies at city, town, block, district and village levels.[243]

Politics and government

Politics
Main article: Politics of India

Social movements have long been a part of democracy in India. The picture shows a
section of 25,000 landless people in the state of Madhya Pradesh listening to
Rajagopal P. V. before their 350 km (220 mi) march, Janadesh 2007, from Gwalior to
New Delhi to publicise their demand for further land reform in India.[200]
India is the world's most populous democracy.[201] A parliamentary republic with a
multi-party system,[202] it has eight recognised national parties, including the
Indian National Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and more than 40
regional parties.[203] The Congress is considered centre-left in Indian political
culture,[204] and the BJP right-wing.[205][206][207] For most of the period between
1950�when India first became a republic�and the late 1980s, the Congress held a
majority in the parliament. Since then, however, it has increasingly shared the
political stage with the BJP,[208] as well as with powerful regional parties which
have often forced the creation of multi-party coalition governments at the centre.
[209]

In the Republic of India's first three general elections, in 1951, 1957, and 1962,
the Jawaharlal Nehru-led Congress won easy victories. On Nehru's death in 1964, Lal
Bahadur Shastri briefly became prime minister; he was succeeded, after his own
unexpected death in 1966, by Nehru's daughter Indira Gandhi, who went on to lead
the Congress to election victories in 1967 and 1971. Following public discontent
with the state of emergency she declared in 1975, the Congress was voted out of
power in 1977; the then-new Janata Party, which had opposed the emergency, was
voted in. Its government lasted just over two years. Voted back into power in 1980,
the Congress saw a change in leadership in 1984, when Indira Gandhi was
assassinated; she was succeeded by her son Rajiv Gandhi, who won an easy victory in
the general elections later that year. The Congress was voted out again in 1989
when a National Front coalition, led by the newly formed Janata Dal in alliance
with the Left Front, won the elections; that government too proved relatively
short-lived, lasting just under two years.[210] Elections were held again in 1991;
no party won an absolute majority. The Congress, as the largest single party, was
able to form a minority government led by P. V. Narasimha Rao.[211]

At the Parliament of India in New Delhi, US president Barack Obama is shown here
addressing the members of parliament of both houses, the lower, Lok Sabha, and the
upper, Rajya Sabha, in a joint session, 8 November 2010.
A two-year period of political turmoil followed the general election of 1996.
Several short-lived alliances shared power at the centre. The BJP formed a
government briefly in 1996; it was followed by two comparatively long-lasting
United Front coalitions, which depended on external support. In 1998, the BJP was
able to form a successful coalition, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA). Led by
Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the NDA became the first non-Congress, coalition government
to complete a five-year term.[212] Again in the 2004 Indian general elections, no
party won an absolute majority, but the Congress emerged as the largest single
party, forming another successful coalition: the United Progressive Alliance (UPA).
It had the support of left-leaning parties and MPs who opposed the BJP. The UPA
returned to power in the 2009 general election with increased numbers, and it no
longer required external support from India's communist parties.[213] That year,
Manmohan Singh became the first prime minister since Jawaharlal Nehru in 1957 and
1962 to be re-elected to a consecutive five-year term.[214] In the 2014 general
election, the BJP became the first political party since 1984 to win a majority and
govern without the support of other parties.[215] The incumbent prime minister is
Narendra Modi, a former chief minister of Gujarat. On 20 July 2017, Ram Nath Kovind
was elected India's 14th president and took the oath of office on 25 July 2017.
[216][217][218]