Visakhapatnam Revenue Division
revenue division in Visakhapatnam district
Tenneti Park at sunrise
Tenneti Park at sunrise
Visakhapatnam revenue division in Visakhapatnam district
Visakhapatnam revenue division in Visakhapatnam district
Country India
StateAndhra Pradesh
DistrictVisakhapatnam

Visakhapatnam Revenue Division (or Visakhapatnam division) is an administrative division in the Visakhapatnam district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is one of the two revenue divisions managing the district's six mandals. The city of Visakhapatnam is the divisional headquarters.[1][2]

Administration

There are 6 mandals under the administration of Visakhapatnam revenue division.[1][2] They are:

No. Mandal
1 Gajuwaka
2 Pedagantyada
3 Gopalapatnam
4 Mulagada
5 Maharanipeta
6 Pendurthi

Demographics

The division has a population of 21,05,043 as of the 2011 census. Rural population is 3,17,320 while urban population was 17,87,723. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 8.17% and 1.14% of the population respectively.[1]

Hindus are 93.36% of the population while Muslims are 3.29% and Christians are 2.67%.[3]

At the time of the 2011 census, 93.23% of the population spoke Telugu, 2.33% Urdu and 1.87% Hindi as their first language.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "District Reorganization".
  2. ^ a b "GO issued for creation of Anakapalle revenue division". The Hindu. Viskhapatnam. 4 April 2013. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
  3. ^ "Population by Religion - Andhra Pradesh". censusindia.gov.in. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. 2011.
  4. ^ "Census of India Website : Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India". www.censusindia.gov.in.

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