Sri Potti Sri Ramulu Nellore district
Also known as Nellore District, SPSR Nellore District, S.P.S.R Nellore District, Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore district
district of Andhra Pradesh, India
Key facts
- Country
- India
- State
- Andhra Pradesh
- Region
- Coastal Andhra
- 1st reorganized
- 1970 (Prakasam district)
- 2nd reorganized
- 2022 (Tirupati district)
- Named after
- Potti Sreeramulu
- Headquarters
- Nellore
- District collector
- Himanshu Shukla, I.A.S.
- Lok sabha constituencies
- Nellore
- Mp
- Vemireddy Prabhakar Reddy
- Assembly constituencies
- 08
- Total
- 10,447 km (4,034 sq mi)
- Density
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Nellore district, officially known as Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore district in Coastal Andhra Region, is one of the 28 districts in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. According to the 2011 Census, the district's population was 2,963,557 of which 29.07% was urban. Its administrative headquarters are located in Nellore city. Located in the Coastal Andhra region, the district is bordered by the Bay of Bengal to the east, Kadapa district and Tirupati district to the west, Prakasam district and Markapuram district to the north, and Tirupati district to the south.
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