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Visakhapatnam district
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district of Andhra Pradesh, India
In the Vinony graph
Within Vinony's link graph, Visakhapatnam district is referenced by 574 other articles, and connects out to Pallava dynasty, Satavahana dynasty and Kakatiya dynasty.
The entry is geolocated on the map.
It is catalogued under topics including 1936 establishments in India, Districts of Andhra Pradesh and Uttarandhra.
Its subject is documented across 40 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Country
- India
- State
- Andhra Pradesh
- Region
- Uttara Andhra
- Created
- 1 April 1936
- Headquarters
- Visakhapatnam
- Administrative divisions
- 02 revenue divisions 11 mandals
- District collector and magistrate
- M N Harendhira Prasad IAS
- Lok sabha constituencies
- 01 constituency
- Assembly constituencies
- 06 constituencies
- Total
- 1,048 km (405 sq mi)
- Rank
- 26th
- Density
- 1,869.8/km (4,843/sq mi)
- Urban
- 1,757,542
- Sex ratio
- 1,006♀️/1,000♂️
- Official
- Telugu
- Time zone
- UTC+5:30 ( IST )
- Postal index number
- 530xxx
- Area codes
- +91–0891
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- district of India
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Madras Presidency
- Capital
- Visakhapatnam
- Official language
- Telugu
- Population
- 4290589
- Area
- 11161
- Body of water
- Bay of Bengal
- Shares border with
- Anakapalli district
- Official website
- www.gvmc.gov.in/wss
- Image
- Vizag Montage 2018.jpg
- Households
- 1097042
- Dialing code
- 0891
- Licence plate code
- AP-39
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- Commons category
- Visakhapatnam district
- topic's main category
- Category:Visakhapatnam district
- male population
- 2138910
- female population
- 2151679
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Visakhapatnam district
- urban population
- 2035922
- rural population
- 2254667
- literate population
- 2568249
- illiterate population
- 1722340
- short name
- VSK
- inception
- 1802-00-00
- postal code
- 530001
- hashtag
- visakhapatnam
- train depot
- Visakhapatnam Junction railway station
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Encyclopedic overview
Visakhapatnam district is a district in the Uttarandhra region of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, headquartered at Visakhapatnam. It is one of the twenty-six districts in Andhra Pradesh state. The district shares borders with Vizianagaram district in north and south-east and with Anakapalli district in the south-west and Bay of Bengal in the south.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Visakhapatnam district” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.