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Bapatla district
Summary
Bapatla district is a district in coastal Andhra in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh established on 4 April 2022. The administrative headquarter is Bapatla. The district is formed from parts of erstwhile Prakasam district and Guntur districts.
It has an Air Force Station and several universities.
Named after Bhavanarayana Swamy temple, it was originally called Bhavapuri with transformation to Bhavapatla, Bapatla in due course. In 1977, proposal to form Bapatla district was made by Kolla Venkaiah, famous communist leader. On April 4, 2022 as part of forming districts with parliamentary constituencies as the basis, the district was created with parts from erstwhile Prakasam district and Guntur districts.
Bapatla Taluka was created in 1794. During May 26-27,1913 meeting of the first Andhra Mahasabha at the townhall, the foundation for separate state for Andhras was mooted. During Independence movement, Chirala-Perala movement of 1919 led by Duggirala Gopalakrishnaiah became prominent at national level.
First Agricultural college in South India was started in Bapatla on 11 July 1945. BPT-5204, Samba Masuri paddy varieties were developed here by MV Reddy. Cashew research center at Bapatla developed BPP-8 variety of cashew which became popular.
This district is surrounded to the north by the Guntur district, south by the Bay of Bengal, west by the Palnadu district, Prakasam district and east by the Krishna district.
Sand reaches occur in Bhattiprolu and Kollur Mandals. Gravel is present in Amarthalur, Kollur, Bhattiprolu, Karlapalem and Bapatla mandals.
Good deposits of coloured granites occur around Uppumaguluru and Konidena.
Based on 2011 census, Bapatla district had a population of 15,86,918, of which 284,114 (17.90%) lived in urban areas. It had a sex ratio of 1012 females per 1000 males. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes made up 3,58,655 (22.6%) and 75,838 (4.97%) of the population respectively.
At the time of the 2011 census, 93.00% of the population spoke Telugu and 6.12% Urdu as their first language. 91.
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