Konaseema district

Konaseema district (officially known as Dr B. R. Ambedkar Konaseema district) is one of the 26 districts in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is situated between the tributaries of the Godavari river in the Konaseema region of Coastal Andhra. It was carved out of East Godavari district on 4 April 2022 by the Government of Andhra Pradesh. Amalapuram is the district headquarters and the largest city in this district. Other significant towns in the district are Mandapeta, Ramachandrapuram, and Mummidivaram. Konaseema is located in the delta of the Godavari river. The economy is based mainly on agriculture, primarily rice production. There are some Mangrove forests in the northeast of the district. It lies in between the two branches of the Godavari river. The Godavari divides into two components (i.e. Gautami and Vasishtha) and forms an island previously called Nagaram during the Mughal era. The land here is considered very fertile and suitable for agriculture. This district is surrounded to the north by East Godavari district, south by the Bay of Bengal, east by Kakinada district and west by West Godavari district. There are one parliamentary and seven assembly constituencies in the Konaseema district. The parliamentary constituency is Amalapuram (Lok Sabha constituency). The assembly constituencies are listed below The district is divided into 3 revenue divisions: Amalapuram, Kothapeta and Ramachandrapuram, which are further subdivided into a total of 22 mandals, each headed by a sub-collector. The list of 22 mandals in Dr B. R. Ambedkar Konaseema district, divided into 3 revenue divisions, is given below. Amalapuram revenue division Mummidivaram I. Polavaram Katrenikona Amalapuram Uppalaguptam Allavaram Razole Malikipuram Sakhinetipalli Mamidikuduru Kothapeta revenue division Atreyapuram Alumuru Ravulapalem Kothapeta P. Gannavaram Ambajipeta Ainavilli Ramachandrapuram revenue division Ramachandrapuram Gangavaram Mandapeta Rayavaram Kapileswarapuram At the time of the 2011 census, Konaseema district had a population of 1,719,093, of which 164,421 (9.