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 part of erstwhile Prakasam district and part of erstwhile Guntur district.[2][3][4][5]

Bapatla district
District of Andhra Pradesh
Clockwise from top-left: Anjaneya Swamy temple in Ponnur, St. Mark's Lutheran Church in Chirala, Venkateshwara Temple in Peravali, Orchards at Edlapalli, Stupa at Bhattiprolu
Coordinates: 15.905°N 80.468°E / 15.905; 80.468
Country	India
State	Andhra Pradesh
Region	Coastal Andhra
Headquarters	Bapatla
Government
• District collector	Smt. Vijaya Krishnan, I.A.S. Collector & District Magistrate
• Lok Sabha constituencies	Bapatla
• MP	Nandigam Suresh
• Assembly constituencies	06
Area
• Total	3,828.84 km2 (1,478.32 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	1,586,918
• Density	410/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+05:30 (IST)
Website	bapatla.ap.gov.in

It has an Air Force Station and several universities.

Geography

This district is surrounded by North of Palnadu district , Northeast of Guntur district ,South of Bay of Bengal , West of Prakasam district And East of Krishna district.^{[citation needed]}

Demographics

At the time of the 2011 census Bapatla district had a population of 15,86,918. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes made up 3,58,655 (22.61%) and 75,838 (4.78%) of the population respectively.[6]^: 77–82[7]^: 77–81

At the time of the 2011 census, 93.00% of the population spoke Telugu and 6.12% Urdu as their first language.[9]

Administrative divisions

The district has two revenue divisions, namely Bapatla, Chirala and Repalle division, each headed by a sub collector. These revenue divisions are divided into 25 mandals. The district consists of three municipalities and One Nagar Panchayath. Repalle(28 wards), Bapatla (34 wards) and Chirala (33 wards) are the three municipalities & Addanki(20 wards) is the only one Nagar Panchayath.^{[citation needed]}

Politics

There are one parliamentary and six assembly constituencies in Bapatla district. The parliamentary constituencies are

The assembly constituencies are[10]

Mandals

There are 6 mandals in Bapatla revenue division, 10 in Chirala revenue division and 9 in Repalle revenue division. The 25 mandals under their revenue divisions are listed below:[11][12]

Cities and towns

Largest cities or towns in Bapatla District As per the 2011 Census
	Rank		Division	Pop.
Chirala	1	Chirala	Chirala Division	1,62,471
	2	Bapatla	Bapatla Division	70,777
	3	Repalle	Bapatla Division	50,866
	4	Addanki	Chirala Division	48,022
	5	Parchur	Chirala Division	13,375
	6	Santhamaguluru	Chirala Division	9,675
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Notable people

This section does not cite any sources. (September 2022)

• Pawan Kalyan, film actor
• Daggubati Purandeswari, Member of Parliament, former Central Minister and BJP National Leader
• Daggubati Venkateswara Rao, former State Minister and Member of Parliament
• Kona Prabhakara Rao, former Andhra Pradesh Assembly Speaker, State Minister and Governor
• D. Ramanaidu, Member of Parliament and Film Producer
• Gade Venkata Reddy, former State Minister
• Konijeti Rosaiah, former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh and Governor
• Kona Venkat, film writer
• Ummareddy Venkateswarlu, Member of Parliament and former Central Minister
• K. Viswanath, film director
• Chiranjeevi, film actor

References