Andhra Pradesh Irrigation and Hydropower

Andhra Pradesh Irrigation and Hydropower Projects Geographically, Andhra Pradesh is in peninsular India consisting of coastal belt on the east and Rayalaseema in the south-west. Therefore, Andhra Pradesh has the advantage of having most of the east flowing rivers in the state bringing in copious supplies from the Western and Eastern Ghats and up to … Read more

Andhra Pradesh: Wildlife and Ecotourism

  Wildlife of Andhra Pradesh is very rich and the various sanctuaries and national parks protect it. These are good source of ecotourism in the Andhra Pradesh. Ecotourism have potential in Andhra Pradesh due to various wildlife sanctuaries and national parks. National parks of Andhra Pradesh S. No. Name of National Park State Total Area (In … Read more

Andhra Pradesh:Transport

  Andhra Pradesh is well connected to other states with road, rail. It is also connected to other countries by means airways and seaports as well. With a long seacoast along the Bay of Bengal, it also has many Ports for sea trade. The state has one of the largest railway junctions at Vijayawada and … Read more

Andhra Pradesh: Horticulture

INFRASTRUCTURE for Post Harvest Management and providing access to domestic, and export markets.Horticulture sector contributes approximately 5.16% of the State GSDP. Horticulture sector identified as one of the Growth engines to contribute GSDP growth in state of Andhra Pradesh   Five Layer Model of Horticulture crops:   To boost horticulture production and to keep a … Read more

Andhra Pradesh-Fishing

  Introduction: Andhra Pradesh occupies an important position in the fishing sector of India. The State has the longest coastline (982 kms.) spread over eight marine districts next to Gujarat. Andhra Pradesh has the highest number of fishermen villages (408) in the East Coast . It occupies second and third position in the size of … Read more

Andhra Pradesh vegetation and Forest

  The total notified forest area of the State is 36914.69 Km2 , which is 22.73 % of the geographical area. They include Reserved, Protected- and UN-classed forests. The Kadapa has the highest notified forest area of 5041.26Km2 and the Krishna has the lowest notified forest area of 664.28 Km2 in the State. As regards … Read more

ANDHRA PRADESH : POPULATION

                                                                            2001                                        2011 Population                                                       7.62 Crore                                    8.46 Crore Population Growth                                           14.59 %                                      10.98 % Percantage of total Population of india            7.41 %                                        6.99 % Sex Ratio                                                          978                                             993 Child Sex Ratio                                                961                                             939 Population density ( / sq. km.)                          277                                             308 Literacy                                                             60.47 %                                      67.02 % Male Literacy                                                    70.32 %                                      74.88 … Read more

Andhra Pradesh : Handicrafts

  Andhra Pradesh in the south has patronized itself in a host of arts and crafts that not only attract millions but earn the artisans a decent livelihood. The various forms of arts and crafts are aristocratic to this state and are not found anywhere else in India. KONDAPALLI If any of the several head … Read more

ANDHRA PRADESH : ANIMAL HUSBANDRY

  Since time immemorial Human Prosperity is linked with the Livestock wealth.  It has been rightly said by late U.N.Dhebar that “To think of Rural Development without Livestock Improvement is to think of Modern Industrialization without Power Stations”. Andhra Pradesh has some of the richest livestock Resources in the Country and is one of the … Read more