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District - Nellore
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Headquarters: Nellore

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Geographical Profile

Item	Unit of Measure	Figure	Source
Area	Sq.km.	13076.00	Census 2001
Population	In Thousands	2659.66	"
Male	In Thousands	1341.19	"
Female	In Thousands	1318.46	"
Urban	In Thousands	603.63	"
Rural	In Thousands	2056.02	"
Population Growth (decadal)	%	+11.18	"
Population Density (Person/Sq.Km)	Ratio	203	"
Literacy	%	65.9	"
Male	%	74.45	"
Female	%	57.24	"
Urbanisation	%	23.79	Census 1991
Workers as % of total population	%	45.62	"
Workers % of main Workers
Agriculture & allied activities	%	71.82	"
Mining & Quarrying	%	0.40	"
Mfg.(Non-household) industries	%	4.07	"
Household industries	%	2.97	"
Construction	%	1.91	"
Services	%	18.83	"
Forest Area as % of reporting area	%	18.77	1997-98
Gross irrigated area as % of gross cropped area	%	84.76	"
Value of output of major crops
Per capita food grain production	Kg.	286.00	"
Road length per 100 sq.km.	Km.	52.52	1996-97
Railway route length per 100 sq.km.	Km.	1.70	"
Post offices per 100,000 persons	Ratio	32.44	"
Bank branches per 100,000 persons	Ratio	7.69	1994-95
Per capita bank deposits	Rs.	2074.69	"
Per capita bank credit	Rs.	169.84	"
Per capita bank credit to agriculture	Rs.	694.28	"
Per ha. bank credit to agriculture	Rs.	4600.00	"
Per capita bank credit to SSIs	Rs.	127.49	"
Per capita bank credit to Industries	Rs.	243.49	"

Major Crops 1997-98

Crop	Area as % of District total	Quantity (In Thousand Tonnes)	Source
Rice	69.99	672	1997-98
Cotton *	2.49	21	"
Arhar	0.28	N	"
Chillies	0.83	6	"
Sugar cane	1.66	446	"
Sesame	0.83	N	"
* (Lint '000 bales of 170 Kgs) N=Negligible

Tourist Attractions

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Mandal Information