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District - Prakasam
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Headquarters: Ongole

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Geographical Profile

Item	Unit of Measure	Figure	Source
Area	Sq.km.	17626.00	Census 2001
Population	In Thousands	3054.94	"
Male	In Thousands	1549.89	"
Female	In Thousands	1505.05	"
Urban	In Thousands	466.70	"
Rural	In Thousands	2588.23	"
Population Growth (decadal)	%	+10.72	"
Population Density (Person/Sq.Km)	Ratio	173	"
Literacy	%	57.86	"
Male	%	69.78	"
Female	%	45.6	"
Urbanisation	%	16.45	Census 1991
Workers as % of total population	%	48.64	"
Workers % of main Workers
Agriculture & allied activities	%	79.44	"
Mining & Quarrying	%	0.32	"
Mfg.(Non-household) industries	%	3.37	"
Household industries	%	2.50	"
Construction	%	1.22	"
Services	%	13.15	"
Forest Area as % of reporting area	%	25.85	1997-98
Gross irrigated area as % of gross cropped area	%	36.36	"
Value of output of major crops
Per capita food grain production	Kg.	154.00	"
Road Length per 100 sq.km.	Km.	50.47	1996-97
Railway route length per 100 sq.km.	Km.	1.37	"
Post offices per 100,000 persons	Ratio	24.00	"
Bank branches per 100,000 persons	Ratio	8.00	1994-95
Per capita bank deposits	Rs.	1949.00	"
Per capita bank credit	Rs.	1430.00	"
Per capita bank credit to agriculture	Rs.	671.00	"
Per ha. bank credit to agriculture	Rs.	3507.00	"
Per capita bank credit to SSIs	Rs.	84.77	"
Per capita bank credit to Industries	Rs.	215.46	"

Major Crops 1997-98

Crop	Area as % of District total	Quantity (In Thousand Tonnes)	Source
Rice	25.76	346	1997-98
Jowar	1.52	10	"
Cotton *	7.58	48	"
Turmeric	N	1	"
Maize	1.33	26	"
Arhar	6.63	2	"
Chillies	2.08	14	"
Sugar cane	N	27	"
Sesame	1.33	1	"
* (Lint '000 bales of 170 Kgs) N=Negligible

Tourist Attractions

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Mandal Information