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District - Srikakulam
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Headquarters: Srikakulam

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Geographical Profile

Item	Unit of Measure	Figure	Source
Area	Sq.km.	5837.00	Census 2001
Population	In Thousands	2528.49	"
Male	In Thousands	1256.37	"
Female	In Thousands	1272.12	"
Urban	In Thousands	278.20	"
Rural	In Thousands	2250.28	"
Population Growth (decadal)	%	+8.93	"
Population Density (Person/Sq.Km)	Ratio	433	"
Literacy	%	55.94	"
Male	%	67.9	"
Female	%	44.19	"
Urbanisation	%	12.50	Census 1991
Workers as % of total population	%	48.64	"
Workers % of main Workers
Agriculture & allied activities	%	78.16	"
Mining & Quarrying	%	0.23	"
Mfg.(Non-household) industries	%	3.78	"
Household industries	%	2.32	"
Construction	%	0.58	"
Services	%	14.93	"
Forest Area as % of reporting area	%	12.16	1997-98
Gross irrigated area as % of gross cropped area	%	46.02	"
Value of output of major crops
Per capita food grain production	Kg.	143.03	"
Road Length per 100 sq.km.	Km.	83.26	1996-97
Railway route length per 100 sq.km.	Km.	3.31	"
Post offices per 100,000 persons	Ratio	24.00	"
Bank branches per 100,000 persons	Ratio	5.86	1994-95
Per capita bank deposits	Rs.	1229.49	"
Per capita bank credit	Rs.	777.08	"
Per capita bank credit to agriculture	Rs.	214.98	"
Per hs.bank credit to agriculture	Rs.	1241.00	"
Per ha. bank credit to SSIs	Rs.	60.10	"
Per capita bank credit to Industries	Rs.	261.34	"

Major Crops 1997-98

Crop	Area as % of District total	Quantity (In Thousand Tonnes)	Source
Rice	46.52	281	1997-98
Jowar	0.25	N	"
Cotton *	0.25	2	"
Turmeric	N	1	"
Arhar	0.5	1	"
Chillies	0.75	6	"
Sugar cane	1.24	342	"
Sesame	1.49	1	"
* (Lint '000 bales of 170 Kgs) N=Negligible

Mandal Information