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District - West Godavari
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Headquarters: Eluru

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Geographical Profile

Item	Unit of Measure	Figure	Source
Area	Sq.km.	7742.00	Census 2001
Population	In Thousands	3796.14	"
Male	In Thousands	1906.10	"
Female	In Thousands	1890.04	"
Urban	In Thousands	747.45	"
Rural	In Thousands	3048.68	"
Population Growth (decadal)	%	+7.92	"
Population Density (Person/Sq.Km)	Ratio	490	"
Literacy	%	73.95	"
Male	%	78.43	"
Female	%	69.45	"
Urbanisation	%	454.00	Census 1991
Relative Index of Development		20.71	"
Workers as % of total population	%	43.35	"
Workers % of main Workers
Agriculture & allied activities	%	71.98	"
Mining & Quarrying	%	0.20	"
Mfg.(Non-household) industries	%	5.10	"
Household industries	%	2.21	"
Construction	%	1.01	"
Services	%	19.50	"
Forest Area as % of reporting area	%	10.38	1997-98
Gross irrigated area as % of gross cropped area	%	86.52	"
Value of output of major crops
Per capita food grain production	Kg.	383.00	"
Road Length per 100 sq.km.	Km.	77.42	1996-97
Post offices per 100,000 persons	Ratio	21.43	"
Bank branches per 100,000 persons	Ratio	7.76	1994-95
Per capita bank deposits	Rs.	2374.05	"
Per capita bank credit	Rs.	1827.20	"
Per capita bank credit to agriculure	Rs.	758.25	"
Per ha. bank credit to agriculture	Rs.	3993.00	"
Per capita bank credit to SSIs	Rs.	171.08	"
Per capita bank credit to Industries	Rs.	466.17	"

Major Crops 1997-98

Crop	Area as % of District total	Quantity (In thousand Tonnes)	Source
Rice	65.87	1308	1997-98
Cotton *	0.6	8	"
Turmeric	N	2	"
Maize	1.35	35	"
Arhar	0.15	N	"
Chillies	0.75	10	"
Sugar cane	4.04	2157	"
Sesame	0.3	1	"
* (Lint '000 bales of 170 Kgs) N=Negligible

Major Mineral Production

Tourist Attractions

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Mandal Information