Anantapuramu District Case Study

Chapter III

A Brief Profile of Anantapuramu District
Anantapuramu district was formed in the year 1882 having been separated from Bellary district. Later on, it was expanded with the addition of Revenue mandals of Kadiri, Mudigubba, Nallamada, N.P.Kunta, Talupula, Nallacheruvu, O.D. Cheruvu, Tanakal, Amadagur and Gandlapenta (previous Kadiri Taluk) from YSR Kadapa district in the year 1910. During the year 1956, the present Revenue mandals of Rayadurg, D.Hirehal, Kanekal, Bommanahal and Gummagatta of Bellary district were added to Anantapuramu district. The district has been divided into 5 Revenue divisions consisting of 63 Revenue mandals.They are Anantapuramu division , Dharmavaram division , Penukonda division ,Kalyanadurgam division and Kadiri division.. Anantapuramu district lies between 13'-40' and 15’-15' Northern Latitude and 76'-50' and 78'-30' Eastern Longitude.
Demographic Profile of Ananthapuramu district
As per 2011 census the total population of Anantapuramu district is 4,081,148. Among them 2,064,495 constituting 50.59 per cent are males and 2,016,653 constituting 49.41 per cent are females. Nearly 71.93 per cent of population is living in rural areas of the district. Among the rural population nearly 50.73 per cent are males and the remaining 49.27 per cent are females. In the case of urban areas the male

The total literacy rate of the district is 63.57 per cent against 67.02 percent of state literacy. The literacy rate of both males and females is lower than the state averages. In the district, the male literacy rate is 73.02 per cent against state average of 74.88 per cent. In the same way the literacy rate of females in the districts 53.97 per cent against state average of 59.15 per cent. With regard to illiteracy rate there are wider variations among the males and females. The illiteracy rate of females is 46.03 per cent, whereas males are 26.98 per