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{{Short description|District in Andhra Pradesh in India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2022}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Kakinada district
| settlement_type = [[List of districts of Andhra Pradesh|District]] of [[Andhra Pradesh]]
| image_skyline = {{Photomontage
|size = 250
|photo1a = Kumararama Bhimesvara temple,first floor,gopuram,samalkota.jpg
|photo1b = Jntucampus.jpg
|photo2a = 2nd century Buddhist site, Kodavali Andhra Pradesh - 33.jpg
|photo2b = Yeleru dam reservoir at Yeleswaram view 03.JPG
|photo3a = Coringa Wildlife Sanctuary 1.jpg
}}
| image_caption = Kumararama Bhimesvara temple in [[Samalkota]], [[Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Anantapur|JNTU]] in [[Kakinada]], Yeleru Dam, [[Coringa Wildlife Sanctuary]], Stupa in Kodavali
| image_map = Kakinada in Andhra Pradesh (India).svg
| coordinates = {{coord|16.97|82.26|display=title,inline}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{IND}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and union territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = {{flagicon image|}}[[Andhra Pradesh]]
| subdivision_type2 = Region
| subdivision_name2 = [[Coastal Andhra]]
| seat_type = Headquarters
| seat = [[Kakinada]]
| total_type = Total
| area_total_km2 = 3019.79
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_footnotes = <ref name="demographics"/>
| population_total = 2092374
| population_density_km2 = auto
| native_name = 
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset = +05:30
| website = {{URL|https://kakinada.ap.gov.in}}
}}

'''Kakinada district''' is a [[district]] in the [[Coastal Andhra]] Region in the [[India]]n state of [[Andhra Pradesh]]. With [[Kakinada]] as its administrative headquarters, it was proposed on 26 January 2022 to become one of the resultant [[List of districts of Andhra Pradesh|twenty six districts]] in the state after the final notification has been issued on 4 April 2022 by the [[government of Andhra Pradesh]]. The district was formed from [[Kakinada revenue division|Kakinada]] and [[Peddapuram revenue division|Peddapuram]] revenue divisions from [[East Godavari district]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Raghavendra|first=V.|date=26 January 2022|title=With creation of 13 new districts, AP now has 26 districts|work=[[The Hindu]]|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/with-creation-of-13-new-districts-ap-now-has-26-districts/article38327788.ece|url-status=live|access-date=26 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220126110443/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/with-creation-of-13-new-districts-ap-now-has-26-districts/article38327788.ece|archive-date=26 January 2022|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=26 January 2022|title=AP issues draft gazette notification on 26 districts|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/260122/ap-issues-draft-gazette-notification-inviting-objections-to-having-26.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220129231708/https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/260122/ap-issues-draft-gazette-notification-inviting-objections-to-having-26.html|archive-date=29 January 2022|access-date=11 February 2022|website=[[Deccan Chronicle]]|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=30 March 2022|title=New districts to come into force on April 4|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/new-districts-to-come-into-force-on-april-4/article65274658.ece|url-status=live|access-date=31 March 2022|website=[[The Hindu]]|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=31 March 2022|title=కొత్త జిల్లా తాజా స్వరూపం|url=https://www.eenadu.net/telugu-news/ap-top-news/general/2501/122062849|url-status=live|access-date=31 March 2022|website=[[Eenadu.net]]|language=te}}</ref> Incidentally, during earlier times, the region comprising towns Pithapuram, Kakinada and Peddapuram were referred as ''Polnaud''<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=coIfAAAAYAAJ|title=Madras Presidency|author=Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee on the East India Company|publisher=J. Higginbotham|year=1966|page=216|via=Google Books}}</ref> or ''Prolunadu'' ({{transl|te|ISO|prōlunāḍu}}),<ref>{{Cite web|title=Andhra Pradesh District Gazetteers: East Godavari|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Yk5uAAAAMAAJ|publisher=Director of Print. and Stationery at the Government Secretariat Press|year=1979|page=27}}</ref> which now roughly corresponds to the areas in this district.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Journal of the Andhra Historical Society, Volume 32|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5-ptAAAAMAAJ|publisher=Andhra Historical Research Society|year=1972|page=77}}</ref>

== Etymology ==
This district name derives from its headquarters [[Kakinada]].{{citation needed|date= September 2022}}

==History==
In 1839 just before the [[British Raj]], a cyclone struck [[Coringa, East Godavari district]] and toppled buildings, as a result 20,000 ships were destroyed and over 300,000 people were killed.<ref>{{cite book|last=Reid|first=William|title=The progress of the development of the law of storms...|url=https://archive.org/details/progressdevelop00reidgoog|year=1849|publisher=J. Weale|page=105}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Balfour|first=Edward|title=The cyclopaedia of India and of eastern and southern Asia|volume=2|year=1885|publisher=B. Quaritch|page=125}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Chambers|first=William|title=Chambers's Papers for the people|url=https://archive.org/details/chambersspapers03ltdgoog|year=1851|page=15}}</ref>

== Geography ==
This district is surrounded by North of [[Alluri Sitharama Raju district]], South of [[Bay of Bengal]] & [[Yanam district]], East of [[Anakapalli district]] and west of [[East Godavari district]] & [[Konaseema district]].{{citation needed|date= September 2022}}

== Politics ==

There is 1 parliamentary and 7 assembly constituencies in Kakinada district. The parliamentary constituencies are {{bulleted list
|[[Kakinada Lok Sabha constituency]]

}}
The assembly constituencies are<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ceoandhra.nic.in/Right%20to%20Infn.Act/annex1.htm|title=District-wise Assembly-Constituencies|work=ceoandhra.nic.in}}</ref>

{|class="wikitable sortable"
!width="50px" style="font-size:75%"|Constituency number
!Name
!style="font-size:75%"|Reserved for<br/>([[Dalit|SC]]/[[Adivasi|ST]]/None)
!Parliament
|-
|35
|[[Tuni Assembly constituency|Tuni]]
|None
| rowspan="7" |[[Kakinada Lok Sabha constituency|Kakinada]]
|-
|36
|[[Prathipadu, Kakinada Assembly constituency|Prathipadu]]
|None
|-
|37
|[[Pithapuram Assembly constituency|Pithapuram]]
|None
|-
|38
|[[Kakinada Rural Assembly constituency|Kakinada Rural]]
|None
|-
|39
|[[Peddapuram Assembly constituency|Peddapuram]]
|None
|-
|41
|[[Kakinada City Assembly constituency|Kakinada City]]
|None
|-
|42
|[[Jaggampeta Assembly constituency|Jaggampeta]]
|None
|}

== Administrative divisions ==
[[File:Kakinada.png|alt=Kakinada District|thumb|Satellite view of Kakinada district]]

The district is divided into 2 revenue divisions: [[Kakinada revenue division|Kakinada]] and [[Peddapuram revenue division|Peddapuram]], which are further subdivided into a total of 21 mandals, each headed by a sub-collector.{{citation needed|date= September 2022}}

=== Mandals ===
The list of 21 mandals in Kakinada district, divided into 2 revenue divisions, is given below.{{citation needed|date= September 2022}}
{{Div col}}
# [[Kakinada revenue division]]
## [[Samalkota mandal|Samalkota]]
## [[Pithapuram mandal|Pithapuram]]
## [[Gollaprolu mandal|Gollaprolu]]
## [[U. Kothapalli mandal|U. Kothapalli]]
## [[Karapa mandal|Karapa]]
## [[Kakinada Rural mandal|Kakinada Rural]]
## [[Kakinada Urban mandal|Kakinada Urban]]
## [[Pedapudi mandal|Pedapudi]]
## [[Thallarevu mandal|Thallarevu]]
## [[Kajuluru mandal|Kajuluru]]
# [[Peddapuram revenue division]]
## [[Peddapuram mandal|Peddapuram]]
## [[Jaggampeta mandal|Jaggampeta]]
## [[Gandepalle mandal|Gandepalle]]
## [[Kirlampudi mandal|Kirlampudi]]
## [[Tuni Mandal|Tuni]]
## [[Kotananduru mandal|Kotananduru]]
## [[Prathipadu mandal, Kakinada district|Prathipadu]]
## [[Sankhavaram mandal|Sankhavaram]]
## [[Yeleswaram mandal|Yeleswaram]]
## [[Rowthulapudi mandal|Rowthulapudi]]
## [[Thondangi mandal|Thondangi]]
{{Div end}}

== Cities and towns ==
{{Unreferenced section|date=January 2022}}{{Largest cities
| country = Kakinada district
| stat_ref = As per the [[List of urban agglomerations in Andhra Pradesh|2011 Census]]
| list_by_pop = List of towns UA in Kakinada District UA
| div_name = Division
| div_link = List of towns in Kakinada District{{!}}Division

| city_1 = Kakinada
| div_1 = Kakinada revenue division{{!}}Kakinada Division
| pop_1 = 443,028
| img_1 = District Collector Office building at Kakinada.jpg

| city_2 = Tuni
| div_2 = Kakinada revenue division{{!}}Peddapuram Division
| pop_2 = 254,448
| img_2 = Tuni railway station view 01.jpg
| city_3 = Samalkota
| div_3 = Kakinada revenue division{{!}}Kakinada Division
| pop_3 = 56,864

| city_4 = Pithapuram
| div_4 = Peddapuram revenue division{{!}}Kakinada Division
| pop_4 = 54859

| city_5 = Peddapuram
| div_5 = Peddapuram revenue division{{!}}Peddapuram Division
| pop_5 = 49,477

| city_6 = Yeleswaram
| div_6 = Peddapuram revenue division{{!}}Peddapuram Division
| pop_6 = 32,957
}}
{| class="wikitable"
|+Municipal bodies in district
!S.No.
!City / Town
!Municipality
formation year
!No. of
Wards
!Civic status
of municipal body
!2011 census
population
!2001 census
population
!1991 census
population
!1981 census
population
!1971 census
population
!1961 census
population
!1951 census
population
|-
|1
|Kakinada
|1866
|50
|Municipal Corporation
|4,43,028
|3,76,861
|3,27,541
|2,40,973
|1,64,200
|1,22,865
|99,952
|-
|2
|Samalakota
|1955
|29
|Municipality Grade - 2
|56,864
|53,602
|48,760
|41,264
|34,607
|31,924
|28,180
|-
|3
|Pithapuram
|1955
|28
|Municipality Grade - 2
|54,859
|50,103
|44,061
|36,607
|31,391
|27,910
|22,040
|-
|4
|Tuni
|1950
|40
|Municipality Grade - 1
|254,698
|156,458
|86,368
|63,904
|53,204
|48,344
|32,452
|-
|5
|Peddapuram
|1955
|29
|Municipality Grade - 2
|49,477
|45,520
|42,806
|34,319
|28,579
|24,302
|23,360
|-
|6
|Yeleswaram
|2011
|20
|Nagar Panchayat
|32,957
| --
| --
| --
| --
| --
| --
|-
|7
|Gollaprolu
|2011
|20
|Nagar Panchayat
|23,882
| --
| --
| --
| --
| --
| --
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+Erstwhile talukas in district (non-municipal bodies)
!S.No.
!Town
!Civic Status of Town
!2011 Census
Population
|-
|1
|Prathipadu
|Grama panchayat
|11,876
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+
Census towns in district
!S.No.
!Town
!Civic status of town
!2011 census
population
|-
|1
|Arempudi [Sankhavaram]
|Census town
|5,073
|}

==Demographics==
{{bar box
|title=Religions in Kakinada district (2011)<ref name="religion">{{Cite web|date=2011|title=Population by Religion - Andhra Pradesh|url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/11363/download/14476/DDW28C-01%20MDDS.XLS|website=censusindia.gov.in|publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]}}</ref>
|titlebar=#Fcd116
|left1=Religion
|right1=Percent
|float=left
|bars=
{{bar percent|[[Hinduism]]|darkorange|96.78}}
{{bar percent|[[Andhra Muslims|Islam]]|green|1.47}}
{{bar percent|[[Telugu Christians|Christianity]]|dodgerblue|1.40}}
{{bar percent|Other or not stated|black|0.35}}
|caption=Distribution of religions
}}

At the time of the 2011 census, Kakinada district had a population of 20,92,374, of which 662,726 (31.67%) lived in urban areas. The district had a sex ratio of 1007 females per 1000 males. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 3,31,103 (15.82%) and 30,803 (1.47%) of the population respectively.<ref name="demographics">{{cite web |title=District Census Hand Book – East Godavari |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/158/download/282/DH_2011_2814_PART_A_DCHB_EAST_GODAVARI.pdf|website=[[Census of India]] |publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]}}</ref>{{rp|85–90}}

{{Pie chart
|caption = Languages of Kakinada district (2011)<ref name="language"/>
|label1 = [[Telugu language|Telugu]] |value1 = 98.41 |color1 = steelblue
|label2 = [[Urdu]] |value2 = 1.14 |color2 = green
|label3 = Others |value3 = 0.45 |color3 = grey
}}

At the time of the 2011 census, 98.41% of the population spoke [[Telugu language|Telugu]] and 1.14% [[Urdu]] as their first language.<ref name="language">{{Cite web |title=Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Andhra Pradesh |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/10193/download/13305/DDW-C16-STMT-MDDS-2800.XLSX |website=[[Census of India]] |publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]}}</ref>
== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
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