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	~~{{Districts of Andhra Pradesh}}~~
	{{Prakasam district}}		{{Prakasam district}}
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	=== Mandals ===		=== Mandals ===

	Prakasam district has 38 mandals spread across 3 revenue divisions as noted below. <ref>{{cite web\| url = https://prakasam.ap.gov.in/tehsil/ \| title= Prakasam District \|work= About District > Administrative Setup > Mandals list \|publisher= Government of Andhra Pradesh\| access-date = 5 September 2023}}</ref>		Prakasam district has 38 mandals spread across 3 revenue divisions as noted below.<ref>{{cite web\| url = https://prakasam.ap.gov.in/tehsil/ \| title= Prakasam District \|work= About District > Administrative Setup > Mandals list \|publisher= Government of Andhra Pradesh\| access-date = 5 September 2023}}</ref>

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	!colspan="2"\|[[Ongole revenue division]]		!colspan="2"\|[[Ongole revenue division]]
	!colspan="2"\|[[~~Kangiri~~ revenue division]]		!colspan="2"\|[[Kanigiri revenue division]]
	!colspan="2"\|[[Markapur revenue division]]		!colspan="2"\|[[Markapur revenue division]]
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	=== Industries ===		=== Industries ===
	The district has many service industries such as industrial testing, electrical appliance repair, clinical laboratories, servicing of computer hardware, tourism, and hospitality. Major exports from the district include seafood, processed tobacco, granite blocks, granite monuments and yarn.<ref name="dist prof">{{cite web\|title=Brief Industrial Profile of Prakasam District\|url=http://dcmsme.gov.in/dips/amended%20prakasam.pdf\|website=Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises, Government of India\|publisher=Development Commissioner (MSME)\|access-date=16 June 2014\|archive-date=23 August 2013\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130823174025/http://dcmsme.gov.in/dips/amended%20prakasam.pdf\|url-status=dead}}</ref> There are many industries of food and agriculture, mineral, chemical, leather, plastic and rubber, engineering, cotton and textiles, electronic products. All these industries deal with prawn and fish processing and canning, dairy products, the granite industry, pharmaceuticals, tanning, fishing nets, surgical cotton, etc. Forest-based industries produce Ayurvedic medicines, essential oil (Palm Rose Oil), wooden furniture, wooden toys, bamboo products, etc.<ref name=mining />		The district has many service industries such as industrial testing, electrical appliance repair, clinical laboratories, servicing of computer hardware, tourism, and hospitality. Major exports from the district include seafood, processed tobacco, granite blocks, granite monuments and yarn.<ref name="dist prof">{{cite web\|title=Brief Industrial Profile of Prakasam District\|url=http://dcmsme.gov.in/dips/amended%20prakasam.pdf\|website=Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises, Government of India\|publisher=Development Commissioner (MSME)\|access-date=16 June 2014\|archive-date=23 August 2013\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130823174025/http://dcmsme.gov.in/dips/amended%20prakasam.pdf\|url-status=dead}}</ref> There are many industries of food and agriculture, mineral, chemical, leather, plastic and rubber, engineering, cotton and textiles, electronic products. All these industries deal with prawn and fish processing and canning, dairy products, the granite industry, pharmaceuticals, tanning, fishing nets, surgical cotton, etc. Forest-based industries produce Ayurvedic medicines, essential oil (Palm Rose Oil), wooden furniture, wooden toys, bamboo products, etc.<ref name=mining />
			[[File:Bhairava Kona, Prakasam district, Andhra Pradesh.jpg\|thumb\|200px\|Bhairava Kona]]
			[[File:BhairavaKona.JPG\|thumb\|200px\|Bhairava Kona]]
	=== Mining ===		=== Mining ===
	{{More citations needed section\|date=March 2021}}		{{More citations needed section\|date=March 2021}}
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	Granite barons in Prakasam district sold ahead of the [[2008 Summer Olympics\|Beijing Olympics]] in 2008 as the natural stone material was widely used in the construction of the sports village. The famous Black Galaxy granite, Black pearl, Steal Grey and English Grey processed in the SEZ make it to, among other countries, the U.S., Canada, Germany, Netherlands, Italy, Poland, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Algeria. Processing of granite was insignificant in the district before 2010. But now after the setting up of 13 export oriented units within the SEZ and five elsewhere in the district, at least 60% of the decorative stone material is processed here. Over 500 to 600 containers of the material are shipped from the SEZ every month to other countries, the U.S. alone accounting for 20%.		Granite barons in Prakasam district sold ahead of the [[2008 Summer Olympics\|Beijing Olympics]] in 2008 as the natural stone material was widely used in the construction of the sports village. The famous Black Galaxy granite, Black pearl, Steal Grey and English Grey processed in the SEZ make it to, among other countries, the U.S., Canada, Germany, Netherlands, Italy, Poland, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Algeria. Processing of granite was insignificant in the district before 2010. But now after the setting up of 13 export oriented units within the SEZ and five elsewhere in the district, at least 60% of the decorative stone material is processed here. Over 500 to 600 containers of the material are shipped from the SEZ every month to other countries, the U.S. alone accounting for 20%.
			[[File:Revenue divisions map of Prakasam district.png\|thumb\|300x300px\|Revenue divisions map of Prakasam district]]
	== Tourism ==		== Tourism ==
	~~[[File:Bhairava Kona, Prakasam district, Andhra Pradesh.jpg\|thumb\|200px\|Bhairava Kona]]~~
	~~[[File:BhairavaKona.JPG\|thumb\|200px\|Bhairava Kona]]~~

	The Bhairava Kona cave temples are 8th-century single rock-cut cave temples (similar to [[Mamallapuram\|Mahabalipuram]]) for Lord [[Shiva]].<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5ApDibKnyuYC&q=Bhairava+Kona+cave&pg=PA51\|title=Temples of South India\|work=google.com.sg\|isbn=9788121210225\|last1=Subba Reddy\|first1=V. V.\|year=2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/devotees-throng-rock-cut-cave-temples-at-bhairavakona/article5735202.ece\|title=Devotees throng rock cut cave temples at Bhairavakona\|author=Staff Reporter\|work=The Hindu\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129070555/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/devotees-throng-rock-cut-cave-temples-at-bhairavakona/article5735202.ece\|archive-date=29 November 2014}}</ref>		The Bhairava Kona cave temples are 8th-century single rock-cut cave temples (similar to [[Mamallapuram\|Mahabalipuram]]) for Lord [[Shiva]].<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5ApDibKnyuYC&q=Bhairava+Kona+cave&pg=PA51\|title=Temples of South India\|work=google.com.sg\|isbn=9788121210225\|last1=Subba Reddy\|first1=V. V.\|year=2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/devotees-throng-rock-cut-cave-temples-at-bhairavakona/article5735202.ece\|title=Devotees throng rock cut cave temples at Bhairavakona\|author=Staff Reporter\|work=The Hindu\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129070555/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/devotees-throng-rock-cut-cave-temples-at-bhairavakona/article5735202.ece\|archive-date=29 November 2014}}</ref>

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	== Administrative divisions ==		== Administrative divisions ==
	{{See also\|List of mandals in Andhra Pradesh\|List of revenue divisions in Andhra Pradesh}}		{{See also\|List of mandals in Andhra Pradesh\|List of revenue divisions in Andhra Pradesh}}
	~~[[File:Revenue divisions map of Prakasam district.png\|thumb\|357x357px\|Revenue divisions map of Prakasam district]]~~
	The district is divided into 3 [[List of revenue divisions in Andhra Pradesh\|revenue divisions]] of [[Kandukur revenue division\|Kandukur]], [[Markapur revenue division\|Markapur]] and [[Ongole revenue division\|Ongole]]. These are sub-divided into 56 [[Tehsil\|mandals]], which consists of 1081 [[villages]] and 13 towns. These 13 towns (or urban settlements) in the district include, 1 [[municipal corporation]], 3 [[municipalities]] and 5 [[nagar panchayat]]s. [[Ongole Municipal Corporation\|Ongole]] is the only municipal corporation, [[Chirala Municipality\|Chirala]], [[Kandukur]], [[Markapur]] are the 3 municipalities and [[Addanki]], [[Kanigiri]], [[Chimakurthi]], [[Giddalur]], [[Darsi]] are the nagar panchayats.<ref name="civicbody">{{cite web\|title=Municipalities, Municipal Corporations and UDAs\|url=http://www.dtcp.ap.gov.in/webdtcp/pdf/List%20of%20ULBs.pdf\|website=Directorate of Town and Country Planning\|publisher=Government of Andhra Pradesh\|access-date=28 June 2016\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160808132411/http://www.dtcp.ap.gov.in/webdtcp/pdf/List%20of%20ULBs.pdf\|archive-date=8 August 2016\|url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[census town]]s in the district are [[Cumbum, Andhra Pradesh\|Cumbum]], Chirala (CT), [[Podili]], [[Vetapalem]], [[Pamur]] and [[Singarayakonda]]. [[Tangutur]] , [[Martur]],<ref name="census">{{cite web\|title=District Census Handbook – Prakasam\|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/2818_PART_B_DCHB_PRAKASAM.pdf \|website=Census of India\|access-date=18 January 2016\|pages=16–17, 48}}</ref>		The district is divided into 3 [[List of revenue divisions in Andhra Pradesh\|revenue divisions]] of [[Kandukur revenue division\|Kandukur]], [[Markapur revenue division\|Markapur]] and [[Ongole revenue division\|Ongole]]. These are sub-divided into 56 [[Tehsil\|mandals]], which consists of 1081 [[villages]] and 13 towns. These 13 towns (or urban settlements) in the district include, 1 [[municipal corporation]], 3 [[municipalities]] and 5 [[nagar panchayat]]s. [[Ongole Municipal Corporation\|Ongole]] is the only municipal corporation, [[Chirala Municipality\|Chirala]], [[Kandukur]], [[Markapur]] are the 3 municipalities and [[Addanki]], [[Kanigiri]], [[Chimakurthi]], [[Giddalur]], [[Darsi]] are the nagar panchayats.<ref name="civicbody">{{cite web\|title=Municipalities, Municipal Corporations and UDAs\|url=http://www.dtcp.ap.gov.in/webdtcp/pdf/List%20of%20ULBs.pdf\|website=Directorate of Town and Country Planning\|publisher=Government of Andhra Pradesh\|access-date=28 June 2016\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160808132411/http://www.dtcp.ap.gov.in/webdtcp/pdf/List%20of%20ULBs.pdf\|archive-date=8 August 2016\|url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[census town]]s in the district are [[Cumbum, Andhra Pradesh\|Cumbum]], Chirala (CT), [[Podili]], [[Vetapalem]], [[Pamur]] and [[Singarayakonda]]. [[Tangutur]] , [[Martur]],<ref name="census">{{cite web\|title=District Census Handbook – Prakasam\|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/2818_PART_B_DCHB_PRAKASAM.pdf \|website=Census of India\|access-date=18 January 2016\|pages=16–17, 48}}</ref>

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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Prakasam district
| other_name = Ongole district
| settlement_type = [[List of districts of Andhra Pradesh|District]] of [[Andhra Pradesh]]
| image_map = Prakasam in Andhra Pradesh (India).svg
| map_caption = Location of Prakasam district in Andhra Pradesh
| coordinates = {{coord|15|20|N|79|33|E|type:adm3rd_region:IN_dim:200000|display=inline,title}}
| coor_pinpoint = Ongole
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and union territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Andhra Pradesh]]
| established_title = Established
| established_date = 1970
| seat_type = Headquarters
| seat = [[Ongole]]
| parts_type = [[Tehsils of India|Tehsils]]
| parts_style = para
| p1 =
| area_total_km2 = 17626
| area_footnotes =
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_total = 3397448
| population_footnotes = <ref name="demographics">{{cite web|title=West Godavari district profile |url=http://www.ap.gov.in/Pages/Districts.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714010101/http://www.ap.gov.in/Pages/Districts.aspx|publisher=Andhra Pradesh State Portal |url-status=dead |archive-date=14 July 2014}}</ref>
| population_urban = 19.52%
| population_density_km2 = auto
| demographics_type1 = Demographics
| demographics1_title1 = [[Literacy in India|Literacy]]
| demographics1_info1 = 63.53%
| demographics1_title2 = Sex ratio
| demographics1_info2 = 981
| leader_title = [[District magistrate|Collector]]
| leader_name = Pravin Kumar , IAS<ref>{{cite news |title=Days after assuming office, Jagan rejigs administration in AP |url=https://www.aninews.in/news/national/politics/days-after-assuming-office-jagan-rejigs-administration-in-ap20190605014921/ |access-date=5 June 2019 |work=Asian News International |date=5 June 2019 |language=en|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210201164242/https://www.aninews.in/news/national/politics/days-after-assuming-office-jagan-rejigs-administration-in-ap20190605014921/ |archive-date=1 February 2021 }}</ref>
| leader_title3 = [[Lok Sabha|Lok Sabha constituencies]]
| leader_name3 = [[Bapatla (SC) (Lok Sabha constituency)]], [[Ongole (Lok Sabha constituency)]]
| leader_title4 = [[Vidhan Sabha|Vidhan Sabha constituencies]]
| leader_name4 = [[Andhra Pradesh Legislature#Legislative Assembly Constituencies|12]]
| leader_title1 = [[Superintendent of police (India)|Superintendent of Police]]
| leader_name1 = Siddarth Kaushal, IPS
| registration_plate = [[List of RTO districts in India|AP-27 (former)]]<br /> AP–39 (from 30 January 2019)<ref>{{cite news |title=New 'AP 39' code to register vehicles in Andhra Pradesh launched |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/vijayawada/2019/jan/31/new-ap-39-code-to-register-vehicles-in-state-launched-1932417.html |access-date=9 June 2019 |work=The New Indian Express |date=31 January 2019 |location=Vijayawada|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201121042200/https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/vijayawada/2019/jan/31/new-ap-39-code-to-register-vehicles-in-state-launched-1932417.html |archive-date=21 November 2020 }}</ref>
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| website = {{URL|https://prakasam.ap.gov.in/}}
| footnotes =
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| image_skyline = Prakasam district Montage.png
}}

[[File:Ongole railway station 1.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Ongole railway station]] is on [[Howrah-Chennai main line]]]]

'''Prakasam district''' (formerly called the '''Ongole district''') is one of the nine districts in the [[Coastal Andhra]] region of the [[States and union territories of India|Indian state]] of [[Andhra Pradesh]]. It was formed in 1970. The headquarters of the district is [[Ongole]]. It is located on the western shore of [[Bay of Bengal]] and is bounded by [[Guntur district]] on the north, [[Kurnool district]] on the west, [[Kadapa district|Kadapa]] and [[Nellore district]]s on the south. A part of north west region also borders the [[Mahabubnagar district]] of [[Telangana]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Mandals in Prakasam district|url=http://www.aponline.gov.in/quick%20links/apfactfile/info%20on%20districts/prakasam.html|publisher=AP State Portal|access-date=24 May 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606034217/http://www.aponline.gov.in/quick%20links/apfactfile/info%20on%20districts/prakasam.html|archive-date=6 June 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref> It is the [[List of districts of Andhra Pradesh|third-largest]] district in the state and tenth-largest in the country with an [[area]] of {{convert|17626|km2|mi2|abbr=on}} and had a population of 3,392,764 as per [[2011 Census of India]].<ref name=aponline>{{cite web|title=Prakasam dist|url=http://www.ap.gov.in/about-ap/districts/prakasam/|publisher=AP state portal|access-date=16 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160215170822/http://www.ap.gov.in/about-ap/districts/prakasam/|archive-date=15 February 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Etymology ==
The district was named after the patriot and first [[Chief Minister]] of [[Andhra State]] [[Tanguturi Prakasam]], also known as Andhra Kesari, who was born in the village of [[Vinodarayunipalem]]. It was accordingly renamed as Prakasam District in the year 1972.<ref name="dist overview">{{cite web|title=District info|url=http://www.apind.gov.in/Library/District/prakasam.pdf|publisher=apind.gov.in|access-date=16 June 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131228161029/http://www.apind.gov.in/Library/District/prakasam.pdf|archive-date=28 December 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref>{{Citation needed|date=March 2021}}

== History ==
Prakasam district was originally constituted on 2 February 1970, carved out of [[Guntur district|Guntur]], [[Nellore district|Nellore]] and [[Kurnool district|Kurnool]] districts of [[Andhra Pradesh]].<ref name='Statoids'>{{cite web | url = http://www.statoids.com/yin.html | title = Districts of India | access-date = 11 October 2011 | last = Law | first = Gwillim | date = 25 September 2011 | work = Statoids| url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210320121214/http://www.statoids.com/yin.html | archive-date = 20 March 2021 }}</ref> It was carved out of three taluks of Guntur district, i.e. [[Addanki]], [[Chirala]], and [[Ongole]], four taluks of Nellore district, i.e. [[Kandukur]], [[Kanigiri]], [[Darsi]] and [[Podili]] and three taluks of Kurnool district i.e. [[Markapur]], Yarragondapalem and [[Giddaluru]]. It is one of the nine districts in the [[Coastal Andhra]] region of [[Andhra Pradesh]].

Prakasam district used to be a part of the [[Red Corridor]].{{Citation needed|date=March 2021}}

== Geography ==
{{More citations needed section|date=March 2021}}
Prakasam district occupies an area of {{convert|17626|km2|sqmi}},<ref name="aponline" /> comparatively equivalent to [[Indonesia]]'s [[Seram Island]].<ref name='Islands'>{{cite web | url = http://islands.unep.ch/Tiarea.htm | title = Island Directory Tables: Islands by Land Area | access-date = 11 October 2011 | date = 18 February 1998 | publisher = [[United Nations Environment Program]] | quote = Seram 17,454| url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210208011525/http://islands.unep.ch/Tiarea.htm | archive-date = 8 February 2021 }}</ref>

The only Municipal Corporation in Prakasam is [[Ongole]]. Some of the main towns in Prakasam district are [[Singarayakonda]], [[Addanki]], [[Inkollu]], [[Markapur]], [[Yerragondapalem]], [[Podili]], [[Darsi]], [[Donakonda]], [[Chirala]], [[Kandukur, Prakasam district|Kandukur]], [[Pamuru]], [[Parchur]], [[Giddaluru]], [[Dornala]], [[Cumbum, Andhra Pradesh|Cumbum]], [[Kanigiri]], [[Chimakurthy]] and [[Martur]]. [[Markapur]] is India's main slate-manufacturing town and the home of the historic temple of Lord Chennakesava. Chimakurthi is world-renowned for its [[granite]] reserves. [[Dornala]] is also known as Diguva Srisailam, since it is very near the historic pilgrimage centre of [[Srisailam]].

Cumbum lake also known as Gundalakamma lake built on [[Gundlakamma River|Gundalakamma]] rivulet upon Nallamalai hills is one of the oldest [[Reservoir|man made lakes]] of Asia. The anicut was built by the Vijayanagar princess Varadharaj Amma. The lake in its present form is about {{Convert|7|km|abbr=on}} long and on average, about {{Convert|3.5|km|abbr=on}} wide. As per the Imperial gazette of India at the turn of the 20th century, the height of the dam was {{Convert|57|feet}} and the drainage area was {{Convert|1100|km2|abbr=on}}. The direct irrigation land was about {{Convert|10300|acre|ha|abbr=on}} in all. Cumbum lake is accessible both by the rail [[Guntur]]-[[Nandyal]] railway line and is situated about {{Convert|108|km|abbr=on}} from Ongole. Although classified under the [[Coastal Andhra]] region, the district's western half has [[Rayalaseema]] like geography and climate, being reasonably arid.

== Demographics ==
{{historical populations|11=1901|12=9,75,037|13=1911|14=10,68,743|15=1921|16=11,17,701|17=1931|18=12,05,223|19=1941|20=13,43,883|21=1951|22=14,63,737|23=1961|24=16,71,726|25=1971|26=19,19,995|27=1981|28=23,29,571|29=1991|30=27,59,166|31=2001|32=30,59,423|33=2011|34=33,97,448|percentages=pagr|footnote=source:<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/A2_Data_Table.html Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901]</ref>|align=right}}{{As of|2011}} [[2011 census of India|census of India]], the district had a population of 3,397,448 with a density of 193 persons per sq.km. The total population constitute, 17,14,764 males and 16,82,684 females –a ratio of 981 females per 1000 males. The total urban population is 664,582 (19.56%).<ref name=census />{{rp|20}} There are 19,04,435 literates with a literacy rate of 63.08%.<ref name=census />{{rp|21}}

== Economy ==

The Gross District Domestic Product (GDDP) of the district is {{INRConvert|35962|c|abbr=on}} and it contributes 6.9% to the [[Gross State Domestic Product of Indian states|Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP)]]. For the FY 2013–14, the [[per capita income]] at current prices was {{INRConvert|85765}}. The [[Primary sector of the economy|primary]], [[secondary sector of the economy|secondary]] and [[tertiary sector of the economy|tertiary sectors]] of the district contribute {{INRConvert|12875|c|abbr=on}}, {{INRConvert|7897|c|abbr=on}} and {{INRConvert|15190|c|abbr=on}}, respectively.<ref name="apedb">{{cite web|title=Economy of Prakasam District|url=http://apedb.gov.in/infrastrctr.html|website=Andhra Pradesh Economic Development Board|access-date=25 April 2017}}</ref> The major products contributing to the [[Gross value added|GVA]] of the district from agriculture and allied services are, [[tobacco]], [[paddy (unmilled rice)|paddy]], [[chillies]], batavia, [[milk]], [[meat]] and [[Fishery|fisheries]]. The [[Gross value added|GVA]] to the industrial and service sector is contributed from [[construction]], minor minerals, unorganised trade and ownership of [[dwelling]]s.<ref name="apedb" />

=== Industries ===
The district has many service industries such as industrial testing, electrical appliance repair, clinical laboratories, servicing of computer hardware, tourism, and hospitality. Major exports from the district include seafood, processed tobacco, granite blocks, granite monuments and yarn.<ref name="dist prof">{{cite web|title=Brief Industrial Profile of Prakasam District|url=http://dcmsme.gov.in/dips/amended%20prakasam.pdf|website=Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises, Government of India|publisher=Development Commissioner (MSME)|access-date=16 June 2014|archive-date=23 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130823174025/http://dcmsme.gov.in/dips/amended%20prakasam.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> There are many industries of food and agriculture, mineral, chemical, leather, plastic and rubber, engineering, cotton and textiles, electronic products. All these industries deal with prawn and fish processing and canning, dairy products, the granite industry, pharmaceuticals, tanning, fishing nets, surgical cotton, etc. Forest-based industries produce Ayurvedic medicines, essential oil (Palm Rose Oil), wooden furniture, wooden toys, bamboo products, etc.<ref name=mining />

=== Mining ===
{{More citations needed section|date=March 2021}}
The district leads in granite mining in the state with discovery of ''Galaxy Granite'' in the Chimakurthy area of the district. Good deposits of coloured granites are located occur around [[Uppumaguluru]] and Kodidena.<ref name=mining>{{cite web|title=Geology and Mineral Resources of Prakasam District|url=http://apmines.org/?page_id=920|publisher=Department of mines and geology, Andhra Pradesh|access-date=16 June 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140616085846/http://apmines.org/?page_id=920|archive-date=16 June 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The minerals found in the district are [[Baryte]], [[iron ore]], [[quartz]], and [[silica sand]]. In 2010-11, 4,300 [[tonnes]] of Baryte, 22,722 [[tonnes]] of quartz, 2,24,075 tonnes of silica sand and 400 tonnes of iron ore were produced.<ref name=mining />

Granite barons in Prakasam district sold ahead of the [[2008 Summer Olympics|Beijing Olympics]] in 2008 as the natural stone material was widely used in the construction of the sports village. The famous Black Galaxy granite, Black pearl, Steal Grey and English Grey processed in the SEZ make it to, among other countries, the U.S., Canada, Germany, Netherlands, Italy, Poland, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Algeria. Processing of granite was insignificant in the district before 2010. But now after the setting up of 13 export oriented units within the SEZ and five elsewhere in the district, at least 60% of the decorative stone material is processed here. Over 500 to 600 containers of the material are shipped from the SEZ every month to other countries, the U.S. alone accounting for 20%.

== Tourism ==
[[File:Bhairava Kona, Prakasam district, Andhra Pradesh.jpg|thumb|200px|Bhairava Kona]]
[[File:BhairavaKona.JPG|thumb|200px|Bhairava Kona]]

The Bhairava Kona cave temples are 8th-century single rock-cut cave temples (similar to [[Mamallapuram|Mahabalipuram]]) for Lord [[Shiva]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5ApDibKnyuYC&q=Bhairava+Kona+cave&pg=PA51|title=Temples of South India|work=google.com.sg|isbn=9788121210225|last1=Subba Reddy|first1=V. V.|year=2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/devotees-throng-rock-cut-cave-temples-at-bhairavakona/article5735202.ece|title=Devotees throng rock cut cave temples at Bhairavakona|author=Staff Reporter|work=The Hindu|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129070555/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/devotees-throng-rock-cut-cave-temples-at-bhairavakona/article5735202.ece|archive-date=29 November 2014}}</ref>

Cumbum Tank is one of the oldest man-made lakes in Asia. The anicut was built by the Vijayanagar Princess Varadharajamma (also known as Ruchidevi), wife of Sri Krishna Devaraya. The length of this tank is {{Convert|7|km|abbr=on}} and width is {{Convert|3|km|abbr=on}}. It has received World Heritage Irrigation Structure (WHIS) tag in the year 2020 by UNESCO.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Chatterjee|first=Badri|date=1 Dec 2020|title=Four sites in India get World Heritage Irrigation Structure tag|work=[[Hindustan Times]]|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/four-sites-in-india-get-world-heritage-irrigation-structure-tag/story-n8P4HNaHuPdQQXT8VKQGyJ.html|url-status=live|access-date=26 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210306164714/https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/four-sites-in-india-get-world-heritage-irrigation-structure-tag/story-n8P4HNaHuPdQQXT8VKQGyJ.html|archive-date=6 March 2021}}</ref>

== Administrative divisions ==
{{See also|List of mandals in Andhra Pradesh|List of revenue divisions in Andhra Pradesh}}
[[File:Revenue divisions map of Prakasam district.png|thumb|357x357px|Revenue divisions map of Prakasam district]]
The district is divided into 3 [[List of revenue divisions in Andhra Pradesh|revenue divisions]] of [[Kandukur revenue division|Kandukur]], [[Markapur revenue division|Markapur]] and [[Ongole revenue division|Ongole]]. These are sub-divided into 56 [[Tehsil|mandals]], which consists of 1081 [[villages]] and 13 towns. These 13 towns (or urban settlements) in the district include, 1 [[municipal corporation]], 3 [[municipalities]] and 5 [[nagar panchayat]]s. [[Ongole Municipal Corporation|Ongole]] is the only municipal corporation, [[Chirala Municipality|Chirala]], [[Kandukur]], [[Markapur]] are the 3 municipalities and [[Addanki]], [[Kanigiri]], [[Chimakurthi]], [[Giddalur]], [[Darsi]] are the nagar panchayats.<ref name="civicbody">{{cite web|title=Municipalities, Municipal Corporations and UDAs|url=http://www.dtcp.ap.gov.in/webdtcp/pdf/List%20of%20ULBs.pdf|website=Directorate of Town and Country Planning|publisher=Government of Andhra Pradesh|access-date=28 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160808132411/http://www.dtcp.ap.gov.in/webdtcp/pdf/List%20of%20ULBs.pdf|archive-date=8 August 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[census town]]s in the district are [[Cumbum, Andhra Pradesh|Cumbum]], Chirala (CT), [[Podili]], [[Vetapalem]], [[Pamur]] and [[Singarayakonda]]. [[Tangutur]] , [[Martur]],<ref name="census">{{cite web|title=District Census Handbook – Prakasam|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/2818_PART_B_DCHB_PRAKASAM.pdf |website=Census of India|access-date=18 January 2016|pages=16–17, 48}}</ref>

=== Mandals ===

The list of 56 mandals in Prakasam district under three revenue divisions are listed in the following table:<ref name="census" />

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! # !! [[Kandukur revenue division|Kandukur<br />Division]] !! [[Markapur revenue division|Markapur<br />Division]] !! [[Ongole revenue division|Ongole<br />Division]]
|-
!
!Separated from
Nellore District in 1971
!Separated from
Kurnool District in 1971
!Separated from
Guntur District in 1971
|-
| 1 || [[Chandrasekharapuram]] || [[Ardhaveedu]] || [[Addanki]]
|-
| 2 || [[Darsi]] || [[Bestavaripeta]] || [[Ballikurava]]
|-
| 3 || [[Donakonda]] || [[Cumbum, Andhra Pradesh|Cumbum]] || [[Chimakurthi]]
|-
| 4 || [[Gudluru]] || [[Dornala]] || [[Chinaganjam]]
|-
| 5 || [[Hanumanthunipadu]] || [[Giddaluru]] || [[Chirala mandal|Chirala]]
|-
| 6 || [[Kandukur, Prakasam district|Kandukur]] || [[Komarolu]] || [[Inkollu]]
|-
| 7 || [[Kanigiri]] || [[Markapur]] || [[Janakavaram Panguluru]]
|-
| 8 || [[Konakanamitla]] || [[Peda Araveedu]] || [[Karamchedu]]
|-
| 9 || [[Kondapi]] || [[Pullalacheruvu]] || [[Korisapadu]]
|-
| 10 || [[Kurichedu]] || [[Racherla]] || [[Kothapatnam]]
|-
| 11 || [[Lingasamudram]] || [[Tripuranthakam]] || [[Maddipadu]]
|-
| 12 || [[Marripudi, Prakasam|Marripudi]] || [[Yerragondapalem]] || [[Martur]]
|-
| 13 || [[Mundlamuru]] || || [[Naguluppalapadu]]
|-
| 14 || [[Pamur]] || || [[Ongole mandal|Ongole]]
|-
| 15 || [[Pedacherlopalle]] || || [[Parchur]]
|-
| 16 || [[Podili]] || || [[Santhamaguluru]]
|-
| 17 || [[Ponnaluru]] || || [[Santhanuthalapadu]]
|-
| 18 || [[Singarayakonda mandal|Singarayakonda]] || || [[Tangutur]]
|-
| 19 || [[Thallur]] || || [[Vetapalem]]
|-
| 20 || [[Tarlupadu]] || || [[Yeddanapudi]]
|-
| 21 || [[Ulavapadu]] || ||
|-
| 22 || [[Veligandla]] || ||
|-
| 23 || [[Voletivaripalem]] || ||
|-
| 24 || [[Zarugumilli]] || ||
|}

=== Erstwhile Talukas in Prakasam district ===
In 1978, the number of talukas in Prakasam was increased from 9 to 17. Later in 1985, 17 Talukas were divided into 56 mandals.{{Citation needed|date=March 2021}}
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!S.No.
!Separated from
!Erstwhile talukas in newly formed
Prakasam district 1971
!Newly formed Talukas in 1978
!Newly formed Mandals in 1985
|-
| rowspan="2" |1
| rowspan="6" |Guntur district
| rowspan="2" |Ongole
|Ongole
|Ongole, Tangutur, Kothapatnam
|-
|Maddipadu
|Maddipadu, Chimakurthy, Santhanuthalapadu
|-
| rowspan="2" |2
| rowspan="2" |Chirala
|Chirala
|Chirala, Vetapalem, Chinganjam, Naguluppalapadu
|-
|Parchur
|Parchur, Karamchedu, Inkollu
|-
| rowspan="2" |3
| rowspan="2" |Addanki
|Addanki
|Addanki, Korisapadu, Janakavaram Pungaluru
|-
|Santhamaguluru
|Santhamaguluru, Ballikuruva, Martur, Yeddanapudi
|-
| rowspan="2" |4
| rowspan="4" |Kurnool District
| rowspan="2" |Giddalur
|Giddalur
|Giddalur, Racherla, Komarolu
|-
|Bestavaripeta
|Ardhaveedu, Cumbum, Bestavaripeta
|-
| rowspan="2" |5
| rowspan="2" |Markapuram
|Markapuram
|Markapuram, Peda araveedu, Dornala
|-
|Yerragondapalem
|Yerragondapalem, Pullalacheruvu, Tripuranthakam
|-
| rowspan="2" |6
| rowspan="8" |Nellore District
| rowspan="2" |Podili
|Podili
|Podili, Marripudi, Konakanamitla [part]
|-
| rowspan="2" |Tarlupadu
|Tarlupadu, Konakanamitla [part]
|-
| rowspan="2" |7
| rowspan="2" |Darsi
|Donakonda, Kurichedu,
|-
|Darsi
|Darsi, Mundlamuru, Thallur
|-
| rowspan="2" |8
| rowspan="2" |Kanigiri
|Kanigiri
|Kanigiri, Hanumanthunipadu, Veligandla, Pedacherlopalle [part]
|-
|Pamuru
|Pamuru, Chandrasekharapuram, Pedacherlopalle [part]
|-
| rowspan="2" |9
| rowspan="2" |Kandukur
|Kandukur
|Kandukur, Ulavapadu, Gudluru, Lingasamudram, Voletivaripalem
|-
|Kondapi
|Kondapi, Zarugumilli, Singarayakonda, Ponnaluru
|}

== Towns in Prakasam District ==

{{Largest cities
| name = Largest cities of Prakasam District
| class = nav
| country = Prakasam District
| stat_ref = As per the [[List of cities in Andhra Pradesh|2011 Census]]
| list_by_pop = List of towns in Prakasam District
| div_name = Division
| div_link = List of towns in Prakasam District{{!}}Division

| city_1 = Ongole
| div_1 = Ongole revenue division{{!}}Ongole Division
| pop_1 = 208,344
| img_1 =

| city_2 = Chirala
| div_2 = Ongole revenue division{{!}}Ongole Division
| pop_2 = 187660
| img_2 = Clock Tower Centre, Chirala.jpg

| city_3 = Markapur
| div_3 = Markapur revenue division{{!}}Markapur Division
| pop_3 = 71,092
| img_3 =

| city_4 = Kandukur
| div_4 = Kandukur revenue division{{!}}Kandukur Division
| pop_4 = 57,246
| img_4 =

| city_5 = Addanki
| div_5 = Ongole revenue division{{!}}Ongole Division
| pop_5 = 48,022

| city_6 = Kanigiri
| div_6 = Kandukur revenue division{{!}}Kandukur Division
| pop_6 = 37,420

| city_7 = Giddalur
| div_7 = Markapur revenue division{{!}}Markapur Division
| pop_7 = 35,150

| city_8 = Darsi
| div_8 = Kandukur revenue division{{!}}Kandukur Division
| pop_8 = 33,418

| city_9 = Podili
| div_9 = Kandukur revenue division{{!}}Kandukur Division
| pop_9 = 31,145

| city_10 = Chimakurthy
| div_10 = Ongole revenue division{{!}}Ongole Division
| pop_10 = 30,279
}}

{| class="wikitable"
|+Municipal Bodies in Prakasam district.
!S.No.
!Towns
!Civic status of Town
!Municipality
Formation

Year
!No. of
Wards
!2011 Census
Population
!2001 Census
Population
|-
|1
|Ongole
|Municipal Corporation
|1876
|50
|208,344
|153,829
|-
|2
|Chirala
|Municipality Grade - 1
|1948
|33
|162,471
|129,242
|-
|3
|Markapuram
|Municipality Grade - 2
|1964
|35
|71,092
|58,462
|-
|4
|Kandukur
|Municipality Grade - 2
|1987
|32
|57,246
|50,326
|-
|5
|Addanki
|Nagar Panchayat
|2011
|20
|48,022
|35,019
|-
|6
|Kanigiri
|Nagar Panchayat
|2011
|20
|37,420
|31,122
|-
|7
|Giddalur
|Nagar Panchayat
|2011
|20
|35,150
|26,977
|-
|8
|Darsi
|Nagar Panchayat
|2020
|20
|33,418
|25,907
|-
|9
|Poidili
|Nagar Panchayat
|2020
|20
|31,145
|26,665
|-
|10
|Chimkurthy
|Nagar Panchayat
|2011
|20
|30,279
|22,042
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+Erstwhile Talukas [Non-municipalities]
!S.No.
!Erstwhile Talukas
!Civic status of Town
!2011 Census
Population
!2001 Census
Population
|-
|1
|Pamuru
|Census Town
|20,000
|15,245
|-
|2
|Yerragondapalem
|Grama Panchayat
|19,398
|15,269
|-
|3
|Parchur
|Grama Panchayat
|13,375
|13,379
|-
|4
|Santhamaguluru
|Grama Panchayat
|9,687
|7,916
|-
|5
|Bestavaripeta
|Grama Panchayat
|7,606
|6,526
|-
|6
|Maddipadu
|Grama Panchayat
|6,480
|4,713
|-
|7
|Tarlupadu
|Grama Panchayat
|5,628
|5,458
|-
|8
|Kondapi
|Grama Panchayat
|4,928
|4,393
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+Census Towns in Prakasam District.
!S.No.
!Town
!Civic status of town
!2011 Census
Population
!2001 Census
Population
|-
|1
|Singarayakonda
|Census Town
|19,400
|16,686
|}
2.
Cumbum
Census Town
15,169

* Vetapalem is included in Chirala town's population.

== Transport ==

The total road length of [[state highway]]s in the district is {{Convert|1184|km|mi|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aprdc.ap.gov.in/Documents/DOWNLOADDOCUMENTS/STATE%20SH%20ROADS.pdf|title=Existing State Highways|website=Andhra Pradesh Road Development Corporation|publisher=Government of Andhra Pradesh|page=1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180920122729/http://aprdc.ap.gov.in/Documents/DOWNLOADDOCUMENTS/STATE%20SH%20ROADS.pdf|archive-date=20 September 2018|access-date=11 May 2019}}</ref> The district is well connected by [[National highways of India|National highways]], state highways and district roads as well. The [[National Highway 16 (India)|NH 16]] passes through [[Ongole]] which is the major highway connecting [[Howrah]] – [[Chennai]], a part of [[Asian Highway Network]] [[AH45]]. [[Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation|APSRTC]], a state government public bus transport operates services.

The district has a rail network of {{Convert|406|km|abbr=on}}. The entire rail network is under [[South Central Railway zone]]. {{Stnlnk|Ongole}} is one of the main stations of this district and most of the stations are under [[Vijayawada railway division]].

Minister of State for Civil Aviation, has granted site clearance for setting up of a Greenfield Airport at Ongole.{{Citation needed|date=March 2021}}

== Notable personalities ==
There are many noted people from the district including [[Tanguturi Prakasam]], a freedom fighter who was also the Chief Minister of Andhra State and Chief Minister of Madras Presidency. Mirza Ghouse Baig, M.A.LL.B Retired District Judge a second world war veteran who led the mutiny against the Britishers at Ambala Cantt. [[U. Aswathanarayana]] who was a Director of the Mahadevan International Centre for Water Resources Management in India. From the film industry personalities include [[Bhanumathi Ramakrishna]] was a film actress who was also a producer, director and singer. [[D. Ramanaidu]], film producer; [[Tottempudi Krishna]], film director and editor; [[Giri Babu]], film actor; [[Raghu Babu]], film actor and comedian in Telugu cinema; [[Dharmavarapu Subramanyam]], comedian in Telugu cinema. [[Pullela Gopichand]], an all-england champion and national badminton coach; [[Yarlagadda Nayudamma]] is a consultant paediatric surgeon. He is the only Indian surgeon to have successfully separated three sets of Conjoined Twins fused at three different locations – head, thorax-abdomen and pelvis; Former HRD Minister in the UPA 2 government [[Daggubati Purandeswari]] daughter of N. T. Rama Rao and is married to Daggubati Venkateswara Rao, [[GVL Narsimha Rao]] are nationally visible faces from the villages in the district. Artists family of Thimmiri Narasimharao,( Thimmiri naresh babu, (tollywood art director) thimmiri raveendra(secretary of srusti art academy) thimmiri bhanuchandar (artist), battula vani ( drawing teacher).

== Education ==
The primary and secondary school education is imparted by government, aided and private schools, under the state's School Education Department.<ref>{{cite web|title=School Education Department |url=http://rmsaap.nic.in/Notification_TSG_2015.pdf |publisher=School Education Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh |access-date=7 November 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151227185018/http://rmsaap.nic.in/Notification_TSG_2015.pdf|archive-date=27 December 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Department of School Education – Official AP State Government Portal |url=http://www.ap.gov.in/department/organizations-2/school-education/ |website=www.ap.gov.in |access-date=7 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170413205259/http://www.ap.gov.in/department/organizations-2/school-education/ |archive-date=13 April 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> As per the school information report for the academic year 2015–16, there are a total of 4,311 schools. They include, 33 government, 2,949 mandal and zilla parishads, 1 residential, 1079 private, 10 model, 37 Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya (KGBV), 50 municipal and 152 other types of schools.<ref>{{cite web|title=School Information Report|url=http://cse.ap.gov.in/DSE/totalSchoolReport.xls#|website=Commissionerate of School Education|publisher=Government of Andhra Pradesh|access-date=8 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161108154343/http://cse.ap.gov.in/DSE/totalSchoolReport.xls|archive-date=8 November 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> The total number of students enrolled in primary, upper primary and high schools of the district are 562,510.<ref name="student">{{cite web|title=Student Information Report|url=http://cse.ap.gov.in/DSE/districtStudentReport.do|website=Commissionerate of School Education|publisher=Child info 2015–16, District School Education – Andhra Pradesh|access-date=8 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150522011144/http://cse.ap.gov.in/DSE/districtStudentReport.do|archive-date=22 May 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> The total number of students enrolled in primary, upper primary and high schools of the district are 461,065.<ref name="student" />

== References ==
{{Reflist|30em}}

== External links ==
{{Commons category|Prakasam district}}
* [https://prakasam.ap.gov.in Official site]

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Prakasam district
|North = [[Guntur district]]
|Northeast =
|East = ''[[Bay of Bengal]]''
|Southeast =
|South = [[Nellore district]]
|Southwest = [[Kadapa district]]
|West = [[Kurnool district]]
|Northwest = [[Mahbubnagar district]], [[Telangana]]
}}

{{Districts of Andhra Pradesh}}
{{Prakasam district}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Prakasam district| ]]
[[Category:Districts of Andhra Pradesh]]
[[Category:1970 establishments in Andhra Pradesh]]

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	=== Mandals ===		=== Mandals ===

	Prakasam district has 38 mandals spread across 3 revenue divisions as noted below. <ref>{{cite web\| url = https://prakasam.ap.gov.in/tehsil/ \| title= Prakasam District \|work= About District > Administrative Setup > Mandals list \|publisher= Government of Andhra Pradesh\| access-date = 5 September 2023}}</ref>		Prakasam district has 38 mandals spread across 3 revenue divisions as noted below.<ref>{{cite web\| url = https://prakasam.ap.gov.in/tehsil/ \| title= Prakasam District \|work= About District > Administrative Setup > Mandals list \|publisher= Government of Andhra Pradesh\| access-date = 5 September 2023}}</ref>

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	\|align="center"\|[[Maddipadu mandal\| Maddipadu]]		\|align="center"\|[[Maddipadu mandal\|Maddipadu]]
	\|align="center"\|[[Maddipadu]]		\|align="center"\|[[Maddipadu]]
	\|align="center"\|[[Hanumanthunipadu mandal\|Hanumanthunipadu]]		\|align="center"\|[[Hanumanthunipadu mandal\|Hanumanthunipadu]]
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	\|align="center"\|[[Mundlamuru mandal\|Mundlamuru]]		\|align="center"\|[[Mundlamuru mandal\|Mundlamuru]]
	\|align="center"\|[[Mundlamuru]]		\|align="center"\|[[Mundlamuru]]
	\|align="center"\|[[ Pedacherlo Palle mandal\|Pedacherlo Palle]]		\|align="center"\|[[Pedacherlo Palle mandal\|Pedacherlo Palle]]
	\|align="center"\|[[Pedacherlo Palle]]		\|align="center"\|[[Pedacherlo Palle]]
	\|align="center"\|[[Pullalacheruvu mandal]]		\|align="center"\|[[Pullalacheruvu mandal]]

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	\|align="center"\|[[Mundlamuru mandal\|Mundlamuru]]		\|align="center"\|[[Mundlamuru mandal\|Mundlamuru]]
	\|align="center"\|[[Mundlamuru]]		\|align="center"\|[[Mundlamuru]]
	\|align="center"\|[[ Pedacherlo Palle ~~Mandal~~\|Pedacherlo Palle]]		\|align="center"\|[[ Pedacherlo Palle mandal\|Pedacherlo Palle]]
	\|align="center"\|[[Pedacherlo Palle]]		\|align="center"\|[[Pedacherlo Palle]]
	\|align="center"\|[[Pullalacheruvu mandal]]		\|align="center"\|[[Pullalacheruvu mandal]]

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	\|align="center"\|[[Veligandla mandal\|Veligandla]]		\|align="center"\|[[Veligandla mandal\|Veligandla]]
	\|align="center"\|[[Veligandla]]		\|align="center"\|[[Veligandla]]
	\|align="center"\|[[Yerragondapalem\|Yerragondapalem]]		\|align="center"\|[[Yerragondapalem mandal\|Yerragondapalem]]
	\|align="center"\|[[Yerragondapalem]]		\|align="center"\|[[Yerragondapalem]]
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	!width="90" rowspan="2"\|Serial<br/>number		!width="90" rowspan="2"\|Serial<br/>number
	!colspan="2"\|[[Ongole revenue division]]		!colspan="2"\|[[Ongole revenue division]]
	!colspan="2"\|[[~~Kangiri~~ revenue division]]		!colspan="2"\|[[Kanigiri revenue division]]
	!colspan="2"\|[[Markapur revenue division]]		!colspan="2"\|[[Markapur revenue division]]
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