List of cities in Andhra Pradesh by population

This article is about the list of most populated cities in Andhra Pradesh state of India as per 2011 Census of India, conducted by The Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, under Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India.

Cities statisticsEdit

As per 2011 Census of India, Towns with population of 100,000 and above are called Cities.^[1]

Visakhapatnam is the most populated city with a population of 2,035,922 after merger of surrounding towns of Gajuwaka, Bheemunipatnam and Anakapalle Municipalities into Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (VMC) and it was upgraded to Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC. Proposals to merge some near by villages to Vijayawada, Kakinada and Rajamahendravaram Municipal Corporations.^[2]^[3]^[4]

The cities written in bold are the headquarters of their respective district.

S.No.	Name of the City	District	Population 2011 Census	Population 2001 Census	Municipality Formation	Number of wards^[7]
1	Visakhapatnam	Visakhapatnam	2,035,922	1,345,938	1865	98
2	Vijayawada	Krishna	1,179,395	900,061	1888	64
3	Guntur	Guntur	743,354	514,461	1866	57
4	Nellore	SPSR Nellore	547,621	404,775	1866	54
5	Kurnool	Kurnool	457,633	269,122	1866	52
6	Kakinada	East Godavari	384,128	335,299	1866	50
7	Rajamahendravaram	East Godavari	376,333	374,721	1865	50
8	Kadapa	YSR district	344,893	148,039	1868	50
9	Tirupati	Chittoor	295,323	244,990	1886	50
10	Anantapuram	Anantapuram	267,161	243,143	1869	50
11	Vizianagaram	Vizianagaram	228,720	176,023	1888	50
12	Eluru	West Godavari	218,020	215,804	1866	50
13	Nandyal	Kurnool	211,424	154,324	1899	42
14	Ongole	Prakasam	208,344	153,829	1876	50
15	Adoni	Kurnool	184,625	146,458	1865	42
16	Madanapalle	Chittoor	180,180	107,449	1961	35
17	Machilipatnam	Krishna	169,892	179,353	1866	50
18	Tenali	Guntur	164,937	153,756	1912	40
19	Proddatur	YSR district	163,970	150,309	1915	41
20	Chittoor	Chittoor	160,722	152,654	1917	50
21	Hindupur	Anantapuram	151,677	125,074	1920	38
22	Srikakulam	Srikakulam	147,372	117,320	1856	50
23	Bhimavaram	West Godavari	146,961	142,064	1948	39
24	Gudivada	Krishna	134,812	113,054	1937	39
25	Guntakal	Anantapuram	126,270	117,103	1948	37
26	Tadepalligudem	West Godavari	130,348	102,622	1958	40
27	Dharmavaram	Anantapuram	121,874	103,357	1964	40
28	Narasaraopet	Guntur	117,489	95,349	1915	38
29	Tadipatri	Anantapur	108,421	86,843	1920	36
30	Mangalagiri	Guntur	107,197	63,349	1969	35
31	Chilakaluripet	Guntur	101,398	91,656	1964	38

This is a 2011 Population Census of M / M.Corp + O.G.of cities. (M - Municipality, M.Corp - Municipal Corporation, O.G. - Out Growths)

Kurnool includes Kallur Village which was merged into Kurnool Municipal Coporation.^[8]^[9]
Guntur includes ten villages namely Adavitakkellapadu, Ankireddypalem, Gorantla, Chowdavaram, Etukuru, Nallapadu, Pedakakani, Pedapalakaluru, Pothuru which were merged into Guntur Municipal Corporation.^[10]

Visakhapatnam view from Kailasagiri Hill

Prakasam Barrage, Vijayawada

Konda Reddy Buruju, Kurnool

NTR Bus Station, Guntur

Godavari Bridge, Rajahmundry

Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam, Tirupati

Coringa Wildlife Sanctuary, Kakinada

ISKON Temple, Anantapuram

Grand Canyon of India, Chitravathi River, Gandikota, Kadapa

Satish Dhawan Space Centre [SDSC], Sriharikota, Nellore

Source: STATISTICAL INFORMATION OF ULBs & UDAs also Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner (web), Delimitation Commission of India (web), Rand McNally International Atlas 1994, School of Planning & Architecture (web) - https://www.citypopulation.de/php/india-andhrapradesh.php