Anantapur District

Anantapur got its name from ‘Anaatasagaram’, a big tank, which means “Endless Ocean”. The villages of Anaantasagaram and Bukkarayasamudram were constructed by Anantaras Chilkkavodeya, the minister of Bukka-I, a Vijayanagar ruler.

Some authorities assert that Anaantasagaram was named after Bukka’s queen, while some contend that it must have been known after Anantarasa Chikkavodeya himself, as Bukka had no queen by that name.

Anantapur District was formed in the year 1882 having been separated from Bellary district. The district was situated between 76º 47′ and 78º 26’E, of the eastern longitudes and 13º 41′ and 15º 14’N, of northern latitudes.

The district is bounded on the north by the Kurnool District, on the southeast by Chittor District, on the east by YSR District, and on the west and southwest by Karnataka state.

The district has population of 40,83,315 as per the 2011 census which accounts for 4.82% of the total population of the State with 12.16% decadal growth.

Source: Bureau Of Economics

Item	Units	Figure	Source
Area	In 000 Sq. Km	19.1	Census 2011
Population	In Persons	40,83,315	“
Male	In Persons	20,64,928	“
Female	In Persons	20,18,387	“
Urban	In Persons	11,46,956	“
Rural	In Persons	29,36,359	“
Population Growth (decadal)	%	12.16	“
Population Density (Person/Sq.Km)	Ratio	213	“
Literacy	%	64.28	“
Male	%	74.09	“
Female	%	54.31	“
Urbanisation	%	28.09	“
Workers as % of total population	%	48.82	2001
Workers % of main Workers	%	82.76	“
Household industries	%	5.84	“
Area under Food & Non-Food crops	Area in Hectares	11,14,083	2012
Mining & Quarrying (Limestone – Top)	Qty in tonnes	13,76,672	“
Forest Area under the control of Forest Department	Area in Hectares	1,96,978	“
Gross irrigated area as % of gross cropped area	%	54.84	“
Value of output of major crops	%	–	“
Per capita food grain production	%	–	“
Road Length per 100 sq.km.	In Sq.km	120.96	“
Post offices per 100,000 persons	Ratio	23.09	“
Bank branches per 100,000 persons	Ratio	7.54	“
Population per bank	In Thousands	13.41	“
Per capita bank deposits	Rs. In Crores	21699.28	“
Per capita bank credit	In Rs.	17518.11	“
Per capita bank credit to agriculture	In Rs.	54.43	2010
Per ha. bank credit to agriculture	In Rs.	19.95	“
Per capita bank credit to Industries	In Rs.	7.19	“

Major Crops 2011-12

Crop	Area in hectares	Out-turn in tonnes	Source
Rice	48,668	1,20,073	2011-12
Maize	31,655	1,11,633	“
Bengal gram	68,483	38,008	“
Red gram(Tuar)	51,745	4,294	“
Groundnut	7,53,836	2,07,378	“
Sunflower	13,277	12,094	“
Banana (for harvest)	8,000	5,05,176	“
Mangoes	6,138	41,229	“

Mineral	Quantity (Tonnes)	Figure (‘000 Rs.)	Source
Limestone	13,76,672	1,76,393	2011-12
Quartz	1,70,044	27,937	“

Source: AP State Portal