The District is known as rice bowl of Andhra Pradesh with lush paddy fields and coconut groves. It is also known as another Kerala.
Its district headquarters is in Kakinada. The district was situated between 81º 29′ and 82º 37’E, of the eastern longitudes and 16º 30′ and 18’N, of northern latitudes.
The Boundaries of East Godavari are Bay of Bengal in the East and South, Khammam district in the West and Visakhapatnam district in the North directions.
The district has population of 51,51,549 as per the 2011 census which accounts for 6.08% of the total population of the State with 5.10% decadal growth.
Source: Bureau Of Economics
Item
|
Units
|
Figure
|
Source
|
Area
|
In 000 Sq.Km
|
10.8
|
Census 2011
|
Population
|
In Persons
|
51,51,549
|
“
|
Male
|
In Persons
|
25,69,419
|
“
|
Female
|
In Persons
|
25,82,130
|
“
|
Urban
|
In Persons
|
13,14,597
|
“
|
Rural
|
In Persons
|
38,36,952
|
“
|
Population Growth (decadal)
|
%
|
5.1
|
“
|
Population Density (Person/Sq.Km)
|
Ratio
|
477
|
“
|
Literacy
|
%
|
71.35
|
“
|
Male
|
%
|
74.91
|
“
|
Female
|
%
|
67.82
|
“
|
Urbanisation
|
%
|
25.52
|
“
|
Workers as % of total population
|
%
|
39.58
|
2001
|
Workers % of main Workers
|
%
|
83.22
|
“
|
Household industries
|
%
|
3.86
|
“
|
Area under Food & Non-Food crops
|
Area in Hectares
|
6,36,364
|
2012
|
Mining & Quarrying (Laterite – Top)
|
Qty in tonnes
|
9,69,324
|
“
|
Forest Area under the control of Forest Department
|
Area in Hectares
|
3,23,244
|
“
|
Gross irrigated area as % of gross cropped area
|
%
|
20.6
|
“
|
Value of output of major crops
|
%
|
–
|
“
|
Per capita food grain production
|
%
|
1.65
|
“
|
Road Length per 100 sq.km.
|
In Sq.km
|
99.54
|
“
|
Post offices per 100,000 persons
|
Ratio
|
16.55
|
“
|
Bank branches per 100,000 persons
|
Ratio
|
9.22
|
“
|
Population per bank
|
In Thousands
|
10.9
|
“
|
Per capita bank deposits
|
Rs. In Crores
|
21880.99
|
“
|
Per capita bank credit
|
In Rs.
|
28013.12
|
“
|
Per capita bank credit to agriculture
|
In Rs.
|
60.97
|
2010
|
Per ha. bank credit to agriculture
|
In Rs.
|
49.36
|
“
|
Per capita bank credit to Industries
|
In Rs.
|
72.58
|
“
|
Major Crops 2011-12
Crop
|
Area in hectares
|
Out-turn in tonnes
|
Source
|
Rice
|
3,37,094
|
11,76,825
|
2011-12
|
Maize
|
8,535
|
55,744
|
“
|
Green gram(Moong)
|
33,559
|
13,265
|
“
|
Black gram(Mash)
|
31,179
|
4,342
|
“
|
Coconut
|
47,585
|
7,19,961
|
“
|
Sesamum
|
798
|
174
|
“
|
Sugar cane
|
12,618
|
1,08,685
|
“
|
Mangoes
|
13,759
|
91,016
|
“
|
Major Mineral Production
Mineral
|
Quantity(Tonnes)
|
Value(‘000 Rs.)
|
Source
|
Laterite
|
9,69,324
|
35,322
|
2011-12
|
Crude Oil
|
3,03,584
|
50,77,445
|
“
|
Source: AP State Portal
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