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District - Cuddapah
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Headquarters: Cuddapah

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Geographical Profile

Item	Unit of Measure	Figure	Source
Area	Sq.km.	15359.00	Census 2001
Population	In Thousands	2573.48	"
Male	In Thousands	1303.16	"
Female	In Thousands	1270.32	"
Urban	In Thousands	600.48	"
Rural	In Thousands	1972.99	"
Population Growth (decadal)	%	+13.48	"
Population Density (Person/Sq.Km)	Ratio	168	"
Literacy	%	64.02	"
Male	%	76.98	"
Female	%	50.76	"
Urbanisation	%	24.03	Census 1991
Workers as % of total population	%	43.95	"
Workers % of main Workers
Agriculture & allied activities	%	71.76	"
Mining & Quarrying	%	0.53	"
Mfg.(Non-household) industries	%	4.02	"
Household industries	%	3.94	"
Construction	%	1.61	"
Services	%	18.16	"
Forest Area as % of reporting area	%	32.83	1997-98
Gross irrigated area as % of gross cropped area	%	40.20	"
Per capita food grain production	Kg.	57.00	"
Road Length per 100 sq.km.	Km.	42.81	1996-97
Railway route length per 100 sq.km.	Km.	1.27	"
Post offices per 100,000 persons	Ratio	36.51	"
Bank branches per 100,000 persons	Ratio	7.01	1994-95
Per capita bank deposits	Rs.	1880.70	"
Per capita bank credit	Rs.	1322.80	"
Per capita bank credit to agriculture	Rs.	522.89	"
Per ha.bank credit to agriculture	Rs.	2979.00	"
Per capita bank credit to SSIs	Rs.	77.96	"
Per capita bank credit to Industries	Rs.	211.57	"

Major Crops 1997-98

Crop	Area as % of District total	Quantity (In '000 Tonnes)	Source
Rice	15.33	105	1997-98
Jowar	2.51	11	"
Cotton *	3.27	17	"
Turmeric	0.5	15	"
Maize	N	N	"
Arhar	1.51	1	"
Chillies	0.75	4	"
Sugar cane	N	19	"
Sesame	0.75	1	"
* (Lint '000 bales of 170 Kgs) N=Negligible

Major Mineral Production

Tourist Attractions

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Mandal Information