Guntur district
Guntur district | |
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District | |
Clockwise from top-left: Lakshmi Narasimha Temple in Mangalagiri, Annamayya Library, Vaikuntapuram temple in Tenali, Chuttugunta centre in Guntur, Flyover in Pedavadlapudi | |
Location of Guntur district in Andhra Pradesh | |
| Coordinates (Guntur): 16°18′N 80°27′E / 16.300°N 80.450°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Andhra Pradesh |
| Region | Coastal Andhra |
| Headquarters | Guntur |
| Mandals | 18 |
| Government | |
| • Collector & District Magistrate | Nagalakshmi Selvarajan, I.A.S. |
| • Superintendent of Police | S. Satish Kumar, I.P.S. |
| • Lok Sabha constituency | Guntur |
| • MP | Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani |
| • Assembly constituencies | 07 |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,443 km2 (943 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 130.3 km2 (50.3 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 2,091,075 |
| • Density | 860/km2 (2,200/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 1,012,331 |
| Demographics | |
| • Literacy | 67.40% |
| • Sex ratio | 1003 |
| Vehicle registration | AP-07 (former) AP39 (from 30 January 2019) |
| Major highways | NH-16 |
| Website | guntur |
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Guntur district is one of the twenty six districts in the Coastal Andhra region of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The administrative seat of the district is located at Guntur, the largest city of the district in terms of area and with a population of 670,073. It has a coastline of approximately 100 km (62 mi) on the right bank of Krishna River, that separates it from Krishna district and NTR district. It is bounded on the south by Bapatla district and on the west by Palnadu district. It has an area of 2,443 km2 (943 sq mi), with a population of 20,91,075, as per 2011 census of India.
The district is often referred to as the Land of Chillies. It is also a major centre for agriculture, education and learning. It exports large quantities of chillies and tobacco.