Andhra Pradesh General Information

Andhra Pradesh
•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••Coordinates: 16°30′N 80°38′E / 16.50°N 80.64°E
Country- India
Region- South India
Established- 1 October 1953;
1 November 1956; 58 years ago (re-organised for 1st time).
2 June 2014; 11 months ago (re-organised for 2nd time)

Capital city- Hyderabad (De jure - 2024)
Amaravati
Largest city- Visakhapatnam
Districts- 13
Government
• Governor- E. S. L. Narasimhan
• Chief Minister- Nara Chandrababu Naidu (TDP)
• Legislature- Bicameral (175 + 58 seats)
• Lok sabha constituencies- 25
• High Court- High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad
Area†
• Total160,205 km2 (61,855 sq mi)
Area rank- 8th
Population (2011)
• Total49,386,799
• Rank- 10th
• Density- 308/km2 (800/sq mi)
Demonym- Andhrite
Time zoneIST (UTC+05:30)
UN/LOCODEAP
Vehicle registration- AP
Coastline-972 kilometres (604 mi)
Literacy Rate- 67.41%
Official language- Telugu
Emblem: Poorna kumbham
Song: Maa Telugu Talliki
Dance: Kuchipudi
Animal: Krishna Jinka
Bird: Paala Pitta
Flower: Neeti Kaluva
Fruit:  Maamidi Kaaya
Tree: Vepa Chettu
River:  Godavari, Krishna, Penna and Thungabhadra
Sport: Kabbaddi

•The state has a coastline of 972 km (604 mi), the second longest among all the states of India after Gujarat.
It borders Telangana in the northwest, Chhattisgarh in the north, Odisha in the northeast, Karnataka in the west, Tamil Nadu in the south and the water body of Bay of Bengal in the east.

•There are two regions in the state namely Coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema.
These two regions comprise 13 districts, with 9 in Coastal Andhra and 4 in Rayalaseema.