NTR district

Named after former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao,[1] NTR district was proposed on 26 January 2022 and became one of the twenty-six districts in the state after the gazette notification was issued by the Government of Andhra Pradesh on 3 April 2022. The gazette notification came into force on 4 April 2022. The district was carved out of Krishna district, and consists of the existing Vijayawada revenue division along with Nandigama and Tiruvuru revenue divisions, which were formed along with the district.[2][3][4][5][6]

NTR district is bordered with Krishna district and Eluru districts on the East, Palnadu district and Guntur districts on the South, Suryapet district of Telangana state on the West and Khammam district of Telangana state on the North.

The River Krishna flows towards East and acts as border between NTR and Palnadu district as well as Guntur districts.

Primary and secondary school education in the district is imparted by government, aided and private schools, under the School Education Department of the state.

NTR University of Health Sciences and School of Planning and Architecture, South Indian Chapter are located in Vijayawada. The district also has numerous engineering colleges, including Lakireddy Bali Reddy Engineering College, Loyola Engineering College and Potti Sri Ramulu College, and degree colleges including SRR & CVR Govt, Andhra Loyola College, P.B Siddarth, Maris Stella, K.B.N, KVR College in Nandigama, and SGS College in Jaggayyapeta, etc. Govt Polytechnic Vijayawada is one of the oldest polytechnic colleges in India.

At the time of the 2011 census, NTR district has a population of 22,18,591, of which 1,302,557 (58.71%) live in urban areas. NTR district has a sex ratio of 991 females per 1000 males. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes made up 4,06,350 (18.32%) and 82,101 (3.70%) of the population respectively.[9]^: 79–83

At the time of the 2011 census, 90.12% of the population spoke Telugu, 6.90% Urdu and 1.43% Lambadi as their first language.[8]

Satellite view of NTR district

The district is divided into 3 revenue divisions: Nandigama, Tiruvuru and Vijayawada, which are further subdivided into a total of 20 mandals, each headed by a sub-collector.[11]

Note -

** Vijayawada Population shown here is only, Municipal Corporation Population.

** Vijayawada Urban Agglomeration Population is 14,76,931

There are 8 towns in the district.Most populous municipality is Vijayawada which has a population of 1.021 million consisting of 43% of the district's population.

District has numerous engineering colleges including Prasad V. Potluri Siddhartha Institute of Technology, Velagapudi Ramakrishna Siddhartha Engineering College, Lakireddy Bali Reddy Engineering College, Gudlavalleru Engineering College, DMS SVH College of Engineering, SRR & CVR Govt. Degree College is one of the oldest colleges. It was established in 1937. Govt Polytechnic Vijayawada (one of the oldest Polytechnic colleges in India), Andhra Loyola College, AANM & VVRSR (Gudlavalleru) Polytechnic College, Mary Stella college, Sidhartha Degree College are a few of the many famous arts and science colleges in the district.

Kondapalli Fort, Bhavani Island, and temples like Kanaka Durga Temple, Sri Tirupatamma Gopayya Swamivarla Devasthanam, Vedadri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Devasthanam, Srikakulandhra Mahavishnu Devasthanam, Ghantasala Jaladheeswara Temple, Mopidevi Subhramanyeswara Swamy Temple are some of the major attractions.