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District - PRAKASAM

Headquarters:Ongole

  Unit    
Area Sq.km. 17626.00 Census 1991
Population '000 2759.17 "
Male '000 1400.47 "
Female '000 1358.70 "
Urban '000 453.90 "
Rural '000 2305.26 "
Population Growth (p.a) % 1.84 "
Population Density (Person/Sq.Km) Nos. 157.00 "
Urbanisation % 16.45 "
Literacy % 40.30 "
Male % 53.14 "
Female % 27.06 "
Workers as % of total population % 48.64 "
Workers % of main Workers
Agriculture & allied activities % 79.44 "
Mining & Quarrying % 0.32 "
Mfg.(Non-household) industries % 3.37 "
Household industries % 2.50 "
Construction % 1.22 "
Services % 13.15 "
Forest Area as % of reporting area % 25.85 1997-98
Gross irrigated area as % of gross cropped area % 36.36 "
Value of output of major crops
Per capita food grain production Kg. 154.00 "
Road Length per 100 sq.km. Km. 50.47 1996-97
Railway route length per 100 sq.km. Km. 1.37 "
Post offices per 100,000 persons No. 24.00 "
Bank branches per 100,000 persons No. 8.00 1994-95
Per capita bank deposits Rs. 1949.00 "
Per capita bank credit Rs. 1430.00 "
Per capita bank credit to agriculture Rs. 671.00 "
Per ha. bank credit to agriculture Rs. 3507.00 "
Per capita bank credit to SSIs Rs. 84.77 "
Per capita bank credit to Industries Rs. 215.46 "
MAJOR CROPS 1997-98
C R O P Area as % of District total Quantity(In '000 Tonnes)  
Rice 25.76 346 1997-98
Jowar 1.52 10 "
Cotton * 7.58 48 "
Turmeric N 1 "
Maize 1.33 26 "
Arhar 6.63 2 "
Chillies 2.08 14 "
Sugar cane N 27 "
Sesame 1.33 1 "
* (Lint '000 bales of 170 Kgs) N=Negligible

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