List of cities in Andhra Pradesh by population

This article is about the list of most populated cities in Andhra Pradesh state of India as per the 2011 Census of India, conducted by the Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, under Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India.

Cities Statistics

As per the 2011 Census of India, towns with population of 100,000 and above are called "cities".[1]

Visakhapatnam is the most populated city, with a population of 2,278,000 after the merger of surrounding towns into Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (VMC) and it being upgraded to Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC). There have been proposals to merge some nearby villages to Vijayawada, Kakinada, and Rajamahendravaram Municipal Corporations.[2][3][4]

Visakhapatnam, Kakinada, and Tirupati are being developed as smart cities by Government of India under Smart Cities Mission.[5][6]

In 2021 Mangalagiri and Tadepalli Municipalities and villages in mandals were merged to form Mangalagiri-Tadepalli.[7]

The cities written in bold are the headquarters of their respective district.

S.no. City District Population
2011 Census
Population
2001 Census
Municipality
formation
Number

of wards[8]

1 Visakhapatnam Visakhapatnam 1,881,686 1,345,938 1865 98
2 Vijayawada NTR 1,034,358 900,061 1888 64
3 Guntur Guntur 743,880 514,461 1866 57
4 Nellore SPSR Nellore 594,783 404,775 1866 54
5 Kurnool Kurnool 457,633 269,122 1866 52
6 Kakinada Kakinada 384,128 335,299 1866 50
7 Rajamahendravaram East Godavari 376,333 374,721 1865 50
8 Kadapa YSR 344,893 148,039 1868 50
9 Mangalagiri-Tadepalli Guntur 315,323 244,990 2021 50
10 Tirupati Tirupati 295,323 244,990 1886 50
11 Anantapuram Anantapuram 267,161 243,143 1869 50
12 Ongole Prakasam 252,739 153,829 1876 50
13 Vizianagaram Vizianagaram 228,720 176,023 1888 50
14 Eluru Eluru 218,020 215,804 1866 50
15 Proddatur YSR 217,895 150,309 1915 41
16 Nandyal Nandyal 211,424 154,324 1899 42
17 Adoni Kurnool 184,625 146,458 1865 42
18 Madanapalle Annamayya 180,180 107,449 1961 35
19 Machilipatnam Krishna 169,892 179,353 1866 50
20 Tenali Guntur 164,937 153,756 1912 40
21 Chittoor Chittoor 160,722 152,654 1917 50
22 Hindupur Sri Sathya Sai 151,677 125,074 1920 38
23 Srikakulam Srikakulam 147,372 117,320 1856 50
24 Bhimavaram West Godavari 146,961 142,064 1948 39
25 Tadepalligudem West Godavari 130,348 102,622 1958 40
26 Guntakal Anantapuram 126,270 117,103 1948 37
27 Dharmavaram Sri Sathya Sai 121,874 103,357 1964 40
28 Gudivada Krishna 118,167 113,054 1937 39
29 Narasaraopet Palnadu 117,489 95,349 1915 38
30 Kadiri Sri Sathya Sai 110,512 89,235 1963 36
31 Tadipatri Anantapuram 108,421 86,843 1920 36
32 Chilakaluripet Palnadu 101,398 91,656 1964 38

This is a 2011 population census of M / M.Corp + O.G.of cities. (M - Municipality, M.Corp - Municipal corporation, O.G. - Out growth)

See Also

Notes

References

  1. ^ "Census Data 2011 / Metadata". The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Archived from the original on 17 June 2007. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  2. ^ Rajahmundry, Greater (16 March 2017). "Greater Rajahmundry: Revised Master Plan for Kakinada also ready". Greater Rajahmundry. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  3. ^ Venu Lanka (28 December 2019). "Greater Vijayawada likely to include only 29 villages | Vijayawada News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  4. ^ https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SGSwwKD2Aa4/XjWP__GF17I/AAAAAAAAF3M/Q7-z3QXc2OwKgIxHzIIFLhCk41PazKfVACNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/01.jpg. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ^ "Cities Profile of Round 1 Smart Cities :: SMART CITIES MISSION, Government of India". smartcities.gov.in. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  6. ^ Umamaheswara Rao (25 January 2020). "Barely a city now, Amaravati tops smart city spend | Amaravati News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  7. ^ "AP: Merger of villages to boost Mangalagiri as model town". Times of India. Vijayawada. 4 January 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  8. ^ "Municipal Corporations | Commissioner and Director of Municipal Administration". cdma.ap.gov.in. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  9. ^ Kurnool Municipal Corporation (6 October 2014). "KURNOOL MUNICIPAL CORPORATION STATUS REPORT". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  10. ^ "Kallur gram panchayat's merger with KMC okayed | Hyderabad News - Times of India". The Times of India. TNN. 9 February 2002. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  11. ^ "Corporation News - Corporation Update from all over India" (PDF). 26 November 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 November 2013. Retrieved 8 September 2020.