Andhra Pradesh Facts: India's Rice Bowl and Pharma Hub
1. Andhra Pradesh
• Situated on the southeastern coast of
the country
•The state is the seventh largest state
in India covering an area of 162,970 km2
•The state is tenth largest by population
with 49,386,799
•Capital -Amravati
•Language-Telugu
2. Transportation
•The state is well connected to other states
through road and rail networks
• highway network of around 1,000 km
•The Andhra Pradesh state road transport
corporation(APSRTC) is the major public bus
transport owned by the state government
which runs thousands of buses connecting
different parts of the state
•Pandit Nehru bus station in Vijayawada is
the one of the largest bus terminals in Asia
3. •Andhra Pradesh has a railway network of
4,403 km
•One of the highest broad gauge tracks in the
world is in Eastern Ghats route that runs
from Visakhapatnam to Anantagiri
•Most of Andhra Pradesh falls
under Guntur, Vijayawada, Guntakal (South
Central Railway zone)and Waltair(east cost
railway zone) divisions.
•Waltair Railway Division under ECR zone is
fourth largest revenue earning division in
India.
4. • Vijayawada railway station is the highest grosser
in the SCR zone and one of busiest railway
junctions in India.
Airports
Visakhapatnam Airport, is the only
airport in the state with international
connectivity. The state has five domestic
airports, Vijayawada Airport at
Gannavaram, Rajahmundry Airport at
Madhurapudi, Tirupati Airport at
Renigunta, Cuddapah Airport and a
privately owned, public use airport
at Puttaparthi. There are also 16 small air
strips located in the state.
5.
6. Sea ports
• The state has a coastline of 974 km
• Andhra Pradesh has one of the country's
largest port at Visakhapatnam in terms of
cargo handling
• The other famous ports are Krishnapatnam
Port (Nellore), Gangavaram
Port and Kakinada Port. Gangavaram Port
is a deep seaport which can accommodate
ocean liners up to 200,000–
250,000 DWT. There are 14 notified non-
major ports at Bheemunipatnam, S.Yanam,
Machilipatnam, Nizampatnam, Vadarevu
etc.
7. •Andhra Pradesh has an overall literacy rate
of 67.41% as per the 2011 Indian census
•The primary and secondary school
education is imparted by government, aided
and private schools, under the
administration of school education
department of the state.
8. Andhra Pradesh has rich culture and
heritage
•arts, crafts and artifacts, literature, music
and films.
Economy
•Andhra Pradesh was ranked eighth among
other Indian states in terms of GSDP for the
financial year 2014–2015
•Known as rice bowl of India
•The economy of Andhra Pradesh is mainly
Driven by agriculture.
9. •the presence of rich climatic and soil
conditions make Andhra Pradesh a major
agricultural belt. Few of the leading crops
produced in the state include rice, chilly,
oilseeds, cotton, pulses and gram.
•77% of its crop is rice
•Andhra Pradesh is home to many global and
national pharma players and various
companies have set up their manufacturing
hubs in different cities of the state. As of July
2016, the state had a total of four
Pharmaceutical SEZs.
10. •Andhra Pradesh is at the seventh position in the
list of top IT exporting states o f India.
• The Information Technology, Electronics &
Communication department of the state has
established a new IT policy within the state with a
view to attain a substantial market share in India’s
IT market by 2020.
•Companies like Microsoft, IBM, Motorola,
Oracle, Baan and Wipro have set up their
operations in Hyderabad.
•Andhra Pradesh produces medium grade and
superior long staple varieties of cotton. During
2016-17 (up to May 2016), 858 metric tonnes of
raw silk was produced by the state.
11. •Andhra Pradesh is the second largest store house
of Mineral Resources in India. The State has
identified the Mining Sector as one of the growth
engines for the overall development of industry
and infrastructure. A total of 48 minerals are found
in the State including vast unexplored resources of
Coal, Limestone, Oil and Natural Gas, Manganese,
Asbestos, Iron Ore, Ball Clay, Fire Clay, Gold
Diamonds, Graphite, Dolomite, Quartz, Tungsten,
Steatitic, Feldspar, Silica Sand etc
12. •There are more than 20 auto component
manufacturing companies in the state
Most of these components are presently being
supplied to Ashok Leyland, Honda, Tata, Suzuki,
Mahindra & Mahindra, Escorts, Kirloskar and Bajaj.
