Paper I · 4 Geography of India & AP · APPSC Paper I
4.5.3 Population and settlements notes
3 notes, in reading order.
- 4.5.3.1Population of AP: Census 2011 highlights
By Census 2011 figures for its present area, Andhra Pradesh has about 4.96 crore people, a high sex ratio of 997, literacy of only 67.35 per cent, a density of 304 per sq km and a low decadal growth of 9.21 per cent.
Standard · 7 min · Full course - 4.5.3.2Tribes of Andhra Pradesh: distribution and major groups
About one in twenty people in Andhra Pradesh belongs to a Scheduled Tribe; most live in the Eastern Ghats agency tracts of the north and the Godavari valley, while the Chenchus live in the Nallamala and the Yanadis, Yerukulas and Sugalis live in the plains.
Standard · 7 min · Full course - 4.5.3.3Urbanisation and major cities of AP
Less than a third of Andhra Pradesh lives in towns; its two million-plus cities are Visakhapatnam and Vijayawada, and Amaravati, now the state's legal capital, is being built as a planned greenfield city.
Standard · 7 min · Full course
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