The District is skirted to a distance by Kandivalasagedda, Vamsadhara and Bahuda at certain stretches of their courses white a line of heights of the great Eastern Ghats run from North East. Vizianagaram District flanks in the south and west while Orissa bounds it on the north and Bay of Bengal on the East .The total area of the District is 5837 Sq. Kms. It has a population of 2537593 persons according to the 2001 census. The District derived its name from Srikakulam its headquarters town. Srikakulam District was carved out in 1950 by bifurcating it from Visakhapatnam District, it remained unaffected in its territorial jurisdiction for quite some time. But in November, 1969 the District lost 63 Villages from Saluru Taluk and 44 Villages from Bobbili Taluk on account of their transfer to the then newly constituted Gajapathinagaram Taluk of Visakhapatnam District. Again in May, 1979, the District had undergone major territorial changes on account of the formation of new District with head quarters at Vizianagaram which involved transfer of Salur, Bobbili, Parvathipuram and Cheepurupalli Taluks to the new District. RIVERS: Important Rivers: Nagavali, Vamsadhara, , Mahendratanaya, Champavathi, Bahuda and Kumbikotagedda The rivers have origin in the Eatsren Ghats of Orissa state and joins Bay Of Bengal within the seacoast of Srikakulam district. The District has a seacoast of 193 Kms. CLIMATE AND RAINFALL : Throughout the year, the climate is characterised by humidity. The South-West-monsoon which follows the summer season lasts upto to September. Northeast monsoon starts from 1st October to the end of November. The period from December to mid February enjoys generally a fine. weather. The annual rainfall is 937.6 mm during the year 2004-2005 against normal rainfall is 1162 mm. FLORA : The forests in the District exhibit a variety of local changes in quality, composition and density. The forests are of varying types greatly differing in nature, intermixed, and interrupted by superior or inferior types. These show, much diversity in representation and combination of the main species. The forests can be broadly classified as follows: The South Indian Moist deciduous which includes mixed forests,sal forests and hilly Savannahs. The South – Indian dry ever-green miscellaneous forests. FAUNA : The land fauna in Srikakulam District is very little. In the past, the District must have been the sort of several wild animals. Human habitation and the indiscriminate destruction of forests resulted in the disappearance of the many species. Among the carnivore the tiger is almost extinct, but leopard, hyena and wolf are occasionally seen in the forests. The Jackal fox, wild cats and dogs are other carnivorous animals found in the District. The herbivorous class is represented by the somber and spotted deer or chital, while wild goat, bears are the other common once. The black buck, the blue bull and the bison are conspicuously absent in these parts. Among the birds, the peafowl, Peacock, Jungle fowl, Pigeon, parrot, Myna partridges, goose doves etc,., are common. 2001 CENSUS: As per 2001 Census. The population of Srikaulam District is 2537593. Of the population the male population is 1260020 while the female population is 1277573 the decennial growth rate from 1991 to 2001 is 9.33 Percent for the District as against 14.44 percent for the State, and it is significantly lower than the state average regarding Sex-ratio in the state. The density of population for the District is 435 persons per Sq.Km as against the State average of 277. The Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe population of the District is 229609 and 151249 respectively. This forms 9.05 percent and 5.96 percent respectively in the total population of the District as per 2001 census. There are 731778 male literates and 485881 female literates. The literacy rate is 67.19 percent among males and 43.68 percent among female population of the District. The urban population in the District is 278659 which works out to 11 percent of the total population as against 27.35 percent for the state. There are 6 urban units in Srikakulam District. Out of these, 4 are Municipalities and 2 are notified Panchayats. The Population details of lthese urban units are as follows: Municipalities Population : Srikakulam 117320 Amadalavalasa 37931 Ichapuram 32662 Palasa-Kasibugga 49899 TOWNS : Sompeta 17423 Rajam 23424   Home | Imp No's | Railway | Tourism | Classifieds | Yellow Pages | History | Contact Us Design & Maintained by KIT

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