Andra Pradesh > Krishna District
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| Prakasam Barrage at Vijayawada across Krishna River |
Krishna district was one of the oldest British administrated areas of Andhra Pradesh. It was formerly called Masulapatnam district and in 1859 when the ten Guntur district was abolished, certain taluks thereof were added to this district which was renamed as Krishna district, after the mighty river Krishna. Krishna District is a district of India's Andhra Pradesh state. It is named after the Krishna River which flows through the district. It has a population of 4,187,841 of which 32.08% is urban as of 2001.
Machilipatnam is the administrative headquarters of the district. Vijayawada is the commercial center of the district. The district is bounded by Khammam District to the north-west, West Godavari District to the north-east, the Bay of Bengal to the south-east, Guntur District to the southwest, and Nalgonda District to the west.
History of Krishna Krishna District with its District Headquarters at Machilipatnam is the coastal district of Andhra Pradesh. It was formerly called as Machlipatnam District. Later it was renamed as Krishna District after the holy river Krishna, by adding certain Taluks of the abolished Guntur District in 1859. Again in 1925 Krishna District was further divided into Krishna and West Godavari Districts. Further there are no changes in its jurisdiction except some minor changes (in Divi Taluk and Munagala paragana) Climate of Krishna District Tropical climate conditions with extreme hot summer and cold winter prevail in this district. April to June are hottest months with high temperature in May. The monsoon usually breaks in the middle of June and brings good rains up to the middle of October.
Transportation and Communications of Krishna District
vijayawada city is the largest commercial centre of this district and also there is an important railway junction being connected to delhi, calcutta, madras, hubli, gudivada and machilipatnam. It has an aerodrome at gannavaram about 16 kms away and a minor sea port at machilipatnam. The second largest bus station complex in the state is also located in vijayawada.
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