It was named as prakasam district on 12 May 1972,
in memory of the great patriot and Andhra Leader, Tanguturi Prakasam Panthulu,
also known as Andhra Kesari (Lion of Andhra ) who was born in Vinodarayunipalem
village near Ammanabrolu of this district.
History
Prakasam District's past stretches back to the days
when it was ruled by the Mauryas from 250 B.C. the rise of the Satavahanas saw
Buddhism flourish in the region and the construction of several stupas. The
Ikshvaku and Vijayanagar Kings,the Kakatiyas, the Qutub Shahis,the Mughals, the
Addanki Reddys,the Chundi Rajas, the ongole Samsthanam Kings and the Pellur
Rajas later followed these rulers.
The Prakasam district was originally constituted on
the 2 February 1970, carved out of Guntur, Nellore and Kurnool districts of
Andhra Pradesh. It was carved out of three taluks of Guntur District, i.e.
Addanki, Chirala and Ongole, four taluks of Nellore district, i.e. Kandukur,
Kanigiri, Podili and Darsi and three taluks of Kurnool district i.e.
Markapuram, Cumbum and Giddaluru. It is one of the nine districts in the
Coastal Andhra region of Andhra Pradesh.
Prakasam District is currently a part of the Red
Corridor.
Geography
Prakasam Distric occupies an area of 17,626 square
kilometres (6,805 sq mi), comparatively equivalent to Indonesia's Seram Island.
The only one Municipal Corporation in Prakasam is
Ongole. Some of the main towns in Prakasam district are Singarayakonda,
Addanki, Inkollu, Markapur, Yerragondapalem, Podili, Darsi, Chirala, Kandukur,
Parchur, Giddaluru, Podili, Dornala, Cumbum, Kanigiri, Chimakurthi and Martur.
Markapur is India's main slate manufacturing town where the historic temple of
Lord Chennakesava is situated. Chimakurthi is world renowned for its granite
reserves. Dornala is also known as diguva Srisailam, since it is very near the
historic pilgrimage center of Srisailam.
Cumbum lake also known as Gundalakamma lake built
on Gundalakamma rivulet upon Nallamalai hills is one of the oldest man made
lakes of Asia. The anicut was built by the Gajapati kings of Orissa in 15th.
Century AD when the area was under their control. It was subsequently renovated
by the Vijayanagar princess Varadharajamma. The lake in its present form is
about 7 km long and on average, about 3.5 km wide As per the Imperial gazette
of India at the turn of 20th century the height of the dam was 57 feet (17 m)
and the drainage area was 430 square miles (1,100 km2). The direct irrigation
land was about 10,300 acres (42 km2) in all. Cumbum lake is accessible both by
the rail Guntur-Nandyal railway line and by road 108 km from Ongole.
Economy
Martur is famous for its granite units and Tobacco
factories and Spinning mills which give emplyoment to over 25,000 laborers and
technical engineers. This village pays the highest power bill for its usage. A
new Steel factory is under construction where people from Orissa and Rajasthan
come to work.Nirmamaheswara swami (Lord Siva) temple is a very old and famous
temple in Podili.
Household indicators
In 2007–2008 the International Institute for
Population Sciences interviewed 977 households in 42 villages across the
district. They found that 91.1% had access to electricity, 91.3% had drinking
water, 40% toilet facilities, and 54.6% lived in a pucca (permanent) home.
31.7% of girls wed before the legal age of 18and 73.9% of interviewees carried
a BPL card.
Divisions
Mandals
There are 56 Mandals in Prakasham district. They
are:
Addanki, Ardhaveedu, Ballikuruva, Bestavaripeta, Chadrasekara
Puram, Chimakurthi, Chinaganjam, Chirala, Cumbum, Darsi, Donakonda, Dornala,
Giddaluru, Gudluru, Hanumanthunipadu, Inkollu, Janakavaram Panguluru, Kandukur,
Kanigiri, Karamchedu, Komarolu, Konakanamitla, Kondapi, Korisapadu,
Kothapatnam, Kurichedu, Lingasamudram, Maddipadu, Markapur, Marripudi, Martur,
Mundlamuru, Naguluppalapadu, Ongole, Pamur, Parchur, Pedaaraveedu,
Pedacherlopalle, Podili, Ponnaluru, Pullalacheruvu, Racherla, Santhamaguluru,
Santhanuthlapadu, Singarayakonda, Tangutur, Tarlapadu, Thallur, Tripuranthakam,
Ulavapadu, Veligandla, Vetapalem, Voletivaripalem, Yeddanapudi,
Yerragondapalem, Zarugumilli,
Demographics
According to the 2011 census Prakasam Distric has a
population of 3,392,764 , roughly equal to the nation of Panamaor the US state
of Connecticut. This gives it a ranking of 98th in India (out of a total of
640). The district has a population density of 192 inhabitants per square
kilometre (500 /sq mi) . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011
was 10.9 %.Prakasam has a sex ratio of 981 females for every 1000 males, and a
literacy rate of 63.53 %.
Culture
Prakasam,s culture is a mixed one because district
it self is a mixture of two different regions of A.P ( rayalaseema ,
coastalandhra ). The north-east ongole division has a typical guntur type of
culture dominated by agricultural practices. The Kandukur division is having
nellore sought of culture which is not much agriculturally dominated. The
Markapur division having kurnool as well as guntur culture. this is an
industrially devoloping region. so we can not see a single culture through out
this district. rituals, practices, celebrating mode of festivals vary in
different regions in this district. The people of ONGOLE division consume
mostly RICE where as people of MARKAPUR and KANDUKUR divisions consume much of
RAGI, JOWAR along with RICE. The coast of PRAKASAM has a large no.of fishing
community with their own specific culture which adds beauty to the culture of
district. The slang of TELUGU of PRAKASAM is the second widely understood slang
of TELUGU in the STATE( A.P ).
Notable people
U.
Aswathanarayana, Honorary Director of the Mahadevan International Centre for
Water Resources Management, India
Education
List of Engineering Colleges in Prakasam offering
Engineering Degree course in the region. Joining in Engineering colleges that
are All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) accredited is preferred.
Further most colleges are affiliated with a regional University
Mandalas in Prakasam Dist
Prakasam
Engineering College
RISE
Groups of Institutions, Ongole
RISE
Prakasam Group of Institutions, Ongole
RISE
Prakasam Engineering College, Ongole
RISE
Prakasam MBA College, Ongole
RISE
Prakasam MCA College, Ongole
RISE
Gandhi Group of Institutions, Ongole
RISE
Gandhi Engineering College, Ongole
RISE
Gandhi MBA College, Ongole
RISE
Gandhi MCA College, Ongole
SSN
Engineering College
Rao &
Naidu Engineering College
QIS
Engineering College
Chirala
Engineering College
Dr Samuel
George Institute of Engineering & Technology
St Anns
College of Engineering & Technology
VRS &
YRN College of Engineering & Technology
Malineni
Lakshmaiah Engineering College
ABR
college of engg&technology,KANIGIRI
Pace
Institute Of Technology & Sciences
QIS
college of engineering
BBH
Degree College, Vetapalem
PACE
group of Educational institutions.
BA&KR
DEGREE & PG COLLEGE.
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