Palnadu district

Palnadu District
Palnadu District
District of Andhra Pradesh
	Clockwise from top-left: Kotappakonda, Dhyana Buddha statue in Amaravati, Lakshmi Channakeshava Swami Temple in Macherla, Pelicans in Uppalapadu Bird Sanctuary, Ethipothala Falls, Buddhist monuments in Anupu
	Location of Palnadu district in Andhra Pradesh
	Interactive map outlining district
Country	India
State	Andhra Pradesh
Region	Coastal Andhra
Headquarters	Narasaraopet
Administrative divisions	03 revenue divisions; 28 mandals;
Government
• District collector and magistrate	Sri Lathkar Shrikesh Balajirao, I.A.S.
• Superintendent of Police	Malika Garg, I.P.S
• Lok Sabha constituency	Narasaraopet
• MP	Lavu Sri Krishna Devarayalu
• Assembly constituencies	07
Area
• Total	7,298 km2 (2,818 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	2,041,723
• Density	280/km2 (720/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+05:30 (IST)
Website	palnadu.ap.gov.in

Palnadu district is a district in coastal Andhra Region in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. With Narasaraopet as its administrative headquarters, it was formed on 4 April 2022 to become one of the resultant twenty-six districts The district was formed from Gurazala, Sattenapalli and Narasaraopet revenue divisions from Palnadu district.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6] The district covers most of the Palnadu region.

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