Prakasam district

Prakasam district
Prakasam district
District of Andhra Pradesh
	Clockwise from top-left: Bhairavakona Cave temples, Chili drying in Dornapala, Amy Bowen Memorial Church in Donakonda, Beach in Pakala, Cumbum Lake
	Location of Prakasam district in Andhra Pradesh
	Interactive map outlining district
	Coordinates (Ongole): 15°20′N 79°33′E / 15.333°N 79.550°E
Country	India
State	Andhra Pradesh
Region	Coastal Andhra
Established	1970
Reorganized	2022
Named for	Tanguturi Prakasam
Headquarters	Ongole
Mandalas	39
Government
• Collector	A S Dinesh Kumar, IAS
• Superintendent of Police	Mallika Garg, IPS
• Lok Sabha constituencies	Ongole,Bapatla
• Assembly constituencies	08
Area
• Total	14,322 km2 (5,530 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	2,288,026
• Density	160/km2 (410/sq mi)
• Urban	19.44%
Demographics
• Literacy	63.53%
• Sex ratio	981
Vehicle registration	AP-27 (former); AP–39 (from 30 January 2019)
Major highways	NH-16
Website	prakasam.ap.gov.in

Prakasam district is one of the twelve districts in the coastal Andhra region of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It was formed in 1970 and reorganised on 4 April 2022. The headquarters of the district is Ongole. It is located on the western shore of Bay of Bengal and is bounded by Bapatla district and Palnadu districts in the north, Nandyal district in the west, Kadapa and Nellore districts in the south. A part of north west region also borders with Nagarkurnool district of Telangana.^[5] It is the largest district in the state with an area of 14,322 km² (5,530 sq mi) and had a population of 22,88,026 as per 2011 Census of India.^[6]

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