Srikakulam district



Srikakulam formerly known as Chicacole is the northern most city of Andhra Pradesh. The most important places of interest in the town include the temple of Kotisvaraswami, Sun God at Arasavilli, Lord Vishnu at Sri Kurmam and a mosque known as Jumma Masjid, built by Sher Muhammad Khan.

Other than these, Srikakulam has some beautiful sight seeing places like Kalingapatnam(Beach), Buddhist Tourist Places like Salihundam, beautiful bird Sanctuary Telinilapuram where birds from Russia and Siberia Stay in winter.

Also called poor mans Ooty, Srikakulam is located 100 km north of Visakhapatnam. It has a population of 2,537,593 of which 10.98% is urban as of 2001.

Srikakulam district has the longest coast line in the state of Andhra Pradesh. It is bordered by on the east and north,  on the west,  on the south.

Two of the rivers that pass through Srikakulam district are and.

Srikakulam District was created out of part of on,. Some areas of were also added.

Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies
There are 12 Assembly Constituencies and one Parliamentary Constituency in Srikakulam district.

is the only Parliamentary Consituency in this district. It includes the areas under Ichchapuram, Sompeta, Tekkali, Harishchandrapuram, Narasannapeta, Amadalavalasa and Srikakulam assembly constituencies.

The 12 Assembly Constituencies are namely, , , , , , , , , , and.

Irrigation
The Nagavali and Vamsadhara are the major rivers in Srikakulam district. These two river basins together constitutes about 5 % of the area. Mahendratanaya and rivers are the other two minor river basins in the district.

There are no major irrigation projects. Narayanapuram Anicut, Regulator and Pydigam Project are the medium irrigation projects providing a total ayacut of 69,373 acres.

Revenue Divisions and Mandals
There are 3 revenue divisions and 38 mandals in the Srikakulam district. The revenue divisions are, and.