List of cities in Andhra Pradesh

This article is about list of cities in Andhra Pradesh state of India. The statistical data is based on 2011 Census of India, conducted by The Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, under Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India.

Cities statistics

As per 2011 Census of India, Towns with population of 1,00,000 and above are called Cities.^[1] The state of Andhra Pradesh has a total of 31 cities, including the state capital, Amaravati.^[2] These cities include, 14 municipal corporations, 16 municipalities.^[3] All the thirteen district headquarters of the state are classified as cities and are having municipal corporation status. Visakhapatnam is the most populous city with a population of 2,110,988 and Chilakaluripet is the least populous with a population of 101,550. Srikakulam is the least populated municipal corporation with a population of 125,939.^[3] Visakhapatnam and Vijayawada are the two metropolitan cities in the state.^[4] In terms of area, Visakhapatnam is the largest corporation with an area of 681.96 km² (263.31 sq mi), followed by the state capital, Amaravati. Proddatur is the smallest municipality, with an area of 7.12 km² (2.75 sq mi). Among the corporations, Eluru is the smallest corporation with an area of 14.55 km² (5.62 sq mi).^[3]

List of cities

Note:

• M.Corp - Municipal Corporation, M - Municipality^[5]
• The cities in bold are the headquarters of the respective District
• ‡ — State Capital
• Machilipatnam and Vizianagaram are upgraded to corporations, but continue to be as municipalities till the expiry of its present elected council.^[6][7]

Rank	Name	District	Type	Population (2011)	Area (sq.km.)	Ref
1	Visakhapatnam	Visakhapatnam	M.Corp	2,035,922	540.00	[3]
2	Vijayawada	Krishna	M.Corp	1,048,240	61.88	[8]
3	Guntur	Guntur	M.Corp	743,354	168.41	[9][10]
4	Nellore	Nellore	M.Corp	499,575	48.39	[11][12]
5	Kurnool	Kurnool	M.Corp	424,920	49.73	[13]
6	Rajahmundry	East Godavari	M.Corp	419,818	44.50	[14][15]
7	Tirupati	Chittoor	M.Corp	374,260	27.44	[16]
8	Kadapa	Kadapa	M.Corp	341,823	164.08	[17]
9	Kakinada	East Godavari	M.Corp	312,255	30.51	[18]
10	Anantapur	Anantapur	M.Corp	268,503	47.50
11	Vizianagaram	Vizianagaram	M	228,025	57.01	[19][20]
12	Eluru	West Godavari	M.Corp	218,018	14.50	[21]
13	Ongole	Prakasam	M.Corp	202,826	25.00	[22]
14	Nandyal	Kurnool	M	200,746	19.00	[23]
15	Machilipatnam	Krishna	M	169,892	26.67	[20][24]
16	Adoni	Kurnool	M	166,537	32.71	[25]
17	Tenali	Guntur	M	164,937	15.11	[26][27]
18	Proddatur	Kadapa	M	162,816	7.12	[28]
19	Chittoor	Chittoor	M.Corp	153,766	69.75	[29]
20	Hindupur	Anantapur	M	151,835	24.06	[30]
21	Bhimavaram	West Godavari	M	142,280	25.60	[31]
22	Madanapalle	Chittoor	M	135,669	14.20	[32]
23	Guntakal	Anantapur	M	126,270	40.87	[33]
24	Srikakulam	Srikakulam	M.Corp	125,939	20.89	[20][34]
25	Dharmavaram	Anantapur	M	121,874	40.50
26	Gudivada	Krishna	M	118,167	12.67
27	Narasaraopet	Guntur	M	116,250	7.65	[35]
28	Tadpatri	Anantapur	M	108,171	7.46	[36]
29	Tadepalligudem	West Godavari	M	103,906	20.71
30	Amaravati ‡	Guntur	N/A	103,000	217.23	[37][38]
31	Chilakaluripet	Guntur	M	101,398	19.28

Sources:

• Census India 2011^[39]
• Municipal Development Project^[40]

See also

• List of urban agglomerations in Andhra Pradesh
• List of cities in India by population

References

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