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Key facts
- Country
- India
- State
- Andhra Pradesh
- Region
- Rayalaseema
- Formed
- 1 April 1911
- Reorganized
- 4 April 2022
- Headquarters
- Chittoor
- Largest city
- Chittoor
- District collector
- Sumith kumar, IAS
- Sp
- Tushar Dudi, IPS
- Lok sabha
- Lok Sabha List Chittoor
- Assembly
- Assembly List Chittoor (SC) Gangadhara Nellore (SC) Kuppam Nagari Palamaner Puthalapattu (SC)
- Total
- 6,855 km (2,647 sq mi)
- Sex ratio
- 985 (females per 1,000 males)
- Official
- Telugu
- Regional
- Telugu - 73.23% Tamil - 16.75% Urdu - 8.72%
- Time zone
- UTC+5:30 ( IST )
- Postal index number
- 517xxx
- Area codes
- +91–8572
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Encyclopedic overview
Chittoor district (pronunciation) is one of the eight districts in the Rayalaseema region of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It had a population of 18,72,951 at the 2011 census of India. It is a major market centre for mangoes, grains, sugarcane, and peanuts. The district headquarters is at Chittoor City. The major cities/towns in the district are Chittoor, Nagari, Palamaner, and Kuppam.
Etymology
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chittoor district” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.