About Andhra Pradesh State

Andhra Pradesh is a State/Ut in India. As per the data provided by Census of India in 2011, total population of Andhra Pradesh was 84,580,777 which is 6.99% of total population of India.Andhra Pradesh covers 275,045 Km² area. Sex ratio of Andhra Pradesh's population is 993 females for every 1000 males, while child sex ratio is 939 females out of 1000 males.

For better understaing, details are categorized in four sections i.e. Population of Andhra Pradesh, Urban/Rural population of Andhra Pradesh, Literacy data of Andhra Pradesh and Religion wise data of Andhra Pradesh. Below are the full details and list of districts in Andhra Pradesh, India. Select any of these to know detailed information about them.

Andhra Pradesh has a total population of 84,580,777 people. Out of this, the male population stands at 42,442,146 while the female population 42,138,631. The state area is 275,045 square kilometers.

In terms of demographic statistics, Andhra Pradesh has sex ratio of 993 females per 1000 males and The child sex ratio is 939. Andhra Pradesh makes up 6.99% of India's total population.

Andhra Pradesh urban population is 28,219,075 (33.36% of the total), while the rural population is 56,361,702 (66.64% of the total). The urban population growth rate is significantly higher at 35.61% compared to the rural growth rate of 1.73%.

Among the urban population 14,198,905 are males, and 14,020,170 are females, resulting in an urban sex ratio of 987 females per 1000 males. In the rural population 28,243,241 are males and 28,118,461 are females, resulting in an rural sex ratio of 996 females per 1000 males.

The literacy data of Andhra Pradesh highlights a total literacy rate stands at 67.02% with 50,556,760 literate individuals. Male literacy is 74.88% while female literacy is lower at 59.15% among them, 28,251,243 males and 22,305,517 females are literate, highlighting a gender gap.

Urban areas show higher literacy rate with 20,205,695 people being literate, with men at 85.79% and female at 73.31%, compared to rural areas whereas 30,351,065 people are literate, with male at 69.38% and female at 51.29%. Highlights a gap between urban and rural literacy rates.

Andhra Pradesh population is mostly hindu (88.46 %%) with a total 74,824,149 people. Muslim(9.56 %%) with a total 8,082,412 people. Sikh are (0.05 %%) with a total 40,244 people. Smaller communities include Christian (1.34 %% with 1,129,784 people). Jain (0.06 %% with 53,849 people) Buddhist (0.04 %% with 36,692 people) and Other (0.01 %% with 9,547 people). Around (0.48 %% with 404,100 people) did not specify their religion.