NTR district

The district was named in the memory of Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao (NTR), a prominent figure in the history of Andhra Pradesh. NTR, a celebrated actor and politician. He was the founder of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and served as the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh. He is widely remembered for his groundbreaking welfare policies and his efforts to uplift the rural poor and marginalized communities.

Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy while interacting with relatives of the TDP founder and former Chief Minister N. T. Rama Rao at Nimmakuru village in the Pamarru Assembly constituency as the opposition leader promised that he would name the district after the late leader.^[1][2] NTR district was proposed on 26 January 2022 and became one of the twenty-six districts in the state after the gazette notification was issued by the Government of Andhra Pradesh on 3 April 2022. On 4 April 2022 the chief minister Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy virtually inaugurated all 13 new districts, officially establishing NTR district., gazette notification. The district was carved out of Krishna district, with Vijayawada revenue division. Nandigama and Tiruvuru revenue divisions were formed along with the district.^{[5][6][7][8][9]}

NTR district shares its borders with Krishna district and Eluru district on the east, Palnadu district and Guntur district on the south, Suryapet district of Telangana state on the west and Khammam district of Telangana state on the north.

The Krishna river flows towards east and acts as border with Palnadu district and Guntur district.

Based on the 2011 census, NTR district has a population of 22,18,591, of which 1,302,557 (58.71%) live in urban areas. NTR district has a sex ratio of 991 females per 1000 males. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes made up 4,06,350 (18.32%) and 82,101 (3.70%) of the population respectively.^{[11]: 79–83}

Based on the 2011 census, 90.12% of the population spoke Telugu, 6.90% Urdu and 1.43% Lambadi as their first language.^[12]

The district is divided into three revenue divisions: Nandigama, Tiruvuru and Vijayawada, which are further subdivided into a total of twenty mandals.^[13]

The district has one municipal corporation, two municipalities, and two Nagar panchayats as per the district reorganization in 2022.^[14]

The district is formed with the borders of Vijayawada Lok Sabha constitutency. There are seven assembly constituencies in the district.^[15]

Dr. NTR University of Health Sciences and School of Planning and Architecture are located in Vijayawada. The district has numerous engineering colleges including Prasad V. Potluri Siddhartha Institute of Technology, Velagapudi Ramakrishna Siddhartha Engineering College, Lakireddy Bali Reddy Engineering College, Gudlavalleru Engineering College, and DMS SVH College of Engineering.

SRR & CVR government degree college is one of the oldest colleges. It was established in 1937. Government polytechnic Vijayawada is also one of the oldest polytechnic colleges in India. Andhra Loyola College, AANM & VVRSR polytechnic college at Gudlavalleru, Mary Stella college, Sidhartha Degree College are a few of the many famous arts and science colleges in the district.^{[citation needed]}

Kondapalli Fort, Bhavani Island, and temples like Kanaka Durga Temple, Sri Tirupatamma Gopayya Swamivarla Devasthanam, Vedadri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Devasthanam, Srikakulandhra Mahavishnu Devasthanam, Ghantasala Jaladheeswara Temple, Mopidevi Subhramanyeswara Swamy Temple and Gunadala Matha Shrine are some of the major attractions.^[16]