page_title: East Godavari
section_title: Divisions
hierarchical_section_title: East Godavari / Divisions
caption_attribution_description: English: Revenue divisions map of East Godavari district
context_page_description: East Godavari is a district in the Coastal Andhra region of Andhra Pradesh, India. Its district headquarters is at Kakinada. As of Census 2011, it became the most populous district of the state with a population of 5,151,549. Rajahmundry and Kakinada are the major cities in the district in terms of population.
  In the Madras Presidency, the District of Rajahmundry was created in 1823. It was reorganised in 1859 and was bifurcated into Godavari and Krishna districts. During British rule, Rajahmundry was the headquarters of Godavari district, which was further bifurcated into East Godavari and West Godavari districts in 1925. When the Godavari district was divided, Kakinada became the headquarters of East Godavari and Eluru became headquarters of West Godavari. In November 1956 Andhra Pradesh was formed by merging Andhra State with the Telugu-speaking areas of the Hyderabad State. In 1959, the Bhadrachalam revenue division, consisting of Bhadrachalam and Naguru Taluqs of the East Godavari district were merged into the Khammam district.
context_section_description: The district has 7 revenue divisions namely, Amalapuram, Etapaka, Kakinada, Peddapuram, Rajamahendravaram, Ramachandrapuram and Rampachodavaram with 64 mandals. These 64 mandals consists of 1 Greater Municipal Corporation, 1 Municipal Corporation, 7 Municipalities, 7Nagara Panchayats. The District has 1 Greater Municipal Corporation namely Rajamahendravaram and Municipal Corporation namely Kakinada. The 7 municipalities in the district include, Amalapuram, Mandapeta, Peddapuram, Pithapuram, Ramachandrapuram, Samalkota, Tuni. The 7 Nagara Panchayats include Gollaprolu, Yeleswaram, Jaggampeta, Anaparthy, Mummidivaram, Ravulapalem, Kothapeta. Rajamahendravaram Municipal Corporation upgraded to Greater Rajamahendravaram Municipal Corporation and Jaggampeta, Anaparthy, Ravulapalem, Kothapeta Grama Panchayats upgraded to Nagara Panchayats in the years 2019, 2020.
caption: Revenue divisions of East Godavari
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