The area of the Rayalaseema region makes up for more than 46 % of the total state area when considering its parliamentary limits .
It has an area of 67,299 km2 , which is 42.00 % of total state area , ( by taking parliamentary limits of rayalaseema region , its total area may rise above 46 % ) and a population of 15,174,908 ( 2011 census ) , which is 30.03 % of the state population .
Rayalaseema