Detail Factual Overview

General Information

• State Name: Andhra Pradesh
• Formation: Originally formed on 1 October 1953, and reorganized on 1 November 1956 (on linguistic basis). Bifurcated on 2 June 2014 to form Telangana.
• Capital: Amaravati (under development; executive capital), with Visakhapatnam proposed as the administrative capital and Kurnool as the judicial capital (as per recent proposals).
• Official Language: Telugu (widely spoken and the first classical language of the modern South Indian states)
• Other Spoken Languages: Urdu, English, Hindi
• State Symbols:
  • Animal: Blackbuck
  • Bird: Indian Roller (Pala Pitta)
  • Flower: Jasmine
  • Tree: Neem
• Area: ~162,968 sq. km
• Population: ~49 million (as per 2011 census; updated estimates suggest around 54–55 million in 2024)