DISTRICT PROFILE

West Godavari District is carved out of old Godavari District as it is the Western delta of the River Godavari, it was appropriately named as "West Godavari", with Headquarters at Eluru and came into existence in the year 1925.         The Geographical, Topographic, Demographic and other socio economic aspects of the West Godavari District are detailed here under.

BOUNDARIES AND TOPOGRAPHY OF THE DISTRICT      The District is bounded by the following places and features on all the four sides.      East : River Godavari      West: westgodavari District      North: Khammam District      South: westgodavari District and Bay of Bengal The District is situated in tropical region between 16o - 15' -00" to 17o -30'-00" Northern latitude and 80o - 55' -00" to 81o – 55’ – 00” Eastern Longitude. It can be divided into three natural regions viz., Delta, Upland and Agency areas.