Krishna District

Krishna District is a district of India’s Andhra Pradesh state. Krishna district was one of the oldest British administrated areas of Andhra Pradesh. It was formerly called Masulapatnam district and in 1859 when the ten Guntur district was abolished, certain taluks thereof were added to this district which was renamed as Krishna district, after the mighty river Krishna.

Machilipatnam is the administrative headquarters of the district. The district is bounded by Khammam District to the north-west, West Godavari District to the north-east, the Bay of Bengal to the south-east, Guntur District to the southwest, and Nalgonda District to the west. There are many rivers in Krishna District. The chief rivers of the district are the Krishna (length 1,280 kms) Muniyeru (Muneru), the Tammileru and Budameru. Krishna river debouches in to the Bay of Bengal at Hamsala Divi and Nachugunta in this district. The district contains small hillstreams viz., Jayanthi, Kattaleru, Ippalavagu, Upputeru, Telleru, Ballaleru, Nadimeyeru.

Endowed with a rich variety of soils, the district occupies an important place in Agriculture, which is the most important occupation, and Paddy is the main food crop produced. The District hosts Many industries and KCP Sugar Factory at Vuyyur is a famous one, apart from this many Medium Scale Cement factories are there throughout the district. There are many Small Scale Industries like Musical Instruments at Jaggayyapeta, Roldgold Ornaments at Machilipatnam and Kondapalli toys. SIRIS Pharmaceutical Company at vijayawada is another giant company manufacturing Allopathic medicines.