Bapatla
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| State : | Andhra Pradesh | ||
| District : | Guntur | ||
| Location : | 15 ° 54 ′ N , 80 ° 28 ′ E | ||
| Height : | 6 m | ||
| Residents : | 70,777 (2011) | ||
Bapatla is a city in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh .
The city is part of the Guntur district . Bapatla has the status of a municipality . The city is divided into 21 wards . It had a total of 70,777 inhabitants on the cut-off date of the 2011 census, of which 34,385 were men and 36,392 women. With a share of around 85%, Hindus form the largest group of the city's population, followed by Muslims with around 11% and Christians with around 3%. The literacy rate in 2011 was 80.67%.
Aquaculture and agriculture are the main occupations of the city and the surrounding area. Fish farming is practiced in aquaculture and rice cultivation dominates in agriculture . Natural gas is produced off the coast of Bapatla .
The city is connected to the rest of the country by a train station.