Andhra Pradesh (/ˌɑːndrə prəˈdɛʃ/ listen (help·info)), also known as Andhra or Andhra Rashtram, is a divulge in the south-eastern coastal region of India. It is the seventh-largest permit by area covering an area of 162,975 km² (62,925 sq mi) and tenth-most populous allow in with 49,386,799 inhabitants. It is bordered by Odisha to the north, Chhattisgarh to the north-east, Tamil Nadu to the south, Karnataka to the west, Telangana to the north-west and the Bay of Bengal to the east. It has the second longest coastline in India after Gujarat of approximately 974 km. Andhra Pradesh is the first come clean to be formed upon a linguistic basis in India upon 1 October 1953. Andhra Pradesh was gone a major Buddhist pilgrimage site in India and a Buddhist learning center which can be seen in many sites in the allow in in the form of ruins, chaityas and stupas Andhra Pradesh is pen name the land of the world well-known diamond Koh-i-noor and many other global known diamonds due to their presence in its Kollur Mine once. It is assumed name the “Rice Bowl of India” for beast a major producer of rice in India. Its ascribed language is Telugu; one of the classical languages of India, the fourth most spoken language in India and the 11th-most spoken language in the world.