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A rain shadow is a dry area on the leeward side ___MASK98___ a mountainous area ( away from the wind ). The mountains block the passage ___MASK98___ rain - producing weather systems and cast a " shadow " ___MASK98___ dryness behind them . Wind and moist air is drawn by the prevailing winds towards the top ___MASK98___ the mountains , where it condenses and precipitates before it crosses the top . The air , without much moisture left , advances behind the mountains creating a drier side called the " rain shadow ". Kadapa ___MASK91___ is said to be the heart ___MASK98___ the ___MASK44___ as it is centrally located and well connected with the 4 districts ___MASK98___ ___MASK44___ . The District has a glorious history and a rich cultural heritage . Kadapa ___MASK91___ ( officially : YSR Kadapa ___MASK91___ ) is one ___MASK98___ the 13 districts in the Indian state ___MASK98___ Andhra Pradesh . It is also one ___MASK98___ the four districts in the ___MASK44___ region ___MASK98___ the state . The city ___MASK98___ Kadapa is the seat ___MASK98___ administration for the ___MASK91___ . Tirumala is a census town in ___MASK7___ ___MASK91___ ___MASK98___ the Indian state ___MASK98___ Andhra Pradesh . The town is a part ___MASK98___ Tirupati Urban Development Authority and located in Tirupati ( rural ) mandal ___MASK98___ Tirupati revenue division . It is a hill town where Tirumala Venkateswara Temple is located , which is the abode ___MASK98___ Lord Venkateswara . A municipality is usually a single urban administrative division having corporate status and powers ___MASK98___ self - government or jurisdiction as granted by national and state laws , to which it is subordinate . It is to be distinguished from the county , which may encompass rural territory and / or numerous small communities such as towns , villages and hamlets . The term " municipality " may also mean the governing or ruling body ___MASK98___ a given municipality . A municipality is a general - purpose administrative subdivision , as opposed to a special - purpose district . The term is derived from French " municipalité " and Latin " municipalis ". ___MASK44___ is a geographic region in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh . It includes the four southern districts of Anantapur , Chittoor , Kadapa and Kurnool . census of India , the region with four districts has a total population of 15 , 184 , 908 and covers an area of . Sanskrit ( English pronunciation :; written in Devanagari script ; : or ', originally ', " refined speech ") is the primary sacred language ___MASK98___ Hinduism and " Mahyna " Buddhism , a philosophical language in Hinduism , Jainism , Buddhism and Sikhism . It was also a literary language that was in use as a " lingua franca " in ancient and medieval South Asia . It is a standardised dialect ___MASK98___ Old Indo - Aryan , originating as Vedic Sanskrit and tracing its linguistic ancestry back to Proto - Indo - Iranian and Proto - Indo - European . Today it is listed as one ___MASK98___ the 22 scheduled languages ___MASK98___ India and is an official language ___MASK98___ the state ___MASK98___ Uttarakhand . As one ___MASK98___ the oldest Indo - European languages for which substantial written documentation exists , Sanskrit holds a prominent position in Indo - European studies . The Eastern Ghats or Kizhakku thodarchi malaigal or Prva Gha , ( ta :                ) ( Hindi :         ) also known as Mahendra Parvatam in the ___MASK63___ , are a discontinuous range ___MASK98___ mountains along India ' s eastern coast . The Eastern Ghats run from the ___MASK4___ Odisha through Andhra Pradesh to Tamil Nadu in the ___MASK63___ passing some parts ___MASK98___ Karnataka . They are eroded and cut through by the four major rivers ___MASK98___ peninsular India , known as the Godavari , Mahanadi , Krishna , and Kaveri . Kadapa ( formerly known as Cuddapah ) is a city in the Rayalseema region ___MASK98___ the south - central part ___MASK98___ Andhra Pradesh , India . It is the district headquarters ___MASK98___ YSR Kadapa district . As ___MASK98___ 2011 Census ___MASK98___ India , the city had a population ___MASK98___ 344 , 078 . It is located south ___MASK98___ the Penna River . The city is surrounded on three sides by the Nallamala and Palkonda Hills lying on the tectonic landscape between the Eastern and Western ghats . Black and Red ferrous soils occupy the region . The city is nicknamed " Gadapa " (' threshold ') since it is the gateway from the west to the sacred hills ___MASK98___ Tirumala . The Bay ___MASK98___ Bengal , the largest bay in the world , forms the northeastern part ___MASK98___ the Indian Ocean . Roughly triangular , it is bordered mostly by India and Sri Lanka to the west , Bangladesh to the north , and Myanmar ( Burma ) and the ___MASK2___ ( India ) to the east . The decennial Census ___MASK98___ India has been conducted 15 times , . It has been conducted every 10 years , beginning in 1872 , however the first complete census was taken in the year 1881 . Post 1949 , it has been conducted by the Registrar General and Census Commissioner ___MASK98___ India under the Ministry ___MASK98___ Home Affairs , Government ___MASK98___ India . All the census since 1951 are conducted under 1948 Census ___MASK98___ India Act . A county is a geographical region ___MASK98___ a country used for administrative or other purposes , in certain modern nations . The term is derived from the Old French " conté " or " cunté " denoting a jurisdiction under the sovereignty ___MASK98___ a count ( earl ) or a viscount . The modern French is " comté ", and its equivalents in other languages are " contea ", " contado ", " comtat ", " condado ", " Grafschaft ", " graafschap ", " Gau ", etc . ( cf . " conte ", " comte ", " conde ", " Graf "). ___MASK90___ , officially the Republic ___MASK98___ ___MASK90___ (" Bhrat Gaarjya "), is a country in South Asia . It is the seventh - largest country by area , the second - most populous country ( with over 1 . 2 billion people ), and the most populous democracy in the world . It is bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south , the Arabian Sea on the southwest , and the Bay ___MASK98___ Bengal on the southeast . It shares land borders with Pakistan to the west ; ___MASK78___ , Nepal , and Bhutan to the northeast ; and Myanmar ( Burma ) and Bangladesh to the east . In the Indian Ocean , ___MASK90___ is in the vicinity ___MASK98___ Sri Lanka and the Maldives . ___MASK90___ ' s Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand and Indonesia . Its capital is New Delhi ; other metropolises include Mumbai , Kolkata , Chennai , Bangalore , Hyderabad and Ahmedabad . Proddutur is a city in Kadapa ___MASK91___ ___MASK98___ the Indian state ___MASK98___ Andhra Pradesh . It is located on the banks ___MASK98___ Penna River . The city is a municipality and also the mandal headquarters ___MASK98___ Proddatur mandal . ___MASK40___ () is one ___MASK98___ the 29 states ___MASK98___ India , situated on the southeastern coast ___MASK98___ the country . The state is the eighth largest state in India covering an area ___MASK98___ . As per 2011 Census ___MASK98___ India , the state is tenth largest by population with 49 , 386 , 799 inhabitants . A drainage ___MASK81___ or catchment ___MASK81___ is an extent or an area ___MASK98___ land where all surface water from rain , melting snow , or ice converges to a single point at a lower elevation , usually the exit ___MASK98___ the ___MASK81___ , where the waters join another body ___MASK98___ water , such as a river , lake , reservoir , estuary , wetland , sea , or ocean . Thus if a tributary stream joins a brook that in turn joins a small river which is a tributary ___MASK98___ a larger river , there is a series ___MASK98___ successively larger ( and lower elevation ) drainage basins . For instance , the Missouri and Ohio rivers are within their own drainage basins and also within the drainage ___MASK81___ ___MASK98___ the ___MASK19___ River . A village is a clustered human settlement or community , larger than a ___MASK22___ but smaller than a town , with a population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand . Though often located in rural areas , the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods . Villages are normally permanent , with fixed dwellings ; however , transient villages can occur . Further , the dwellings ___MASK98___ a village are fairly close to one another , not scattered broadly over the landscape , as a dispersed settlement . A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city . The size definition for what constitutes a " town " varies considerably in different parts ___MASK98___ the world . The Penna ( also Pennar , Penner or Penneru and Pinkin in Sanskrit ) is a ___MASK89___ ___MASK98___ southern India . The Penna rises on the hill ___MASK98___ Nandi Hills in Chikballapur District ___MASK98___ Karnataka state , and runs north and east through the state ___MASK98___ Andhra Pradesh to empty into the Bay ___MASK98___ Bengal . It is long , with a drainage basin covering 55 , 213 km : 6 , 937 km in Karnataka and 48 , 276 km in Andhra Pradesh . The ___MASK89___ basin lies in the rain shadow region ___MASK98___ Eastern Ghats and receives 500 mm average rainfall annually . An administrative division , unit , entity , area or region , also referred to as a subnational entity , constituent unit , or country subdivision , is a portion ___MASK98___ a country or other region delineated for the purpose ___MASK98___ administration . Administrative divisions are granted a certain degree ___MASK98___ autonomy and are usually required to manage themselves through their own local governments . Countries are divided up into these smaller units to make managing their land and the affairs ___MASK98___ their people easier . For example , a country may be divided into provinces , which , in turn , are divided into counties , which , in turn , may be divided in whole or in part into municipalities ; and so on . ___MASK16___ ( IPA :) is a state in south western region ___MASK98___ India . It was formed on 1 November 1956 , with the passage ___MASK98___ the States Reorganisation Act . Originally known as the State ___MASK98___ Mysore , it was renamed " ___MASK16___ " in 1973 . The capital and largest city is Bangalore ( Bengaluru ). ___MASK16___ is bordered by the Arabian Sea and the Laccadive Sea to the west , ___MASK38___ to the northwest , Maharashtra to the north , Telangana to the northeast , Andhra Pradesh to the east , Tamil Nadu to the southeast , and Kerala to the southwest . The state covers an area ___MASK98___ , or 5 . 83 percent ___MASK98___ the total geographical area ___MASK98___ India . It is the seventh largest Indian state by area . With 61 , 130 , 704 inhabitants at the 2011 census , ___MASK16___ is the eighth largest state by population , comprising 30 districts . Kannada , one ___MASK98___ the classical languages ___MASK98___ India , is the most widely spoken and official language ___MASK98___ the state .