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Site selection is decided on cost and logistics. Retention is decided on whether people will stay. Andhra Pradesh offers coastal cities, hill country and temple towns at a fraction of a metro’s cost base.
Photo: Visakhapatnam beach road at RK Beach
VisakhapatnamA port and industrial city on a working coastline, with hills behind it and a beach road down the middle
Photo: Araku Valley coffee plantations
Araku and the Eastern GhatsCoffee country three hours inland
Photo: Tirumala temple complex or Lepakshi. Rights and protocol to be checked
TirupatiOne of the most visited pilgrimage destinations in the world, and a growing electronics and space cluster
Photo: Amaravati capital development or Vijayawada riverfront
Amaravati and VijayawadaThe administrative and commercial centre of the state, on the Krishna river
Photo: campus life at an AP university
Schools and universities600+ universities, colleges and technical institutes across the state
The numbers behind the quality of life
6.06%multidimensional poverty headcountNational figure 14.96%
4.1%unemployment rate, 2023–24Female participation above national average
997sex ratioAbove the national average
₹2,68,653per capita income at current prices34% above the national average