The river flows through the district before it empties itself into Bay of Bengal, near Hamsaladevi village.

Pallava Kingdom (AD 340 – AD 500), spread over from Krishna river to Tungabhadra, including Amaravati in the East, Bellary in the West and Kancheepuram in the South with capital cities at Venginagar near Eluru and Pithapuram, both in Vengidesa.

Vishnukundinas (AD 6th century) rulers created cave temples at Mogalrajapuram (now in Vijayawada) and Undavalli.

Reddy dynasty a subordinate of Musunuri Kapaya Naidu established himself in the hill fort of Kondaveedu.

He was succeeded by Vidyadhara Gajapathi who built Vidyadharapuram (now in Vijayawada) and constructed a reservoir at Kondapalli.

Asaf Jah who was appointed as subedar or viceroy of the Deccan in AD 1713 with the title of Nizam-ul-Mulk.

[8] The British: In the year 1611 the English founded their settlement at Masulipatnam which remained their headquarters until they finally moved to Madras in 1641.

Upon the death of the old Nizam-ul-Mulk in June 1748, his heirs strove for the succession with the support of the English and the French.

When Nizam Ali Khan was proclaimed ruler of Golconda in 1761, the British secured at first the divisions of Masulipatnam, Nizampatnam and part of Kondaveedu and later the entire Circars.

The Krishna district occupies an area of 3,775 square kilometres (1,458 sq mi).

However, it contains Reserved Forest areas in Nandigama, Vijayawada, Tiruvuru, Nuzvid, Gannavaram, Machilipatnam and Divi Seema Talukas.

A type of light wood known as ‘Ponuku’ (Gyrocapus Jacquini) is found in the Kondapalli hills.

[16] Panthers, dholes, jungle cats, foxes, bears and other carnivorous mammalian fauna are found here.

Krishna district has a sex ratio of 996 females per 1000 males and a literacy rate of 73.75%.

[19] The parliamentary constituency is Machilipatnam Lok Sabha constituency It comprises the following legislative assembly segments:[20] The district is divided into 3 revenue divisions: Gudivada, Machilipatnam and Vuyyuru, which are further subdivided into a total of 26 mandals, each headed by a sub-collector.

[23][24] Source: Assembly segments of Parliamentary constituencies[20] Agriculture is the main stay of economy.

[28] Other products produced include sugarcane, mango, tomato, milk, meat and fisheries.

[31] Krishna district is served by Vijayawada International airport located in Gannavaram at a distance of 67.9 km from Machilipatnam.

[32][29] Dr.Gururaju Government Homoeo Medical college and Regional Research Institute for Homoeopathy are located in Gudivada.

The culture of Krishna district is mostly traditional in rural places and moderately modern in Gudivada and Machilipatnam.