Pedakakani mandal

Pedakakani mandal
పెదకాకాని మండలం
Mandal

Mandal map of Guntur district showing
Pedakakani mandal (in green)
Pedakakani mandal

Location in Andhra Pradesh, India

Coordinates: 16°20′24″N 80°29′27″E / 16.34000°N 80.49083°ECoordinates: 16°20′24″N 80°29′27″E / 16.34000°N 80.49083°E
Country India
State Andhra Pradesh
District Guntur
Headquarters Pedakakani
Government
 • Body Mandal Parishad
 • Tehsildar SK. Ismail[1]
Population (2011)[2]
 • Total 73,689
Languages
 • Official Telugu
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)

Pedakakani mandal is one of the 57 mandals in Guntur district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is under the administration of Guntur Revenue Division and the headquarters are located at Pedakakani.[3][4] The mandal is bounded by Tadikonda, Mangalagiri, Duggirala, Tenali, Chebrole and Guntur mandals.[5]

Towns and villages

Pedakakani is the most populated village and Devarayabhotlapalem is the least populated settlement in the mandal. As of 2011 census, the mandal has 10 villages.[6][7]

The settlements in the mandal are listed below:

  1. Agatha Varappadu
  2. Anumarlapudi
  3. Devarayabhotlapalem
  4. Koppuravuru
  5. Nambur
  6. Pedakakani
  7. Takkellapadu
  8. Tangellamudi
  9. Uppalapadu
  10. Venigandla

Government and politics

Pedakakani mandal is one of the 3 mandals under Ponnur (Assembly constituency), which in turn represents Guntur (Lok Sabha constituency) of Andhra Pradesh.[8] The present MLA representing Ponnur (Assembly constituency) is Dhulipalla Narendra Kumar of Telugu Desam Party, who won the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election of 2014.[9][10]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "List of Tahsildars working in Guntur District as on 19.06.2014". Guntur District Official Website. National Informatics Centre. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "Census 2011". The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
  3. ↑ "Guntur District Mandals" (PDF). Census of India. pp. 84,110. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "Adminsistrative divisions of Guntur district". guntur.nic.in. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
  5. ↑ "Mandals in Guntur district". aponline.gov.in. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  6. ↑ "Sub-District Details of Guntur District". The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
  7. ↑ "Mangalagiri mandal villages". Chief Commissioner of Land Administration, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh. National Informatics Centre. p. 6. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  8. ↑ "DELIMITATION OF PARLIAMENTARY AND ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIES ORDER, 2008" (pdf). Election Commission of India. pp. 22,31. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
  9. ↑ "Member's Report". Andhra Pradesh Legislature Assembly. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  10. ↑ "Ponnur Assembly 2014 Election Results". Elections.in. Retrieved 13 October 2014.