Guntur mandal

For other uses, see Guntur (disambiguation).
Guntur mandal
గుంటూరు మండలం
Mandal

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

Location in Andhra Pradesh, India

Coordinates: 16°18′03″N 80°26′34″E / 16.3008°N 80.4428°E / 16.3008; 80.4428Coordinates: 16°18′03″N 80°26′34″E / 16.3008°N 80.4428°E / 16.3008; 80.4428
Country India
State Andhra Pradesh
District Guntur
Headquarters Guntur
Government
 • Tehsildar Tata Mohan Rao
Population (2011)[1]
 • Total 779,289
Languages
 • Official Telugu
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)

Guntur mandal is one of the 57 mandals in Guntur district of the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. It is under the administration of Guntur revenue division with its headquarters at Guntur,[2][3] The mandal is under the administration of Guntur revenue division and bounded by Medikonduru, Tadikonda, Pedakakani, Edlapadu, Prathipadu, Vatticherukuru and Chebrole mandals.[4]

Demographics

As of 2011 census, the mandal had a population of 779,289. The total population constitute, 389,582 males and 389,707 females —a sex ratio of 1000 females per 1000 males. 77,189 children are in the age group of 0–6 years, of which 39,616 are boys and 37,573 are girls. The average literacy rate stands at 78.82% with 553,422 literates.[1] The mandal has unique characteristics like having largest urban area, highest population and population density and the most number of literates of all the mandals of the district.[5]

Governance

The mandal is also a part of the Andhra Pradesh Capital Region under the jurisdiction of APCRDA.[6] The mandal is under the control of a tahsildar and the present tahsildar is Tata Mohan Rao.[7]

Guntur mandal is shared by two assembly constituencies namely, Guntur East (Assembly constituency) and Guntur West (Assembly constituency). Both these constituencies are under Guntur (Lok Sabha constituency).[8]

Towns and villages

Guntur mandal consists of Guntur Municipal Corporation and its Urban agglomerations. The area of Guntur was expanded in 2012. Gram Panchayats of ten surrounding villages viz., Nallapadu (full), Pedapalakaluru (full), Ankireddipalem (Remaining part), Adavitakkellapadu (full), Gorantla (full), Pothuru (full), Chowdavaram (full), Etukuru (Remaining part), Budampadu (Remaining part) and Reddypalem (full) were de-notified and merged with Guntur Municipal Corporation.[9][10] Chinapalakaluru and Jonnalagadda are the villages in the mandal.[11][2]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Census 2011". The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Guntur District Mandals" (PDF). Census of India. pp. 83,110. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
  3. ↑ "Adminsistrative divisions of Guntur district" (PDF). guntur.nic.in. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
  4. ↑ "Mandals in Guntur district". aponline.gov.in. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
  5. ↑
  6. ↑ "Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority Act, 2014" (PDF). News19. Municipal Administration and Urban Development Department. 30 December 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  7. ↑ "List of Tahsildars working in Guntur District as on 19.06.2014" (PDF). Guntur District Official Website. National Informatics Centre. p. 1. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
  8. ↑ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (pdf). Election Commission of India. p. 22. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
  9. ↑ "Merger of gram panchayats in Guntur Municipal Corporation" (PDF). Guntur Municipal Corporation. Municipal Administration & Urban Development Department. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  10. ↑ "Panchayat Raj and Rural Development (Pts.IV) Department" (PDF). 12 July 2012.
  11. ↑ "Sub-District Details of Guntur District". The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
 Medikonduru mandal Tadikonda mandal Pedakakani mandal
Medikonduru mandal Pedakakani mandal
   Guntur mandal  
Edlapadu mandal Vatticherukuru mandal
Prathipadu mandal		 Chebrole mandal
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