Polavaram mandal
Polavaram mandal | |
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 Interactive Map Outlining mandal | |
.svg)  Polavaram mandal Location in Andhra Pradesh, India | |
| Coordinates: 17°14′52″N 81°38′36″E / 17.2479°N 81.6432°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Andhra Pradesh |
| District | Eluru |
| Headquarters | Polavaram |
| Government | |
| • Body | Mandal Parishad |
| • Rank | 119.59 |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 45,392 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Telugu |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
Polavaram mandal is one of the 28 mandals in Eluru district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is under the administration of Jangareddigudem revenue division and the headquarters are located at Polavaram.[2] The mandal lies on the banks of Godavari River which separates it from East Godavari district and is bounded by Gopalapuram and Buttayagudem mandals.[3]
Demographics
[edit]As of 2011[update] census of India, the mandal had a population of 45,392 with 13,677 households. The total population constitute, 22,345 males and 23,047 females —a sex ratio of 983 females per 1031 males. 4,846 children are in the age group of 0–6 years, of which 2,514 are boys and 2,332 are girls. The literacy rate stands at 23.12 with 9,497 literates.[1]
Government and politics
[edit]Polavaram mandal is one of the 4 mandals under Polavaram (ST) (Assembly constituency), which in turn represents Eluru (Lok Sabha constituency) of Andhra Pradesh.[4]
Towns and villages
[edit]As of 2011[update] census of India, the mandal has 23 settlements and all are villages.[2][1]
The settlements in the mandal are listed below:
- Cheeduru
- Chegondapalle
- Chilakaluru
- Dharvada
- Geddapalle
- Gutala
- Kondrukota
- Koruturu
- Lakshminarayana Devipeta
- Nagampalem
- Pattisam (Pattisema or PathaPattisema)
- Polavaram (CT) †
- Pragada Palle
- Pydipaka
- Ravigudem ‡
- Saripallekunta
- Singanapalle
- Sirivaka
- Sivagiri
- Tekuru
- Thutigunta
- Venkatapuram ‡
- Vinjaram
- Notes
- (†) Mandal headquarter
- (‡) Uninhabited
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "District Census Handbook - West Godavari" (PDF). Census of India. pp. 22, 176. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
- ^ a b "West Godavari District Mandals" (PDF). Census of India. pp. 422, 464. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
- ^ "Mandals in West Godavari district". aponline.gov.in. Archived from the original on 29 April 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
- ^ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 20,30. Retrieved 20 February 2016.