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Bapatla mandal

Coordinates:15°53′20″N80°28′12″E/ 15.88889°N 80.47000°E/15.88889; 80.47000
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Bapatla mandal
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Bapatla mandal is located in Andhra Pradesh
Bapatla mandal
Bapatla mandal
Location in Andhra Pradesh, India
Coordinates:15°53′20″N80°28′12″E/ 15.88889°N 80.47000°E/15.88889; 80.47000
CountryIndia
StateAndhra Pradesh
DistrictBapatla
HeadquartersBapatla
Government
• BodyMandal Parishad
TehsildarT. Valliah
Area
• Total233.91 km2(90.31 sq mi)
Population
(2011)[1]
• Total143,825
• Density610/km2(1,600/sq mi)
Languages
Time zoneUTC+5:30(IST)


Bapatla mandalis one of the 25mandalsinBapatla districtof the state ofAndhra Pradesh,India.It is under the administration ofBapatla revenue divisionand the headquarters are located atBapatla.[1]The mandal is bounded byKakumanu,Ponnur,Karlapalemmandals ofGuntur district.It also shares borders withPrakasam districtand a portion of it lies on the coast ofBay of Bengal.[2]

Demographics

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Religions in Bapatla mandal (2011)[3]
Religion Percent
Hinduism
89.93%
Islam
6.96%
Christianity
2.70%
Other or not stated
0.41%
Distribution of religions

As of 2011census,the mandal had a population of 143,825 in 38,605 households. The total population constitute, 70,847 males and 72,978 females — a sex ratio of 1030 females per 1000 males. 13,371 children are in the age group of 0–6 years, of which 6,856 are boys and 6,515 are girls — a sex ratio of 950 per 1000. The average literacy rate stands at 71.79% with 93,653 literates. 49.21% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 28,807 (20.03%) and 8,492 (5.90%) respectively.[1]

Languages of Bapatla mandal (2011)[4]

Telugu(93.65%)
Urdu(5.59%)
Others (0.76%)

At the time of the 2011 census, 93.65% of the population spokeTeluguand 5.59%Urduas their first language.[4]

Settlements

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As of 2011census,the mandal has 21 settlements. It includes 20 villages and 1 town ofBapatla.[5][6]

The settlements in the mandal are listed below:

  1. Adivi
  2. Appikatla
  3. Bapatla(M)
  4. Bapatla East (Rural)
  5. Bapatla West (Rural)
  6. Bharthipudi
  7. Cheruvu
  8. ఈతేరు(Etheru)
  9. Gopapuram
  10. Gudipudi
  11. Jammulapalem
  12. Jillellamudi
  13. Kankatapalem
  14. Maruproluvaripalem (Rural)
  15. Mulapalem
  16. Murukondapadu
  17. Narasayapalem
  18. Neredupalle
  19. Palaparthipadu
  20. Poondla
  21. Velicherla

Note: M-Municipality[7]

Government and politics

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Themandalis under the control of atahsildarand the present tahsildar is T. Valliah.[8]Bapatla mandal is one of the3 mandalsunderBapatla Assembly constituency,which is part ofBapatla Lok Sabha constituency.[9]Current MLA for Bapatla isKona Raghupathi(YSRCP) and MP isNandigam Suresh(YSRCP).

See also

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References

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  1. ^abcd"District Census Hand Book – Guntur"(PDF).Census of India.Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
  2. ^"Mandals in Guntur district".aponline.gov.in. Archived fromthe originalon 28 April 2015.Retrieved10 September2014.
  3. ^"Population by Religion - Andhra Pradesh".censusindia.gov.in.Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.2011.
  4. ^ab"Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Andhra Pradesh".Census of India.Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
  5. ^"Guntur District Mandals"(PDF).Census of India. pp. 102, 112.Retrieved19 January2015.
  6. ^"Sub-District Details of Guntur District".The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Archived fromthe originalon 15 April 2015.Retrieved10 September2014.
  7. ^"Abbreviations used".censusindia.gov.in. Archived fromthe originalon 17 June 2007.Retrieved26 May2014.
  8. ^"List of Tahsildars working in Guntur District as on 19.06.2014"(PDF).Guntur District Official Website.National Informatics Centre. p. 1. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 16 October 2014.Retrieved8 September2014.
  9. ^"Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008"(pdf).Election Commission of India. p. 22.Retrieved11 October2014.