Kollur mandal

Kollur mandal
Mandal
Mandal map of Guntur district showing
Kollur mandal (in green)
Kollur mandal
Location in Andhra Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 16°11′05″N 80°47′46″E / 16.18472°N 80.79611°E / 16.18472; 80.79611Coordinates: 16°11′05″N 80°47′46″E / 16.18472°N 80.79611°E / 16.18472; 80.79611
Country India
State Andhra Pradesh
District Guntur
Headquarters Kollur
Government
 • Body Mandal Parishad
 • Tehsildar A.Seshagiri Rao
Area[1]
 • Total 108.14 km2 (41.75 sq mi)
Population (2011)[2]
 • Total 55,323
 • Density 510/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
Languages
 • Official Telugu
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)

Kollur mandal is one of the 57 mandals in Guntur district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is under the administration of Tenali revenue division and the headquarters are located at Kollur.[3][4] The mandal is situated on the banks of Krishna River, bounded by Vemuru, Bhattiprolu and Kollipara mandals.[5]

Demographics

As of 2011 census, the mandal had a population of 55,323. The total population constitute, 27,709 males and 27,614 females —a sex ratio of 997 females per 1000 males. 4,876 children are in the age group of 0–6 years, of which 2,509 are boys and 2,367 are girls. The average literacy rate stands at 69.31% with 34,967 literates.[2]

Kollur is the most populated and Boddulurupadu is the least populated villages in the mandal.[6]

Government

Administration

The mandal also forms a part of the Andhra Pradesh Capital Region under the jurisdiction of APCRDA.[7] It is under the control of a tahsildar and the present tahsildar is A.Seshagiri Rao.[8]

As of 2011 census, the mandal has 12 revenue villages, 24 gram panchayats and no towns.[9]

The settlements in the mandal are listed below:

  1. Ananthavaram
  2. Boddulurupadu
  3. Chilumuru
  4. Chinapulivarru
  5. Donepudi
  6. Gajullanka
  7. Guruvindapalle
  8. Ipur
  9. Kollur
  10. Pedalanka
  11. Potharlanka
  12. Ravikampadu
  13. Krapa
  14. Avulavari palem
  15. Kishkindapalem
  16. Tadikilapudi
  17. Juvvalapalem

Politics

Kollur mandal is one of the 5 mandals under Vemuru (SC) (Assembly constituency), which in turn represents Bapatla (SC) (Lok Sabha constituency) of Andhra Pradesh.[10]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "District Census Handbook - Guntur" (PDF). Census of India. p. 14,468. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Census 2011". The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
  3. ↑ "Guntur District Mandals" (PDF). Census of India. pp. 97, 111. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "Adminsistrative divisions of Guntur district" (PDF). guntur.nic.in. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
  5. ↑ "Mandals in Guntur district". aponline.gov.in. Archived from the original on 28 April 2015. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  6. ↑ "Sub-District Details of Guntur District". The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
  7. ↑ "District wise mandals and villages covered in Krishna and Guntur districts" (PDF). Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority. Government of Andhra Pradesh. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  8. ↑ "List of Tahsildars working in Guntur District as on 19.06.2014" (PDF). Guntur District Official Website. National Informatics Centre. p. 1. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  9. ↑ "Hand Book of Statistics 2013 Guntur District" (PDF). pp. ix. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  10. ↑ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (pdf). Election Commission of India. pp. 22, 31. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
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