Repalle mandal

Repalle mandal
రేపల్లె మండలం
Mandal

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

Location in Andhra Pradesh, India

Coordinates: 16°01′02″N 80°49′46″E / 16.01722°N 80.82944°E / 16.01722; 80.82944Coordinates: 16°01′02″N 80°49′46″E / 16.01722°N 80.82944°E / 16.01722; 80.82944
Country India
State Andhra Pradesh
District Guntur
Headquarters Repalle
Government
 • Body Mandal Parishad
 • Tehsildar M.Nagi Reddy
Population (2011)[1]
 • Total 111,989
Languages
 • Official Telugu
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)

Repalle mandal is one of the 57 mandals in Guntur district of the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. It is under the administration of Tenali Revenue Division and the headquarters are located at Repalle.[2][3] The mandal is situated on the banks of Krishna River of Velanadu region[4] and is bounded by Bhattiprolu, Nagaram and Nizampatnam mandals.[5]

History

On 1 October 1904, Guntur district was formed with eight mandals. In 1909, Repalle mandal was formed by carving out from Tenali mandal. In 1933, eleven of its villages were merged in Bapatla mandal and in 1981-82, Repalle mandal was further divided in to Repalle and Pallpatla.[6][7]

Demographics

As of 2011 census, the mandal had a population of 111,989. The total population constitute, 54,956 males and 57,936 females —a sex ratio of 1056 females per 1000 males. 9,461 children are in the age group of 0–6 years, of which 4,824 are boys and 4,637 are girls. The average literacy rate stands at 72.99% with 74,830 literates.[1]

Administration

The mandal is under the control of a tahsildar. The present tahsildar of the mandal is M.Nagi Reddy.[8] The mandal is one of the 4 mandals under Repalle (Assembly constituency), which in turn represents Bapatla (SC) (Lok Sabha constituency) of Andhra Pradesh.[9]

Towns and villages

As of 2011 census, the mandal has 18 settlements. It includes 17 villages and the only town of Repalle.[10][2]

The settlements in the mandal are listed below:

  1. Aravapalle
  2. Bethapudi
  3. Chatragadda
  4. Chodayapalem
  5. Gangadipalem
  6. Isukapalle (Rural)
  7. Kaithepalle
  8. Kamarajugadda
  9. Karumuru
  10. Nalluru
  11. Parisapadu
  12. Penumudi
  13. Peteru
  14. Potumeraka
  15. Rajukalva
  16. Repalle (M)
  17. Singupalem
  18. Uppudi
  19. Visweswaram

Note: M-Municipality[11]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Census 2011". The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Guntur District Mandals" (PDF). Census of India. pp. 105,112. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  3. ↑ "Adminsistrative divisions of Guntur district" (PDF). guntur.nic.in. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  4. ↑ Talbot, Cynthia (2001-09-20). Precolonial India in Practice: Society, Region, and Identity in Medieval Andhra. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198031239.
  5. ↑ "Mandals in Guntur district". aponline.gov.in. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  6. ↑ Babu, J. Ravindra (2009-05-05). Universalisation of Elementary Education: A Study of District Primary Education Programme from South India. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. ISBN 9781443810692.
  7. ↑ P. Samuel Jonathan. "Forum demands formation of Nallamada district". The Hindu.
  8. ↑ "List of Tahsildars working in Guntur District as on 19.06.2014" (PDF). Guntur District Official Website. National Informatics Centre. p. 2. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
  9. ↑ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (pdf). Election Commission of India. p. 22. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
  10. ↑ "Sub-District Details of Guntur District". The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
  11. ↑ "Abbreviations used". censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
 Nagaram mandal Bhattiprolu mandal River Krishna
Chebrole mandal River Krishna
   Repalle mandal  
Nizampatnam mandal Nizampatnam mandal River Krishna
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