Ganapavaram mandal
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Ganapavaram mandal | |
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 Interactive Map Outlining mandal | |
.svg)  Ganapavaram mandal Location in Andhra Pradesh, India | |
| Coordinates: 16°42′N 81°27′E / 16.70°N 81.45°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Andhra Pradesh |
| District | West Godavari district |
| Headquarters | Ganapavaram |
| Government | |
| • Body | Mandal Parishad |
| Area | |
• Total | 99.85 km2 (38.55 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 64,963 |
| • Density | 650.6/km2 (1,685/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Telugu |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
Ganapavaram mandal is one of the 20 mandals in West Godavari district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.[2] It is under the administration of Bhimavaram revenue division and the headquarters are located at Ganapavaram.[3] Ganapavaram Mandal is bounded by Nidamarru Mandal towards west, Pentapadu Mandal towards North, Undi Mandal towards South, Unguturu Mandal towards North . Tadepalligudem, Bhimavaram, Tanuku, Eluru are the nearby Cities to Ganapavaram. It is located 55 km from Eluru and 22 km from Bhimavaram.[4]
As of 2011[update] census, the mandal had a population of 64,963 with 18,622 households. The total population constitute, 32,519 males and 32,444 females —a sex ratio of 997 females per 1000 males. 5,894 children are in the age group of 0–6 years, of which 2,957 are boys and 2,937 are girls. The literacy rate stands at 68.35% with 44,406 literates.[1]
The mandal does not have any sort of Urban population and Area.[1]: 24
Governance
Administration
As of 2011[update] census, the mandal has thirty villages and twenty five panchayats, of which all of them are villages.[1] Velagapalle is the smallest Village and Ganapavaram is the biggest Village in terms of population[3][5] The settlements in the mandal are listed below:
- Agraharagopavaram
- Ardhavaram
- Cherukuganuma Agraharam
- Chinaramachandrapuram
- Dasulakumudavalli
- Ganapavaram
- Jagannadhapuram
- Jallikakinada
- Kasipadu
- Kesavaram
- Komarru
- Kommara
- Kothapalle
- Moyyeru
- Muggula
- Mupparthipadu
- Pippara
- Saripalle
- Seethalamkonde Padu
- Vakapalle
- Valluru
- Varadarajapuram
- Veereswarapuram
- Velagapalle
- Venkatrajapuram
- Notes
- (†) Mandal headquarter
Politics
Ganapavaram mandal is one of the mandals under Unguturu (Assembly constituency), which in turn represents Eluru (Lok Sabha constituency) of Andhra Pradesh.[6]