Macherla mandal
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Macherla mandal | |
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 Mandal map of Guntur district showing Macherla mandal (in green) | |
 Interactive map of Macherla mandal | |
.svg)  Macherla mandal Location in Andhra Pradesh, India | |
| Coordinates: 16°17′16″N 80°45′07″E / 16.2877°N 80.7519°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Andhra Pradesh |
| District | Palnadu |
| Headquarters | Macherla |
| Government | |
| • Body | Mandal Parishad |
| • Tehsildar | G.Levi |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 113,048 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Telugu |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
Macherla mandal is one of the 28 mandals in the Palnadu district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is under the administration of Gurazala revenue division and the headquarters are located at Macherla.[2][3] The mandal is bounded by Rentachintala, Durgi and Veldurthi mandals and a portion of the mandal also borders the state of Telangana.[4]
As of 2011[update] census, the mandal had a population of 160,303. The total population constitute, 57,140 males and 55,908 females —a sex ratio of 978 females per 1000 males. 13,486 children are in the age group of 0–6 years, of which 7,036 are boys and 6,450 are girls. The average literacy rate stands at 30.79% with 62,850 literates.[1]
Governance
The mandal is controlled by a tahsildar and the present tahsildar is G.Levi.[5] Macherla mandal is one of the 3 mandals under Macherla (Assembly constituency), which in turn represents Narasaraopet (Lok Sabha constituency) of Andhra Pradesh.[6]
Towns and villages
As of 2011[update] census, the mandal has 14 settlements. It includes 1 town, 13 villages. Macherla (M) is the only town in the mandal.[2][7]
The settlements in the mandal are listed below:
- Amani Jammala Madaka
- Kambhampadu
- Koppunur
- Kothapalle
- Macherla (M)†
- Macherla (rural)
- Mutyalampadu
- Nagulavaram
- Pasuvemula
- Rayavaram
- Tallapalle
- Vijayapuri South
- Gannavaram
Note: †–Mandal headquarter, M-Municipality[8]