Repalle mandal
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Repalle mandal | |
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 Interactive Map Outlining mandal | |
.svg)  Repalle mandal Location in Andhra Pradesh, India | |
| Coordinates: 16°01′02″N 80°49′46″E / 16.01722°N 80.82944°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Andhra Pradesh |
| District | Bapatla |
| Headquarters | Repalle |
| Government | |
| • Body | Mandal Parishad |
| • Tehsildar | M.Nagi Reddy |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 111,989 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Telugu |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
Repalle mandal is one of the 25 mandals in Bapatla district of the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. It is under the administration of Bapatla revenue division and the mandal 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]
Demographics
As of 2011[update] 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]
Politics
Administration
The mandal is under the control of a tahsildar. The present tahsildar of the mandal is M.Nagi Reddy.[7] As of 2011[update] census, the mandal has 18 revenue villages and 28 gram panchayats. Repalle is the only town in the mandal.[8][9]
The settlements in the mandal are listed below:
- Aravapalle
- Bethapudi
- Chatragadda
- Chodayapalem
- Gangadipalem
- Isukapalle (Rural)
- Kaithepalle
- Kamarajugadda
- Karumuru
- Nalluru
- Parisapadu
- Penumudi
- Peteru
- Potumeraka
- Rajukalva
- Repalle (M)
- Singupalem
- Uppudi
- Visweswaram
Note: M-Municipality[10]
Politics
The mandal is one of the 4 mandals under Repalle (Assembly constituency), which in turn represents Bapatla (SC) (Lok Sabha constituency) of Andhra Pradesh.[11]
