Bobbili Bobbili is a town in Vizianagaram district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Geography Bobbili is located at . It has an average elevation of 103 metres (337 feet). History The town of Bobbili was founded during the 17th ce ...

is one of the 34 mandals in

Vizianagaram district Vizianagaram district is one of the six districts in the Uttarandhra region of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh with its headquarters located at Vizianagaram. The district was once the part of ancient Kalinga.Saripilli Dibbilingeswara te ...

Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh (, abbr. AP) is a state in the south-eastern coastal region of India. It is the seventh-largest state by area covering an area of and tenth-most populous state with 49,386,799 inhabitants. It is bordered by Telangana to the ...

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town is the headquarters of the mandal. The mandal is bounded by

Makkuva Makkuva is a village in Parvathipuram Manyam district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Geography Makkuva is located at . It has an average elevation of 123 meters (406 feet). Demography Makkuva mandal has a population of about 60,000 ...

Seethanagaram Seethanagaram is a mandal in Parvathipuram Manyam district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh (, abbr. AP) is a state in the south-eastern coastal region of India. It is the seventh-largest state by area covering an are ...

, Balajipeta,

Salur Salur or Saluru is a municipal town and mandal headquarters in Parvathipuram Manyam district, of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Geography Salur is on the banks of River Vegavathi at . It has an average elevation of 118 metres (387&nb ...

Ramabhadrapuram Rama-bhadra-puram is a village and Ramabhadrapuram mandal headquarters in Vizianagaram district of Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh (, abbr. AP) is a state in the south-eastern coastal region of India. It is the seventh-largest state by ar ...

, Badangi and Therlam mandals.

Demographics

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, the mandal had a population of 122,964. The total population constitute, 61,092 males and 61,872 females —a sex ratio of 1013 females per 1000 males. 12,369 children are in the age group of 0–6 years, of which 6,383 are boys and 5,984 are girls —a ratio of 938 per 1000. The average literacy rate stands at 63.99% with 70,768 literates.

Government and politics

Bobbili mandal is one of the mandal in Bobbili (Assembly constituency), which in turn is a part of

Vizianagaram (Lok Sabha constituency) Vizianagaram Lok Sabha constituency is one of the twenty-five lok sabha constituencies of Andhra Pradesh in India. As per the ''Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order (2008),'' it was formed with seven assembly segments ...

, one of the 25 Lok Sabha constituencies representing

. The present MLA is Venkata Sujay Krishna Ranga Rao Ravu, who won the

Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 2014 The Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 2014 took place on 30 April and 7 May 2014 to elect members to the legislatures of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. It was held concurrently with the Indian general election. The results were dec ...

representing

YSRCP The Yuvajana Shramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP or YCP; ) is an Indian regional political party based in the state of Andhra Pradesh. Its president Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy serves as the state's chief minister. It is currently the fifth la ...

was a

Lok Sabha constituency Lok or LOK may refer to: Places * Lok, Serbia, a village * Lok, Levice District, Slovakia, a village * Lok, Pakistan, a village * Loka (pronounced Lok): a plane of existence in Dharma People Surname Lok (English origin) * Anne Locke, Lock o ...

till 2008.

Towns and villages

is a

municipal A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

town in the mandal. Alajangi is the most populated and Vakadavalasa is the least populated village in the mandal.

, the mandal has 9 settlements, that includes:

References

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Balijipeta Baliji-peta or Baligi-peta is a village in Parvathipuram Manyam district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. According to some historians, most of the people of Original Balija caste have migrated from this village. Geography Balijipeta is l ...

mandal , East =

mandal , Southeast = Therlam mandal , South = Badangi mandal , Southwest = Ramabhadrapuram mandal , West =

Salur mandal Salur mandal is one of the 34 mandals in Parvathipuram Manyam district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is administration under Parvathipuram revenue division and headquartered at Salur. The mandal is bounded by Makkuva, Ramabhadrapur ...

, Northwest =

Makkuva mandal Makkuva mandal is one of the 34 mandals in Parvathipuram Manyam district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is administration under Parvathipuram revenue division and headquartered at Makkuva. The mandal is bounded by Salur mandal on Sou ...

Mandals in Vizianagaram district

Demographics

Government and politics

Towns and villages

See also

References