Guntur Urban mandal (or Guntur mandal) was a former

mandal A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluka, or taluk) is a local unit of administrative division in some countries of South Asia. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administr ...

Guntur district Guntur district is one of the twenty six districts in the Coastal Andhra region of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The administrative seat of the district is located at Guntur, the largest city of the district in terms of area and with a po ...

of the

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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 ...

, before it was split into Guntur East and Guntur West mandals in 2018. It was under the administration of

Guntur revenue division Guntur revenue division is an administrative division in the Guntur district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It comprises 10 mandals and is one of the two revenue divisions in the district, along with Tenali revenue division, Tenali. Gunt ...

and its headquarters at

Guntur Guntur () is a city and the administrative headquarters of Guntur district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Guntur is spread across 168.49 km square and is the third-largest city in the state. It is situated to the west of the Ba ...

, The mandal was bounded by

Medikonduru Medikonduru is a village in Guntur district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is the headquarters of Medikonduru mandal in Guntur revenue division. Geography Medikonduru is situated at . It is spread over an area of . Governance ...

Tadikonda Tadikonda is a village in Guntur district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located in Tadikonda mandal of Guntur revenue division. It forms a part of Andhra Pradesh Capital Region. Demographics census, Tadikonda village has po ...

Pedakakani Pedakakani is a village in the Guntur district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located in Pedakakani mandal of Guntur revenue division. Hindu shrine of Shiva, Sri Bhramaramba Malleswara Swamy Temple is located in the village. Geog ...

Edlapadu Edlapadu is a village in Palnadu district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is the headquarters of Edlapadu mandal in Narasaraopet revenue division. Geography Edlapadu is situated at . It is spread over an area of . Governance Edla ...

, Prathipadu,

Vatticherukuru Vatticherukuru is a village in Guntur 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 area of and ...

and Chebrole mandals.

Demographics

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, the mandal had a population of 779,289. The total population constituted 389,582 males and 389,707 females — a sex ratio of 1000 females per 1000 males. 77,189 children were in the age group of 0–6 years, of which 39,616 were boys and 37,573 were girls. The average literacy rate stood at 78.82% with 553,422 literates. The mandal had unique characteristics like having largest urban area, highest population and population density and the most number of literates of all the mandals of the district.

Governance

The mandal was a part of the

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, under the jurisdiction of

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. It was shared by two assembly constituencies namely,

Guntur East (Assembly constituency) Guntur East is a constituency in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh, representing the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, state legislative assembly in India. It is one of the seven assembly segments of Guntur (Lok Sabha constituency), Guntur L ...

and

Guntur West (Assembly constituency) Guntur West is a constituency in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh, representing the state legislative assembly in India. It is one of the seven assembly segments of Guntur Lok Sabha constituency, along with Tadikonda, Mangalagiri, Ponnuru, ...

, which were segments of

Guntur (Lok Sabha constituency) Guntur Lok Sabha constituency is one of the twenty-five lok sabha constituencies of Andhra Pradesh in India. It comprises seven assembly segments and belongs to Guntur district. It was constituted in 1989 and N. G. Ranga was the first member ...

Settlements

Guntur Urban mandal covered

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and its urban agglomerations, covering

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of ten merged surrounding villages of

Nallapadu Nallapadu is a neighbourhood of Guntur in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It was merged in Guntur Municipal Corporation in 2012 and is a part of Guntur West mandal (formerly Guntur mandal). It is situated on the south west of Guntur Gun ...

Pedapalakaluru Pedapalakaluru is a neighbourhood of Guntur in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It was merged in Guntur Municipal Corporation in 2012 and is a part of Guntur West mandal (formerly Guntur mandal Guntur Urban mandal (or Guntur mandal) was a ...

, Ankireddipalem, Adavitakkellapadu, Gorantla, Pothuru, Chowdavaram, Etukuru,

Budampadu Budampadu is a neighbourhood of Guntur in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It was merged in Guntur Municipal Corporation in 2012 and is a part of Guntur East mandal (formerly Guntur mandal). Transport National Highway 16 and State Highwa ...

and

Reddy Palem Reddypalem is a neighbourhood of Guntur in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It was merged in Guntur Municipal Corporation in 2012 and is a part of Guntur East mandal (formerly Guntur mandal Guntur Urban mandal (or Guntur mandal) was a fo ...

. Chinapalakaluru and Jonnalagadda were the villages in the mandal.

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{{Guntur topics Mandals in Guntur district

Demographics

Governance

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See also

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