Kollur mandal is one of the 25

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 ...

s in

Bapatla district Bapatla district is a district in coastal Andhra in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh established on 4 April 2022. The administrative headquarter is Bapatla. The district is formed from part of erstwhile Prakasam district and part of erstwhile ...

of the

Indian state India is a federal union comprising 28 states and 8 union territories, with a total of 36 entities. The states and union territories are further subdivided into districts and smaller administrative divisions. History Pre-indepen ...

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 ...

. It is under the administration of

Tenali revenue division Tenali is a city in Guntur district of the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a municipality and the headquarters of Tenali mandal and Tenali revenue division. The city is renowned for art, culture, d ...

and the headquarters are located at Kollur.

Geography

The mandal is situated on the banks of Krishna River, bounded by

Vemuru Vemuru is a village in Bapatla district of the India state of Andhra Pradesh. It is the headquarters of Vemuru Mandal of Bapatla revenue division. Demographics census, the town had a population of 9,796. The total population constitute, 4,8 ...

Bhattiprolu Bhattiprolu is a village in Guntur district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is the headquarters of Bhattiprolu mandal in Tenali revenue division. The ''Buddhist stupa'' in the village is one of the centrally protected monuments of na ...

and

Kollipara Kollipara is a village in Guntur district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is the headquarters of Kollipara mandal in Tenali revenue division. And it was one of the capital for Pericchedi. Geography Kollipara is situated at . It is ...

mandals.

Demographics

census A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses incl ...

, the mandal had a population of 55,323. The total population constitute, 27,709 males and 27,614 females —a sex ratio of 997 females per 1000 males. 4,876 children are in the age group of 0–6 years, of which 2,509 are boys and 2,367 are girls. The average literacy rate stands at 69.31% with 34,967 literates. Kollur is the most populated and Boddulurupadu is the least populated villages in the mandal.

Administration

The present

tahsildar In India and Pakistan, a Tehsildar or Mamlatdar is a tax officer accompanied by revenue inspectors. They are in charge of obtaining taxes from a tehsil with regard to land revenue. A tehsildar is also known as an executive magistrate of the relev ...

is A.Seshagiri Rao. The

also forms a part of the

Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Andhra Pradesh Capital Region is the metropolitan region area of Andhra Pradesh state capital, the defacto capital city of Andhra Pradesh. Vijayawada is the headquarters and the largest city of the region. It includes the major ancient cities o ...

, under the jurisdiction of

APCRDA The Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority (abbreviated as APCRDA), Amaravati, ACT No. 27 of 2020. It was notified on 31 July 2020 by the Government of Andhra Pradesh as per ''The Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority ...

Politics

Kollur mandal is one of the 5 mandals under

Vemuru (SC) (Assembly constituency) Vemuru (SC) Assembly constituency is a scheduled caste reserved constituency is a constituency in bapatla district of Andhra Pradesh, representing the state legislative assembly in India. As per the ''Delimitation Orders (2008),'' the constitue ...

, which in turn represents

Bapatla (SC) (Lok Sabha constituency) Bapatla (SC) Lok Sabha constituency is one of the twenty-five lok sabha constituencies of Andhra Pradesh in India. It comprises seven assembly segments in Bapatla and Prakasam districts . Assembly segments Bapatla constituency comprises the ...

Settlements

, the mandal has 12 revenue villages, 24 gram panchayats and no towns. The settlements in the mandal are listed below:

References