Kota mandal is one of the 34

mandals 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 ...

Tirupati district Tirupati district () is one of the twenty-six districts in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh and one of the eight districts in the Rayalaseema region of the Andhra Pradesh state. The district headquarters is located at Tirupati city. Tirupat ...

of the 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 tenth-most populous state with 49,386,799 inhabitants. It is bordered by Telangana to the ...

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. Its headquarters are located at Kota. The mandal is bounded by Muthukur mandal,

Chillakur Chillakur is a village and partly out growth of Gudur in Tirupati district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located in Gudur revenue division Gudur revenue division is an administrative division in the Tirupati district of the ...

Ojili Ozili or Ojili is a village and mandal headquarters in Tirupati district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India. Transport National Highway 16 passes through the town, which connects Kolkata and Chennai. The Andhra Pradesh State Road Trans ...

Chittamur Chittamuru is a village and a Subdivisions of India, Mandal in Tirupati district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India. References

Villages in Nellore district {{Nellore-geo-stub ...

Vakadu Vakadu is a village on the bank of Swarnamukhi river in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located in Tirupati district and is a mandal headquarters of Vakadu mandal. The village was a part of Gudur mandal. Notable people * N. Janard ...

mandals and it also borders Nellore district.

Demographics

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, the mandal had a population of 55,226. The total population constitute 28,337 males and 26,889 females —a sex ratio of 949 females per 1000 males. 5,496 children are in the age group of 0–6 years, of which 2,773 are boys and 2,723 are girls —a ratio of 982 per 1000.

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constitute 16,505 and 8,963 respectively. The average literacy rate stands at 66.07% with 71.8% among males and 60.08% among females.

Administration

Kota mandal was a part of Nellore district until 2022. It was made part of the newly formed Tirupati district effective from 4 April 2022. It is a part of

Gudur revenue division Gudur revenue division is an administrative division in the Tirupati district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is one of the four revenue divisions in the district with eight mandals under its administration. The divisional headquarte ...

Towns and villages

Kota is the most populated settlement and Illukurupadu is the least populated settlement in the mandal.

, the mandal has 19 settlements, that includes: ''Sources:'' * ''Census India 2011 (sub districts)'' * ''Revenue Department of AP''

Politics

Kota mandal is a part of

Gudur Assembly constituency Gudur Assembly constituency is a SC (Scheduled Caste) reserved constituency of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India. It is one among 7 constituencies in the Tirupati district. Varaprasad Rao Velagapalli of Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Con ...

and

Tirupati Lok Sabha constituency Tirupati 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 Tirupati district. Assembly segments The seven Assembly segments of Tirupati ...

. , the mandal had 29,925 eligible voters with 14,822 male voters and 15,103 female voters.

References

{{Tirupati district Mandals in Tirupati district