Narsipatnam revenue division (or Narsipatnam division) is a
revenue division
A Revenue division is an administrative division of some of the States and union territories of India, Indian states. It is a geographic area covering many tehsils, which in turn comprises villages. A revenue division is headed by a Revenue Divisio ...
in the
Anakapalli district 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 ...
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 ...
. It is one of the two revenue divisions in the district which consists of twelve
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 ...
under its administration.
Narsipatnam is the divisional headquarters.
Administration
There are 12 mandals under the administration of Narsipatnam revenue division.
On 3 April 2013, the mandals of
Rolugunta and
Madugula
Madugula is a village in Anakapalli district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India. It was also known as Vaddadi or Vaddadimadugula and was founded by the rulers of the Matsya dynasty. Later, it merged into the kingdom of Nandapur - Jeypore and ...
were transferred to
Anakapalle revenue division
Anakapalli revenue division is an administrative division in the Anakapalli district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is one of the two revenue divisions in the district which consists of twelve mandals under its administration. Anak ...
.
They are:
Demographics
As of the 2011 census the division had a population of 760,465. Rural population is 652,058 while the urban population is 108,407. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 11.60% and 2.27% of the population respectively.
Hindus are 98.00% of the population, Muslims are 0.99% and Christians 0.86%.
99.04% of the population spoke
Telugu
Telugu may refer to:
* Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of India
*Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India
* Telugu script, used to write the Telugu language
** Telugu (Unicode block), a block of Telugu characters in Unicode
S ...
as their first language.
See also
*
List of revenue divisions in Andhra Pradesh
*
List of mandals in Andhra Pradesh
References
{{Anakapalli district
Revenue divisions in Anakapalli district