Peddapuram mandal is one of the 21

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

Kakinada district Kakinada district is a district in the Coastal Andhra Region in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. With Kakinada as its administrative headquarters, it was proposed on 26 January 2022 to become one of the resultant List of districts of Andhra ...

of the state of

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. Its headquarters are located at

Peddapuram Peddapuram is a town in the Kakinada district of Andhra Pradesh in South India. The town also forms a part of Godavari Urban Development Authority. Peddapuram is known for its milk based sweet called PalaKova. The town is also popular in manufac ...

. The mandal is bounded by

Gandepalle Gandepalli is a village in Gandepalle mandal, located in Kakinada 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 ar ...

Jaggampeta Jaggampeta is a town in Jaggampeta mandal, located in Kakinada district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located on the banks of river Godavari. A town in which worked under British rule since 17th century, Primarily known as an exp ...

Kirlampudi Kirlampudi is a village in Kakinada district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located in Kirlampudi mandal of Peddapuram revenue division Peddapuram revenue division (or Peddapuram division) is an administrative division in the Ka ...

Rangampeta Rangam-peta is a village and a Mandal in East Godavari district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the secon ...

Samalkota Samarlakota (Telugu language, Telugu:సామర్లకోట) is a town in Kakinada district of the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The town forms a part of Godavari Urban Development Authority. It was ...

and

Pithapuram Pithapuram, historically known as Pittapore, is a town and a municipality in the Kakinada district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The town also forms a part of Godavari Urban Development Authority. The town is home to one of the eighteen ...

mandals.

Peddapuram revenue division in East Godavari district

Demographics

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, the mandal had a population of 123,399. The total population constitute, 61,713 males and 61,686 females —a sex ratio of 999 females per 1000 males. 12,673 children are in the age group of 0–6 years, of which 6,532 are boys and 6,141 are girls —a ratio of 940 per 1000. The average literacy rate stands at 67.75% with 75,019 literates.

Towns and villages

Kattamuru Kattamuru is a major panchayath village in Peddapuram Mandal of East Godavari 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 area coverin ...

is the most populated village and

Sirivada Sirivada is a village in Peddapuram Mandal in East Godavari 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 area covering an area of a ...

is the least populated settlement in the mandal.

, the mandal has 8 settlements, that includes: ''Sources:'' * ''Census India 2011 (sub districts)''

References

{{reflist Mandals in Kakinada district