Poduru mandal is one of 46

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 West Godavari district of the

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n 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 ...

. The headquarters is located in the town of

Poduru Poduru is a village and mandal headquarters of Poduru mandal in West Godavari district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The nearest railway station is located at Palakollu (PKO) at a distance of . Etymology In Telugu, "Podu" means ''Litt ...

Demographics

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, the mandal had a population of 65,706 in 18,294 households. The population consists of 33,128 males and 32,578 females, with a sex ratio of 983 females per 1000 males. 6,106 children are in the age group of 0–6 years, of which 3,154 are boys and 2,952 are girls, with a sex ratio of 936. The average literacy rate stands at 80.02% with 47,689 literates of which 25,218 are males and 22,471 are females. The majority are

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with a population of 17,675 whereas

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had a population of 485.

Economy

Per a report published by Census India in 2011, 31,077 people are employed: 20,643 males and 10,434 females. According to this report, 23,637 workers describe their work as main work, 1,794 as cultivators, 16,326 as agricultural labourers, 604 working in household industry and 4,913 involved in other work, out of them 7,440 are marginal workers.

Administration

Poduru mandal is administered under Achanta palakollu (Assembly constituency) of

Narsapuram (Lok Sabha constituency) Narasapuram 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 West Godavari district. Assembly Segments Narasapuram Lok Sabha constituenc ...

and one of the twelve mandals that fall under

Narasapuram revenue division Narasapuram revenue division (or Narasapuram division) is an administrative division in the West Godavari district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is one of the 2 revenue divisions in the district which consists of 10 mandals under it ...

Geography

The mandal is bordered by

Achanta mandal Achanta Mandal is one of the 46 mandals in West Godavari district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Its headquarters are located in Achanta. The mandal is bordered by Godavari river to the north, Yelamanchili mandal to the east, Podur ...

to the north,

Yelamanchili mandal Yelamanchili mandal is amongst the 46 mandals in West Godavari district of the state of Andhra Pradesh in India. Its headquarters are located in the village of Yelamanchili. The mandal is bordered by the Godavari River to the north and east, t ...

to the east, Palacole mandal to the south and

Penumantra mandal Penumantra Mandal is one of the 46 mandals (administrative divisions) in the West Godavari district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Its headquarters arevin Penumantra. Geography The Mandal is bordered by Penugonda Mandal in the nort ...

to the west.

, the mandal had 14 settlements, all villages.

is the largest and Miniminchilipadu is the smallest by population. The settlements in the mandal are: * 1Gummaluru * 2Jagannadhapuram * 3Jinnuru * 4Kavitam * 5Kommuchikkala * 6Mattaparru * 7Miniminchilipadu * 8Pandithavilluru * 9Pemmarajupolavaram * 10Penumadam * 11Poduru * 12Ravipadu * 13Vaddiparru * 14Vedangi * 15appannacheruvu * 16thoorpupalem

Education

The mandal plays a major role in education for the rural students from nearby villages. The primary and secondary school education is imparted by government, aid from external sources, and private schools, supervised by the School Education Department. As per the school information report for the academic year 2015–16, the mandal had more than 6,244 students enrolled in over 84 schools.

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