Ponnur mandal is one of the 57 mandals in Guntur 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 ...

. Kilari Venkata Rosaiah –

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is the present MLA of the constituency, who won the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from

. It is under the administration of

Tenali revenue division Tenali is a city in Guntur district of the 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, drama and hence, it is called ''Andhra ...

and the headquarters are located at

Ponnur Ponnur is a town in Guntur district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. There was a festival on full moon day in May. A road to Chandole goes south-east and comes to Nidubrolu, where there is a temple with a stone bearing inscription recor ...

town. The mandal is bounded by

Vatticherukuru Vatticherukuru is a village in Guntur 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 area covering an area of and ...

, Chebrole,

Tsundur Tsundur is a village in Bapatla district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is the mandal headquarters of Tsundur mandal in Bapatla revenue division. Demographics Census of India, the town had a population of . The total population ...

Kakumanu Kakumanu is a village in Guntur district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is the headquarters of Kakumanu mandal in Tenali revenue division. Geography Kakumanu is situated at . It is spread over an area of . Governance Kakumanu ...

Amruthalur Amruthalur is a village in Guntur district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is the headquarters of Amruthaluru mandal in Tenali revenue division. The village forms a part of Andhra Pradesh Capital Region and is under the jurisdiction ...

, Pittalavanipalem, Karlapalem and

Bapatla mandal Bapatla mandal is one of the 25 mandals in Bapatla district of the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. It is under the administration of Bapatla revenue division and the headquarters are located at Bapatla. The mandal is bounded by Kakumanu, P ...

Demographics

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, the mandal had a population of 123,417. The total population constitute, 60,953 males and 62,464 females —a sex ratio of 1024 females per 1000 males. 11,134 children are in the age group of 0–6 years, of which 10,939 are boys and 10,394 are girls. The average literacy rate stands at 72.94% with 81,904 literates.

Administration

The mandal is partially a part of the

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under the jurisdiction of

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. The mandal is under the control of a

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and the present tahsildar is Padmanabhudu. Ponnur mandal is one of the 3 mandals under

Ponnur (Assembly constituency) Ponnur Assembly constituency is a legislative assembly constituency in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh. It is one of the assembly segments of Guntur Lok Sabha constituency. Kilari Venkata Roshaiah of the YSR Congress Party is the present M ...

, which in turn represents

Guntur (Lok Sabha constituency) Guntur 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 Guntur district. It was constituted in 1989 and N. G. Ranga was the first member ...

Settlements

, the mandal has 19 settlements. It includes 1 town and 18 villages. The settlements in the mandal are listed below: ;Notes :(M) denotes a

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Education

The mandal plays a major role in education for the rural students of the nearby villages. The primary and secondary school education is imparted by government, aided and private schools, under the ''School Education Department'' of the state. As per the school information report for the academic year 2015–16, the mandal has more than 15,055 students enrolled in over 118 schools.

References

{{Guntur district Mandals in Guntur district

Demographics

Administration

Settlements

Education

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