Pakala mandal is one of the 34 mandals in

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. Tirupa ...

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 ...

. It is under the administration of

Tirupati revenue division Tirupati revenue division is an administrative division in the Tirupati district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is one of the 3 revenue divisions in the district with 9 mandals under its administration. Tirupati serves as the headqua ...

and the headquarters are located at Pakala.

History

Pakala mandal used to be a part of Chittoor district and was made part of the newly formed Tirupati district on 4 April 2022.

Geography

The mandal is bounded by

Chandragiri Chandragiri is a suburb and neighbourhood of Tirupati and located in Tirupati district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a part of Tirupati urban agglomeration and a major growing residential area in Tirupati It is the mandal headqua ...

, Irala, Penumuru, Pulicherla and

Puthalapattu Puthalapattu is a Mandalam in Chittoor district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is the mandal headquarters of Puthalapattu mandal. Puthalapattuis suburban of Chittoor city. Demographics As per Population Census 2011 the Puthalapa ...

mandals.

Demographics

, Pakala mandal had a total population of 56,667 with 28,025 male population and 28,642 female population with a density of . It had a

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of 1022.

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made up 13,122 and 1,474 of the population respectively. It had a literacy rate of 75.16% with 84.08% among males and 66.54% among females.

Administration

Pakala mandal is a part of the

. The headquarters are located at Pakala.

Politics

Pakala mandal is one of the 7 mandals under

Chandragiri Assembly constituency Chandragiri Assembly constituency is a constituency of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India. It is one among 14 constituencies in Tirupati district. Chevireddy Bhaskar Reddy of Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party is currently represen ...

, which in turn is a part of Chittoor Lok Sabha constituency of

. , the mandal has 40,655 eligible voters with 20,064 male and 20,591 female voters. Chevireddy Bhaskar Reddy is representing the Chandragiri constituency as the

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(MLA) in

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, and N. Reddeppa is representing the Chittoor constituency as the

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(MP) in

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References

{{Tirupati district Mandals in Tirupati district