Sullurpeta mandal is one of the

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

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of the state of

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. It is the headquarters of the

Sullurupeta revenue division Sullurupeta revenue division is an administrative division in the Tirupati district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is one of the four revenue divisions in the district and comprises nine mandals. The division was part of Nellore di ...

. The mandal is situated on the coast of

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, bounded by

Vakadu Vakadu is a village on the bank of Swarnamukhi river in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located in Tirupati district and is a mandal headquarters of Vakadu mandal. The village was a part of Gudur mandal. Notable people * N. Janard ...

Chittamur Chittamuru is a village and a Subdivisions of India, Mandal in Tirupati district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India. References

Villages in Nellore district {{Nellore-geo-stub ...

Doravarisatram Doravarisatram is a Mandal in Tirupati district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India. References

Villages in Nellore district {{Nellore-geo-stub ...

and

Tada Tada or TADA may refer to: Places * Tada, Nellore district, a village in Andhra Pradesh, India * Tada mandal, in Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, India * Tada Shrine, in Kawanishi, Hyōgo, Japan * Tada Station (disambiguation) *Tada, a Nupe town on the ...

mandals.

Biodiversity

Sullurpeta mandal has

brackish water Brackish water, sometimes termed brack water, is water occurring in a natural environment that has more salinity than freshwater, but not as much as seawater. It may result from mixing seawater (salt water) and fresh water together, as in estua ...

ecosystem. Every year, terrestrial and aquatic birds migrate to

Pulicat Lake Pulicat Lagoon is the second largest brackish water lagoon in India, (after Chilika Lake), measuring . Major part of the lagoon comes under Tirupati district of Andhra Pradesh. The lagoon is one of the three important wetlands to attract northea ...

area for a temporary stay. The ecosystem covers an area of including parts of the mandal along with

Chittamur Chittamuru is a village and a Subdivisions of India, Mandal in Tirupati district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India. References

Villages in Nellore district {{Nellore-geo-stub ...

Doravarisatram Doravarisatram is a Mandal in Tirupati district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India. References

Villages in Nellore district {{Nellore-geo-stub ...

and

mandals. The terrestrial birds include

painted storks The painted stork (''Mycteria leucocephala'') is a large wader in the stork family. It is found in the wetlands of the plains of tropical Asia south of the Himalayas in the Indian Subcontinent and extending into Southeast Asia. Their distinctiv ...

large egrets The great egret (''Ardea alba''), also known as the common egret, large egret, or (in the Old World) great white egret or great white heron is a large, widely distributed egret. The four subspecies are found in Asia, Africa, the Americas, and ...

, little egrets,

grey pelicans The spot-billed pelican (''Pelecanus philippensis'') or gray pelican is a member of the pelican family. It breeds in southern Asia from southern Iran across India east to Indonesia. It is a bird of large inland and coastal waters, especially larg ...

grey herons The grey heron (''Ardea cinerea'') is a long-legged wading bird of the heron family, Ardeidae, native throughout temperate Europe and Palearctic, Asia and also parts of Africa. It is resident in much of its range, but some populations from the m ...

; water birds include

northern pintails The pintail or northern pintail (''Anas acuta'') is a duck species with wide geographic distribution that breeds in the northern areas of Europe and across the Palearctic and North America. It is migratory and winters south of its breeding ra ...

black-winged stilts The black-winged stilt (''Himantopus himantopus'') is a widely distributed very long-legged wader in the avocet and stilt family (Recurvirostridae). The scientific name ''H. himantopus'' is sometimes applied to a single, almost cosmopolitan speci ...

northern shovelers The northern shoveler (; ''Spatula clypeata''), known simply in Britain as the shoveler, is a common and widespread duck. It breeds in northern areas of Europe and across the Palearctic and across most of North America, wintering in southern Euro ...

common teal The Eurasian teal (''Anas crecca''), common teal, or Eurasian green-winged teal is a common and widespread duck that breeds in temperate Eurosiberia and migrates south in winter. The Eurasian teal is often called simply the teal due to being th ...

seagulls Gulls, or colloquially seagulls, are seabirds of the family Laridae in the suborder Lari. They are most closely related to the terns and skimmers and only distantly related to auks, and even more distantly to waders. Until the 21st century, m ...

terns Terns are seabirds in the family Laridae that have a worldwide distribution and are normally found near the sea, rivers, or wetlands. Terns are treated as a subgroup of the family Laridae which includes gulls and skimmers and consists of e ...

sandpipers Sandpipers are a large family, Scolopacidae, of waders. They include many species called sandpipers, as well as those called by names such as curlew and snipe. The majority of these species eat small invertebrates picked out of the mud or soil. ...

, and common coots.

Demographics

census A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses incl ...

, the mandal had a population of 83,760. The total population constitute, 41,198 males and 42,562 females —a sex ratio of 1033 females per 1000 males. 8,719 children are in the age group of 0–6 years, of which 4,471 are boys and 4,248 are girls —a ratio of 950 per 1000. The average literacy rate stands at 73.31% with 55,009 literates.

Towns and villages

Sulluru (Sullurpeta) is the most populated and Vatrapalem is the least populated settlement in the mandal.

, the mandal has 40 settlements, that includes the following towns and villages: ''Sources:'' * ''Census India 2011 (sub districts)'' * ''Revenue Department of AP''

References

{{Tirupati district Mandals in Tirupati district