Tekkali revenue division (or Tekkali division) is a

revenue division A Revenue division is an administrative division of some of the States and union territories of India, Indian states. It is a geographic area covering many tehsils, which in turn comprises villages. A revenue division is headed by a Revenue Divisio ...

in the

Srikakulam district Srikakulam district is one of the twenty-six districts of the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, located in the Uttarandhra region of the state, with its headquarters located at Srikakulam. It is one of the si ...

of the

Indian state India is a federal union comprising 28 states and 8 union territories, with a total of 36 entities. The states and union territories are further subdivided into districts and smaller administrative divisions. History Pre-indepen ...

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 one of the three revenue divisions in the district with nine

mandals 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 ...

under its administration. The divisional headquarters are located at

Tekkali Tekkali is a census town in Srikakulam district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is the mandal headquarters of Tekkali mandal and Tekkali revenue division and is located at a distance of 51 KM from the district headquarters. The prom ...

Administration

The 9 mandals administered under the revenue division are:

Demographics

At the time of the 2011 census, the division had a population of 8,99,280. The rural population is 7,57,871 and the urban population is 1,41,409. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 6.50% and 4.63% of the population respectively. 98.99% of the population are Hindus and 0.53% are Christians. At the time of the 2011 census, 85.49% of the population spoke

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and 13.07%

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as their first language.

References

Revenue divisions in Andhra Pradesh Srikakulam district {{Srikakulam-geo-stub

Administration

Demographics

See also

References