Tenali mandal is one of the 57

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

Guntur district Guntur district is one of the twenty six districts in the Coastal Andhra region of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The administrative seat of the district is located at Guntur, the largest city of the district in terms of area and with a po ...

of the

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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

Tenali revenue division Tenali is a city in Guntur district of the States and union territories of India, 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, d ...

, headquartered at

Tenali 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 ...

. The mandal is located in Velanadu region, bounded by

Pedakakani Pedakakani is a village in the Guntur district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located in Pedakakani mandal of Guntur revenue division. Hindu shrine of Shiva, Sri Bhramaramba Malleswara Swamy Temple is located in the village. Ge ...

, Duggirala,

Kollipara Kollipara is a village in Guntur district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is the headquarters of Kollipara mandal in Tenali revenue division. And it was one of the capital for Pericchedi. Geography Kollipara is situated at . It is ...

Vemuru Vemuru is a village in Bapatla district of the India state of Andhra Pradesh. It is the headquarters of Vemuru Mandal of Bapatla revenue division. Demographics census, the town had a population of 9,796. The total population constitute, 4, ...

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 ...

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 ...

and Chebrole mandals.

History

Guntur district was constituted in the year 1904 and Tenali was one of the eight taluks of the district. On 1 July 1909, Tenali taluk was split into Tenali and Repalle taluks. In 1981–82, Tenali taluk was again split into Tenali and Emani taluks. Tenali city taluk was split into Vemuru and Tenali Mandals. Later it was split it into Tenali and Bapatla mandals. On 25 May 1985, mandals were recognised, replacing taluks and firkas.

Demographics

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, the mandal had a population of 240,031. The total population constituted 118,616 males and 121,415 females, for a sex ratio of 1024 females per 1000 males. 21,333 children were in the age group of 0–6 years, of which 10,939 were boys and 10,394 were girls. The average literacy rate stood at 79.89% with 174,711 literates. Devarapalleseri is the village with the smallest area of all the villages in the district, .

is the most populated and Nelapadu is the least populated settlement in the mandal.

Government

Administration

The mandal also forms a part of the

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under the jurisdiction of

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. It is under the control of a

tahsildar In India and Pakistan, a Tehsildar or Mamlatdar is a tax officer accompanied by revenue inspectors. They are in charge of obtaining taxes from a tehsil with regard to land revenue. A tehsildar is also known as an executive magistrate of the relev ...

; the present tahsildar is G.V. Subba Reddy.

, the mandal has thirteen villages with one town. The settlements in the mandal are: *

Angalakuduru Angalakuduru is an area of Tenali in Guntur district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located in Tenali mandal of Tenali revenue division. It is a residential area in Tenali. It forms a part of Andhra Pradesh Capital Region. Geogra ...

(merged in the city) *

Burripalem Burripalem is an area of Tenali in Guntur district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located in Tenali, Tenali mandal of Tenali revenue division. It forms a part of Andhra Pradesh Capital Region. Geography Burripalem is situated to ...

(merged in the city) * Chinaravuru (merged in the city) * Devarapalliseri * Gudiwada *

Katevaram Kattevaram is a village in Guntur district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located in Tenali mandal of Tenali revenue division. It forms a part of Andhra Pradesh Capital Region. Geography Kattevaram is situated to the north of T ...

(merged in the city) *

Kolakaluru Kolakaluru is a neighborhood of Tenali city in Guntur district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located in Tenali mandal of Tenali revenue division. It forms a part of Andhra Pradesh Capital Region. History The 13th and 14th centu ...

Nandivelugu Nandivelugu is an area of Tenali city in Guntur district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located in Tenali mandal of Tenali revenue division. The Village became part of the Tenali city in 2011. It is immediate area after Autonagar, ...

* Nelapadu (merged in the city) * Pedaravuru (merged in the city) *

Pinapadu Pinapadu is a suburb in Tenali, Guntur district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located in Tenali mandal of Tenali revenue division. It is one of the important residential area in Tenali. The Major part of Pinapadu was in located in ...

(rural) (merged in the city) * Sangam Jagarlamudi *'
Chavavaripalem
'' *

(M) (converted from town to city by expanding and merging the areas) * Yerukalapudi * Chavavaripalem ''Note: M:

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Politics

Tenali mandal is one of the two mandals under Tenali assembly constituency, which in turn represents Guntur lok sabha constituency of

. It was under Tenali lok Sabha constituency until 2008.

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 had more than 32,571 students enrolled in over 204 schools.

References

{{Guntur district Mandals in Guntur district