Unguturu mandal is one of 28 ''

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'' (administrative divisions) in the Eluru district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The headquarters are located at Unguturu. The mandal is bordered by Tadepalligudem mandal and Pentapadu mandal to the north,

Nallajerla mandal Nallajerla mandal is one of the 19 mandals in East Godavari district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh having population of 80,388 as of 2011 census. It is administered under Kovvur revenue division and its headquarters are located at Nalla ...

to the west,

Nidamarru mandal Nidamarru Mandal is one of 28 Mandals in the Eluru district of Andhra Pradesh, India. Its headquarters is located in Nidamarru. Its bordering states are Unguturu mandal, Bhimadole mandal, Pentapadu mandal, Ganapavaram mandal, Akividu mandal and ...

to the east, and by

Dwaraka Tirumala mandal Dwaraka Tirumala mandal is one of the 28 mandals in Eluru district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is under the administration of Eluru revenue division and the headquarters are located at Dwaraka Tirumala. The mandal is bounded b ...

and Bhimadole mandal to the south

Demographics

census, the mandal had a population of 80,722 in 23,080 households. The total population constituted 40,417 males and 40,305 females with a sex ratio of 997 females per 1000 males. 8,258 children were in the age group of 0–6 years, of which 4,197 were boys and 4,061 were girls with a sex ratio of 967. The average literacy rate stood at 69.59% with 50,429 literates of which 26,138 were males and 24,291 were females. The population of Scheduled Caste members was 18,305 whereas Schedule Tribe population was 1,058.

Work profile

As per the report published by Census India in 2011, 38,758 people were engaged in work activities out of the total population of Unguturu mandal which included 24,999 males and 13,759 females. According to census survey report 2011, 33,709 workers described their work as main work, 4,112 as cultivators, 22,100 persons worked as agricultural laborers, 560 in household industries and 6,937 were involved in other jobs. Of them 5,049 were marginal workers.

Administration

Unguturu mandal is administered under

Unguturu (Assembly constituency) Unguturu Assembly constituency is a constituency in Eluru district of Andhra Pradesh, representing the state legislative assembly in India. It is one of the seven assembly segments of Eluru (Lok Sabha constituency), along with Denduluru, Elur ...

of Eluru (Lok Sabha constituency) and one of the sixteen mandals under Eluru revenue division.

Towns and villages

As of the 2011 census, the mandal has 17 settlements, all of which are villages. In terms of population, Chebrolu is the largest village, while Chebrole Khandrika is the smallest village. The settlements in the mandal are: *A.Gokavaram *Badampudi *Bommidi *Chebrole *Chebrolu *Dontavaram *Gopinadhapatnam *Kagupadu *Kaikaram *Kakarlamudi *Nallamadu *Rachuru *Ravulaparru *Tallapuram *Unguturu *Vellamilli *Venkatadriapparaopuram

Education

The mandal plays a major role in the education of rural students from 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 9,675 students enrolled in over 86 schools.

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