Visakhapatnam Rural Mandal is one of the 46 mandals in
Visakhapatnam district
Visakhapatnam district (formerly known as Vizagapatam district) is one of the six districts in the Uttarandhra region of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, headquartered at Visakhapatnam. It is one of the twenty-six districts in Andhra Prad ...
of
Andhra Pradesh
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,
India
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. The mandal lies on the coast of
Bay of Bengal
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and is bounded by
Bheemunipatnam
Bheemunipatnam (also known as Bheemili), is a suburb of Visakhapatnam, India. The town was named after Bhima, a character in the Hindu epic Mahabharata. It formerly administered under the Bheemunipatnam municipality, but merged into GVMC in 2017 ...
,
Anandapuram mandals to the north and
Visakhapatnam Urban-1 to the south.
Demographics
census
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, the mandal had a population of 260,192. The total population constitute, 131,477 males and 128,715 females —a sex ratio of 979 females per 1000 males. 26,608 children are in the age group of 0–6 years, of which 13,486 are boys and 13,122 are girls —a ratio of 973 per 1000. The average literacy rate stands at 79.07% with 184,699 literates.
Gopalapatnam (rural) is the most populated village and Bakkannapalem is the least populated village in the mandal.
Villages
Visakhapatnam Rural mandal consists of the following areas
See also
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Visakhapatnam district
Visakhapatnam district (formerly known as Vizagapatam district) is one of the six districts in the Uttarandhra region of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, headquartered at Visakhapatnam. It is one of the twenty-six districts in Andhra Prad ...
References
{{Visakhapatnam district
Mandals in Visakhapatnam district