Narasaraopet mandal is one of the 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 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 India state of

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

Narasaraopet revenue division Narasaraopet revenue division is an administrative division in the Palnadu district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It comprises 9 mandals and is one of the three revenue divisions in the district, along with Gurajala and Sattenapalli. ...

and the headquarters are located at

Narasaraopet Narasaraopet is a city and district headquarters of Palnadu District of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The town is a municipality and mandal headquarters of Narasaraopet mandal and Headquarters of Narasaraopet revenue division. The town also ...

city. The mandal is bounded by Rompicherla, Nekarikallu,

Muppalla Muppalla (Muppalla) is a village palnadu district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located in Muppalla village ipur mondal of Guntur revenue division. Geography Varagani is situated at . It is spread over an area of . Governan ...

Phirangipuram Phirangipuram is a village in Guntur district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located in Phirangipuram mandal of Guntur revenue division. Demographics Census of India, the village had a population of , of which males are , fe ...

, Nadendla and

Chilakaluripet Chilakaluripet is a city in Palnadu district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is the Mandal headquarters of Chilakaluripet Mandal in Narasaraopet Revenue Division. Geography It is located in the Coastal Andhra region of the state at ...

a. It also borders

Prakasam district Prakasam district is one of the thirteen districts in the coastal Andhra region of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It was formed in 1970 and reorganised in 2022 on April 4. The headquarters of the district is Ongole. It is located on the weste ...

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 211,948. The total population constitute, 106,926 males and 105,022 females —a sex ratio of 982 females per 1000 males. 21,370 children are in the age group of 0–6 years, of which 10,953 are boys and 10,417 are girls —a ratio of 951 per 1000. The average literacy rate stands at 72.09% with 137,390 literates.

Settlement

, the mandal has 20 settlements. It includes 1 town, 2 out growths and 15 villages. The settlements in the mandal are listed below: ''Note: M-

Municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

, OG- Out Growth'' * Lingamguntla Agraharam (Rural) and Narasaraopet (Rural) are out growths to Narasaraopet (M).

Administration

The mandal 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 ...

and the present tahsildar is M.Leela Sanjeeva Kumari. Narasaraopet mandal is one of the 2 mandals under

Narasaraopet (Assembly constituency) Narasaraopet Assembly constituency is a constituency in Palnadu district of Andhra Pradesh, representing the state legislative assembly in India. It is one of the seven assembly segments of Narasaraopet Lok Sabha constituency, along with Pedak ...

, which in turn represents

Narasaraopet (Lok Sabha constituency) Narasaraopet Lok Sabha constituency is one of the twenty-five lok sabha constituencies of Andhra Pradesh in India. It comprises seven assembly segments and belongs to Palnadu district. Assembly segments Narasaraopet Lok Sabha constituency co ...

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 has more than 33,498 students enrolled in over 195 schools.

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{{Guntur district Mandals in Guntur district

Demographics

Settlement

Administration

Education

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