Ganapavaram mandal

Ganapavaram mandal is one of the 48 mandals in West Godavari district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is under the administration of Eluru revenue division and the headquarters are located at Ganapavaram.[2] Ganapavaram Mandal is bounded by Nidamarru Mandal towards west, Pentapadu Mandal towards North, Undi Mandal towards South, Unguturu Mandal towards North . Tadepalligudem, Bhimavaram, Tanuku, Eluru are the nearby Cities to Ganapavaram. It is located 55 km from Eluru and 22 km from Bhimavaram.[3]

For other uses, see Ganapavaram (disambiguation).

Ganapavaram mandal
Mandal
Ganapavaram mandal
Location in Andhra Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 16.70°N 81.45°E / 16.70; 81.45
CountryIndia
StateAndhra Pradesh
DistrictWest Godavari
HeadquartersGanapavaram
Government
 • BodyMandal Parishad
Area
 • Total99.85 km2 (38.55 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total64,963
 • Density650/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
Languages
 • OfficialTelugu
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)

Demographics

As of 2011 census, the mandal had a population of 64,963 with 18,622 households. The total population constitute, 32,519 males and 32,444 females —a sex ratio of 997 females per 1000 males. 5,894 children are in the age group of 0–6 years, of which 2,957 are boys and 2,937 are girls. The literacy rate stands at 68.35% with 44,406 literates.[1]

The mandal does not have any sort of Urban population and Area.[1]:24

Governance

Administration

As of 2011 census, the mandal has thirty villages and twenty five panchayats, of which all of them are villages.[1] Velagapalle is the smallest Village and Ganapavaram is the biggest Village in terms of population[2][4] The settlements in the mandal are listed below:

  1. Agraharagopavaram
  2. Ardhavaram
  3. Cherukuganuma Agraharam
  4. Chinaramachandrapuram
  5. Dasulakumudavalli
  6. Ganapavaram
  7. Jagannadhapuram
  8. Jallikakinada
  9. Kasipadu
  10. Kesavaram
  11. Komarru
  12. Kommara
  13. Kothapalle
  14. Moyyeru
  15. Muggula
  16. Mupparthipadu
  17. Pippara
  18. Saripalle
  19. Seethalamkonde Padu
  20. Vakapalle
  21. Valluru
  22. Varadarajapuram
  23. Veereswarapuram
  24. Velagapalle
  25. Venkatrajapuram
Notes
(†) Mandal headquarter

Politics

Ganapavaram mandal is one of the mandals under Unguturu (Assembly constituency), which in turn represents Eluru (Lok Sabha constituency) of Andhra Pradesh.[5]

Education

The primary and secondary school education is imparted by mandal parishad, zilla parishad, government and private schools, which are both aided and unaided, under the administration of the School Education Department of the state.[6] The medium of instruction followed by different schools are English, Telugu.

Important colleges in Ganapavaram are S C B R Govt Junior College, Chanakya Junior College, (CH.VPMR) Government Degree College and Smt. Gottumukkala Swaraswathi Degree College. There are many schools in Ganapavaram. Gurajada Vidyaniketan, Vidya Jyothi Merit School and Maria Montessori School teaches in English medium whereas, Zilla Parishad High Schools in Telugu medium.

See also
  • List of mandals in Andhra Pradesh

References
  1. "District Census Handbook – West Godavari" (PDF). Census of India. pp. 48, 326. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  2. "West Godavari District Mandals" (PDF). Census of India. p. 428. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  3. "Mandals in West Godavari district". aponline.gov.in. Archived from the original on 29 April 2015. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  4. "Sub-District Details of West Godavari District". The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  5. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (pdf). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  6. "Constitution of Working Groups" (PDF). School Education Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 October 2016. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
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