Ballikurava mandal

Ballikurava is a mandal in the Bapatla district^[1] in the Coastal Andhra region of Andhra Pradesh, India. Its headquarters are in Ballikurava.

Ballikurava mandal
Mandal
Interactive map outlining mandal
Ballikurava mandal Location in Andhra Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 16.000°N 80.022°E / 16.000; 80.022
Country	India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Bapatla
Headquarters	Ballikurava
Area
• Total	225.13 km2 (86.92 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	53,269
• Density	240/km2 (610/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Telugu
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)

Demographics

Religions in Ballikurava mandal (2011)[2]
Religion			Percent
Hinduism			94.62%
Islam			5.05%
Other or not stated			0.33%
Distribution of religions

As of 2011 census, the mandal had a population of 53,269 in 13,661 households. The total population constitute, 26,942 males and 26,327 females — a sex ratio of 977 females per 1000 males. 5,839 children are in the age group of 0–6 years, of which 3,058 are boys and 2,781 are girls — a sex ratio of 909 per 1000. The average literacy rate stands at 56.26% with 26,682 literates. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 14,258 (26.77%) and 3,331 (6.25%) of the population respectively.^[3]

Languages of Ballikurava mandal (2011)^[4]

1. Telugu (93.8%)
2. Urdu (4.62%)
3. Lambadi (1.28%)
4. Others (0.29%)

At the time of the 2011 census, 93.81% of the population spoke Telugu, 4.62% Urdu and 1.28% Lambadi as their first language.^[4]