Chilakaluripet mandal

Chilakaluripet mandal, officially designated as Chilakaluripet H/O Purshothama Patnam is one of the 28 mandals in Palnadu district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is under the administration of Narasaraopet revenue division and the headquarters are located at Chilakaluripet city.^[2] The mandal is bounded by Nadendla, Edlapadu, Pedanandipadu and Narasaraopet mandals.^[3]

Chilakaluripet mandal
Mandal
Chilakaluripet H/O Purshothama Patnam
Interactive map outlining mandal
Chilakaluripet mandal Location in Andhra Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 16.08917°N 80.16722°E / 16.08917; 80.16722
Country	India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Palnadu
Headquarters	Chilakaluripet
Government
• Body	Mandal Parishad
• Tehsildar	P.Ch.Venkaiah
Area [1]
• Total	193.66 km2 (74.77 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	52,231
• Density	270/km2 (700/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Telugu
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)

Administration

The Mandal is under the control of a Tahsildar and the present tahsildar is P.Ch. Venkaiah.^[4] Chilakaluripet mandal is one of the 3 mandals under Chilakaluripet (Assembly constituency), which in turn represents Narasaraopet (Lok Sabha constituency) of Andhra Pradesh.^[5]

Towns and villages

As of 2011^[update] census, the mandal has 15 settlements. It includes 1 town and 15 villages. Chilakaluripet is a hamlet of Purshothama Patnam.^[6][2]

The settlements in the mandal are listed below:^[7]

1. Boppudi
2. Chinna Pasumarru
3. Edavalli
4. Gottipadu
5. Govindapuram
6. Kanthetivari Khandrika
7. Kavuru
8. Kukkapallevaripalem
9. Manukondavaripalem
10. Murikipudi
11. Pasumarru (R)
12. Pothavaram
13. Rajapeta
14. Thatapudi
15. Veluru

See also

• List of mandals in Andhra Pradesh