Venkatagiri mandal

Venkatagiri mandal is one of the 34 mandals in Tirupati district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a part of Gudur revenue division.

Venkatagiri mandal
Mandal
Venkatagiri mandal Show map of Andhra Pradesh Venkatagiri mandal Show map of India
Coordinates: 13°57′10″N 79°34′40″E
Country	India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Tirupati
Revenue division	Gudur
Area [1]
• Total	171.10 km2 (66.06 sq mi)
Population [2]
• Total	79,588
• Density	470/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+05:30 (IST)

History

Venkatagiri mandal used to be a part of Nellore district and was made part of the newly formed Tirupati district on 4 April 2022.^[3][4]

Demographics

Religions in Venkatagiri mandal (2011)
Religion			Percent
Hindus			93.76%
Muslims			5.72%
Christians			0.37%
Others or not stated			0.15%
Distribution of religions[2]

As per 2011 census^[update], Venkatagiri mandal had a total population of 79,588 with 39,776 male population and 39,812 female population with a density of 465/km². Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes made up 17,571 and 6,214 of the population respectively. It had a literacy rate of 69.59% with 77.3% among males and 61.95% among females.^[2]

Administration

Venkatagiri mandal is a part of Gudur revenue division.^[5][1]

Politics

Venkatagiri mandal is a part of Venkatagiri Assembly constituency and Tirupati Lok Sabha constituency. As of 1 January 2018^[update], the mandal had 60,838 eligible voters with 29,814 male voters and 31,024 female voters.^[2]