Mangalagiri mandal

Mangalagiri mandal మంగళగిరి మండలం
Mandal
Mandal map of Guntur district showing Mangalagiri mandal (in green)
Mangalagiri mandal Location in Andhra Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 16°17′16″N 80°45′07″E / 16.2877°N 80.7519°E / 16.2877; 80.7519Coordinates: 16°17′16″N 80°45′07″E / 16.2877°N 80.7519°E / 16.2877; 80.7519
Country	India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Guntur
Headquarters	Mangalagiri
Government
• Body	Mandal Parishad
• Tehsildar	CH.Krishnamurthy
Area
• Total	101.31 km2 (39.12 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	160,303
• Density	1,600/km2 (4,100/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Telugu
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)

Mangalagiri mandal is one of the 57 mandals in Guntur district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is under the administration of Guntur revenue division and the headquarters are located at Mangalagiri town. The mandal is bounded by Thullur, Tadepalle, Tadikonda, Pedakakani and Duggirala mandals and a portion of the mandal lies on the banks of Krishna River.

Until February 1970, Guntur district had only eight taluks. Mangalagiri taluk was formed on 1 November 1977 by re-organising the then existing eight taluks into eleven taluks. On 25 May 1985, mandals were recognised, replacing taluks and firkas.

As of 2011^[update]census, the mandal had a population of 160,303. The total population constitute, 80,363 males and 79,940 females —a sex ratio of 995 females per 1000 males. 15,833 children are in the age group of 0–6 years, of which 7,990 are boys and 7,843 are girls. The average literacy rate stands at 72.32% with 104,479 literates.

The four villages namely, Krishnayapalem, Nidamarru, Kuragallu (Nerukonda hamlets), Nowluru (Yerrabalem & Bethapudi hamlets) of the mandal are a part of Andhra Pradesh capital city and the mandal is a part of Andhra Pradesh Capital Region, under the jurisdiction of APCRDA. The mandal is controlled by a tahsildar and the present tahsildar is CH.Krishnamurthy.