Chinnagottigallu mandal

Chinnagottigallu mandal
Mandal
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Coordinates: 13°38′6″N 79°5′42″E
Country	India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Tirupati
Revenue division	Tirupati
Headquarters	Chinnagottigallu
Government
• MLA	Pulivarthi Venkata Mani Prasad (TDP)
• MP	Daggumalla Prasada Rao
Area [1]: 3
• Mandal	180 km^2 (70 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]: 40
• Mandal	26,150
• Density	150/km^2 (380/sq mi)
• Urban	0
• Rural	26,150
Time zone	UTC+05:30 (IST)

Chinnagottigallu mandal is one of the 34 mandals in Tirupati district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a part of Tirupati revenue division with its headquarters at Chinnagottigallu.

History

Chinnagottigallu mandal was a part of Chittoor district under Madanapalle revenue division until 2022.[2]: 19 [3] It was made part of the newly formed Tirupati district under Tirupati revenue division effective from 4 April 2022 by the Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy-led Government of Andhra Pradesh.[4]

Demographics

Religions in Chinnagottigallu mandal (2011)
Religion			Percent
Hindus			85.87%
Muslims			13.76%
Christians			0.27%
Others or not stated			0.1%
Distribution of religions[1]: 30, 32, 34

As per 2011 census^[update], Chinnagottigallu mandal had a total population of 26,150 with 13,021 male population and 13,129 female population with a density of 145/km^2. It had a sex ratio of 1008. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes made up 4,702 and 905 of the population respectively. It had a literacy rate of 66.67% with 76.97% among males and 56.45% among females.[1]: XXXIII, 13 [2]: 40–41 

Administration

Chinnagottigallu mandal is a part of Tirupati revenue division.[4] Its headquarters are located at Chinnagottigallu.[5] As of 2011 census, the mandal comprises the following 10 villages:[2]: 286 

Village
Bhakarapet
Chattevaripalem
Chinnagottigallu
Chittecherla
Devarakonda
Diguvuru
Kotabylu
Rangannagari Gadda
Thippireddigaripalle
Yeguvuru

Politics

Chinnagottigallu mandal is one of the 7 mandals under Chandragiri Assembly constituency, which in turn is a part of Chittoor Lok Sabha constituency of Andhra Pradesh. As of 1 January 2018^[update], the mandal had 18,592 eligible voters with 9,179 male voters and 9,412 female voters.[1]: XXXIII  Pulivarthi Venkata Mani Prasad is representing the Chandragiri constituency as the Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) in Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly,[6] and Daggumalla Prasada Rao is representing the Chittoor constituency as the Member of Parliament (MP) in Lok Sabha.[7]

References

1. "Handbook of Statistics - Chittoor district" (PDF). Government of Andhra Pradesh. pp. XXXIII, 3, 13, 30, 32, 34, 62. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
2. "District Census Handbook - Chittoor" (PDF). Government of India. 2011. pp. 19, 40–41, 286. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2015. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
3. A. D. Rangarajan (7 April 2020). "Entry points into Seshachalam forest sealed". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
4. "New AP Map: Check Out Biggest and Smallest Districts in Andhra Pradesh". Sakshi Post. 3 April 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
5. "Part-III District and Sub-district [Mandals] Guntur to Chittoor [7 Districts]" (PDF). Census of India. 2011. p. 461. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 February 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
6. "Andhra Pradesh Assembly election result: Full list of winners". Financial Express. 24 May 2019. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
7. A. D. Rangarajan (24 May 2019). "Crushing defeat for TDP in Naidu's home turf of Chittoor". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 25 September 2022.