Pakala mandal

Pakala mandal
Mandal
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Coordinates: 13°25′51″N 79°6′43″E
Country	India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Tirupati
Headquarters	Pakala
Government
• MLA	Pulivarthi Venkata Mani Prasad (TDP)
• MP	Daggumalla Prasada Rao
Area [1]: 3
• Mandal	182 km^2 (70 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]: 5, 8
• Mandal	56,667
• Density	310/km^2 (810/sq mi)
• Urban	0
• Rural	56,667
Time zone	UTC+05:30 (IST)

Pakala mandal is one of the 34 mandals in Tirupati district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is under the administration of Tirupati revenue division and the headquarters are located at Pakala.

History

Pakala mandal was made part of the newly formed Tirupati district on 4 April 2022.[2][3]

Geography

The mandal is bounded by Chandragiri, Irala, Penumuru, Pulicherla and Puthalapattu mandals.[4]

Demographics

Religions in Pakala mandal (2011)
Religion			Percent
Hindus			84.76%
Muslims			13.85%
Christians			1.16%
Others or not stated			0.23%
Distribution of religions[1]: 30, 32, 34

As per 2011 census^[update], Pakala mandal had a total population of 56,667 with 28,025 male population and 28,642 female population with a density of 311/km^2. It had a sex ratio of 1022. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes made up 13,122 and 1,474 of the population respectively. It had a literacy rate of 75.16% with 84.08% among males and 66.54% among females.[1]: XXXIII, 3, 5, 15, 17 

Administration

Pakala mandal is a part of the Tirupati revenue division.[2] The headquarters are located at Pakala.[4]

Politics

Pakala 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 has 40,655 eligible voters with 20,064 male and 20,591 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,[5] and Daggumalla Prasada Rao is representing the Chittoor constituency as the Member of Parliament (MP) in Lok Sabha.[6]

References

1. Hand book of Statistics Chittoor district 2018 (PDF) (Report). 2018. pp. XXXIII, 3, 5, 8, 15, 17, 30, 32, 34, 62. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
2. Sasidhar, B. M. (4 April 2022). "Chittoor, Tirupati, Annamayya districts formed as part of rejig". The Hans India. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
3. "Nivar impact: Water touches precarious levels in Chittoor reservoirs". The Hindu. 26 November 2020. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
4. "Part-III District and Sub-district [Mandals] Guntur to Chittoor [7 Districts]" (PDF). Census of India. 2011. p. 472. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 February 2022. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
5. "Andhra Pradesh Assembly election result: Full list of winners". Financial Express. 24 May 2019. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
6. 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.