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Venkatagiri mandal
Venkatagiri mandal is located in Andhra Pradesh
Venkatagiri mandal
Venkatagiri mandal
Venkatagiri mandal is located in India
Venkatagiri mandal
Venkatagiri mandal
Coordinates: 13°57′10″N 79°34′40″E / 13.95278°N 79.57778°E / 13.95278; 79.57778
Country  India
State Andhra Pradesh
District Tirupati
Revenue division Gudur
Area
 • Total171.10 km2 (66.06 sq mi)
Population
 • Total79,588
 • Density470/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+05:30 ( IST)

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.

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, 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, the mandal had 60,838 eligible voters with 29,814 male voters and 31,024 female voters. [2]

References

  1. ^ a b District Census Handbook Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore (PDF) (Report). 2011. pp. 50–51, 390. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d Hand book of Statistics S.P.S. Nellore district 2018 (PDF) (Report). 2018. pp. 20–22, 38–39. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  3. ^ Sasidhar, B. M. (4 April 2022). "Chittoor, Tirupati, Annamayya districts formed as part of rejig". The Hans India. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
  4. ^ Boda, Tharun (27 May 2019). "Andhra Pradesh in the grip of sweltering weather as temperatures inch close to 47°C". The Hindu. ISSN  0971-751X. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  5. ^ "New AP Map: Check Out Biggest and Smallest Districts in Andhra Pradesh". Sakshi Post. 3 April 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2022.