Biccavolu mandal | |
Native Name Lang: | te |
Settlement Type: | Mandal |
Pushpin Map: | India Andhra Pradesh |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Andhra Pradesh, India |
Coordinates: | 16.95°N 82.05°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Andhra Pradesh |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | East Godavari |
Seat Type: | Headquarters |
Seat: | Biccavolu |
Parts Type: | Major villages |
Parts Style: | para |
Governing Body: | Mandal Parishad |
Leader Title: | Tehsildar |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 100.58 |
Population Total: | 70277 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Demographics1 Info1: | Telugu |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Postal Code Type: | PIN |
Biccavolu mandal is one of the 19 mandals[3] in East Godavari district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is under the administration of Rajahmundry revenue division and the headquarters are located at Biccavolu village.[4] Biccavolu Mandal is bounded by Rayavaram Mandal towards South, Pedapudi Mandal towards East, Anaparthy Mandal towards west, Ramachandrapuram Mandal towards north .[5] It is located ata distance of 41 kilometres from Rajahhmundry.
census, the mandal had a population of 67,717 with 17,478 Households. The total population constitute, 33,642 males and 34,075 females, Average sex ratio of Biccavolu mandal is 1026 females per 1000 males. 6,952 children are in the age group of 0–6 years, of which 3,512 are boys and 3,440 are girls. Children sex ratio of Biccavolu is 979. The average literacy rate stands at 68.31% of which male has 72.36% and female has 72.36%.
census, the mandal has twenty revenue villages, thirteen gram panchayats, of which all of them are villages. Rallakhandrika is the smallest Village and Biccavolu is the biggest Village in terms of population.[6]
The settlements in the mandal are listed below:
Note: M-Municipality, OG-Out Growth[7]
Biccavolu mandal is one of the mandals under Anaparthy (Assembly constituency), which in turn represents Rajahmundry (Lok Sabha constituency) of Andhra Pradesh.[8]
The primary and secondary school education is imparted by mandal parishad, zilla parishad, government and private schools, which are both aided and unaided, under the administration of the School Education Department of the state.[9] The medium of instruction followed by different schools are English, Telugu.
Important colleges in Biccavolu are Sree Rama Private Industrial Training Institute and Adarsa Jr College. There are many schools in Biccavolu. Netaji Public High school and SriRama High school teaches in English medium whereas, Zilla Parishad High Schools in Telugu medium.