| Kakinada Rural mandal | |
| Native Name Lang: | te |
| Settlement Type: | Mandal |
| Pushpin Map: | India Andhra Pradesh |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Andhra Pradesh, India |
| Coordinates: | 16.9511°N 82.2528°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Andhra Pradesh |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Kakinada |
| Seat Type: | Headquarters |
| Seat: | Kakinada |
| Parts Type: | Administrative divisions of India |
| Parts Style: | para |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 74.23 |
| Population Total: | 174129 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Telugu |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Kakinada Rural mandal is one of the 21 mandals in the Kakinada district of the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. It has its headquarters at Kakinada. The mandal is bounded by Samalkota mandal, Pedapudi mandal, Karapa mandal, Kothapalle mandal and waters of Bay of Bengal.[2]
census, the mandal had a population of 174,129. The total population constitute, 87,018 males and 87,111 females —a sex ratio of 1001 females per 1000 males. 17,978 children are in the age group of 0–6 years, of which 9,086 are boys and 8,892 are girls —a ratio of 979 per 1000. The average literacy rate stands at 78.39% with 122,399 literates. Sarpavaram is the most populated village and Penumarthi is the least populated village in the mandal.
Kakinada (rural) mandal consists of 10 villages. India, The following are the list of villages in the mandal:[3]
Kakinada (rural) mandal is under Kakinada Rural (Assembly constituency) which in turn is a part of Kakinada (Lok Sabha constituency), one of the 25 Lok Sabha constituencies representing Andhra Pradesh.[4] The present MLA is Kurasala Kanna Babu, who won the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election representing YSR Congress Party.[5] [6]