Kollur mandal | |
Settlement Type: | Mandal |
Pushpin Map: | India Andhra Pradesh |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Andhra Pradesh, India |
Coordinates: | 16.1847°N 80.7961°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name1: | Andhra Pradesh |
Subdivision Name2: | Bapatla |
Seat Type: | Headquarters |
Seat: | Kollur |
Parts Type: | Major villages |
Parts Style: | para |
Governing Body: | Mandal Parishad |
Leader Title: | Tahsildar |
Leader Name: | P.John peter |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 108.14 |
Population Total: | 55323 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Demographics1 Info1: | Telugu |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Kollur mandal is one of the 25 mandals in Bapatla district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is under the administration of Repalle revenue division and the headquarters are located at Kollur.[3]
The mandal is situated on the banks of Krishna River, bounded by Vemuru, Bhattiprolu and Kollipara mandals.
census, the mandal had a population of 55,323. The total population constitute, 27,709 males and 27,614 females —a sex ratio of 997 females per 1000 males. 4,876 children are in the age group of 0–6 years, of which 2,509 are boys and 2,367 are girls. The average literacy rate stands at 69.31% with 34,967 literates. Kollur is the most populated and Boddulurupadu is the least populated villages in the mandal.
The present tahsildar is A.Seshagiri Rao.[4] The mandal also forms a part of the Andhra Pradesh Capital Region, under the jurisdiction of APCRDA.[5]
Kollur mandal is one of the 5 mandals under Vemuru (SC) (Assembly constituency), which in turn represents Bapatla (SC) (Lok Sabha constituency) of Andhra Pradesh.[6]
census, the mandal has 12 revenue villages, 24 gram panchayats and no towns.[7]
The settlements in the mandal are listed below: