Parchur mandal | |
Native Name Lang: | te |
Settlement Type: | Mandal |
Pushpin Map: | India Andhra Pradesh |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Andhra Pradesh, India |
Coordinates: | 15.967°N 80.264°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Andhra Pradesh |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Bapatla |
Seat Type: | Headquarters |
Seat: | Parchur |
Parts Type: | Major villages |
Parts Style: | para |
Leader Title: | Tehsildar |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 225.13 |
Population Total: | 53269 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Demographics1 Info1: | Telugu |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Postal Code Type: | PIN |
Map Alt: | Interactive map of mandal |
Parchur is a mandal in the Bapatla district[1] in the Coastal Andhra region of Andhra Pradesh, India. Its headquarters are in Parchur.
As of 2011 census, the mandal had a population of 53,269 in 15,531 households. The total population constitutes 26,622 males and 28,046 females — a sex ratio of 1053 females per 1000 males. 4,833 children are in the age group of 0–6 years, of which 2,406 are boys and 2,427 are girls — a sex ratio of 1009 per 1000. The average literacy rate stands at 67.71% with 33,741 literates. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 14,000 (26.28%) and 3,691 (6.93%) of the population respectively.[2]
At the time of the 2011 census, 89.44% of the population spoke Telugu and 9.67% Urdu as their first language.[3]