| Tsundur | |
| Native Name Lang: | te |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | India Andhra Pradesh#India |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Andhra Pradesh, India |
| Coordinates: | 16.1583°N 80.583°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Andhra Pradesh |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Bapatla |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
| Elevation M: | 12 |
| Population Total: | 5965 |
| 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 |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | Lok Sabha |
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | Bapatla |
| Blank2 Name Sec1: | Vidhan Sabha |
| Blank2 Info Sec1: | Vemuru |
| Map Alt: | Dynamic map of village |
Tsundur is a village in Bapatla district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is the mandal headquarters of Tsundur mandal in Bapatla revenue division.[3] [4]
Census of India, the town had a population of . The total population constitute, males, females and children, in the age group of 0–6 years. The average literacy rate stands at 69.94% with literates, significantly lower than the national average of 73.00%.[5]
On 6 August 1991, 8 Dalits were murdered within the village when a mob of over 300 people, composed of mainly upper caste members, hunted down the victims along the bund of an irrigation canal. The incident happened after police allegedly asked locals to show aggression towards the Dalit population within the village, following recent tension among members of different castes in the area. During the resulting trial, 21 offenders were sentenced to life imprisonment for their involvement and 35 others to one year of imprisonment and a penalty of 2,000Rs each, on 31 July 2007, by the special judge under the SCs, STs (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.[6] [7]