Vijayawada (urban) 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: | 16.5083°N 80.6417°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Andhra Pradesh |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | NTR |
Seat Type: | Headquarters |
Seat: | Vijayawada |
Parts Type: | Major villages |
Parts Style: | para |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 59.69 |
Population Total: | 1021806 |
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 |
Vijayawada Urban mandal was a mandal in Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh. In 2018 it was bifurcated into 4 mandals under re-organization of revenue mandals and formed Vijayawada Central, Vijayawada North, Vijayawada East and Vijayawada West which were later incorporated into NTR district.[2] It was under the administration of Vijayawada revenue division and has its headquarters at Vijayawada city.[3] [4] The mandal lies on the banks of Krishna River, bounded by Vijayawada (rural) mandal and Penamaluru mandals.[5] The mandal was also a part of the Andhra Pradesh Capital Region under the jurisdiction of APCRDA.[6]
census, the mandal had a population of 1,021,806. The total population constitute, 512,417 males and 509,389 females with a sex ratio of 994 females per 1000 males. 100,309 children are in the age group of 0–6 years, of which 51,950 are boys and 48,359 are girls. The average literacy rate stands at 81.35% with 749,635 literates.
Vijayawada Urban consists of only one City that is Vijayawada and has no villages and hence, it was a fully urban mandal.[7]
In 2018 Vijayawada Urban mandal was bifurcated in to 4 mandals[8]