Srikakulam mandal is one of the 38
mandal
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s in
Srikakulam district
Srikakulam district is one of the twenty-six districts of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, located in the Uttarandhra region of the state, with its headquarters located at Srikakulam. It is one of the six districts, located in the extreme ...
of the
Indian state
India is a federal union comprising 28 states and 8 union territories, with a total of 36 entities. The states and union territories are further subdivided into districts and smaller administrative divisions.
History
Pre-indepen ...
of
Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh (, abbr. AP) is a state in the south-eastern coastal region of India. It is the seventh-largest state by area covering an area of and tenth-most populous state with 49,386,799 inhabitants. It is bordered by Telangana to the ...
. It is under the administration of
Srikakulam revenue division
Srikakulam revenue division (or Srikakulam division) is a List of revenue divisions in Andhra Pradesh, revenue division in the Srikakulam district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is one of the three revenue divisions in the district with ...
and the headquarters are located at
Srikakulam
Srikakulam is a city and the headquarters of Srikakulam district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. census,. it has a population of 165,735. There are many other places of Buddhist Tourism such as Salihundam, Kalinga Patnam, Dabbaka Vaa ...
.
The mandal is bounded
Amudalavalasa
Amadalavalasa is a town in Srikakulam district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a municipality and also the mandal headquarters of Amadalavalasa mandal. The town is spread over an area of , which is under the jurisdiction of Vi ...
,
Etcherla and
Gara mandals. A portion of it lies on the banks of
Vamsadhara River and
Bay of Bengal
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.
Administration
The mandal is administered by a
Tahsildar
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and the present tahsildar is ''Ch.Sattibabu''.
Towns and villages
census
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, the mandal has 28 settlements. It includes 2 town, 1
out growth and 25 villages.
The settlements in the mandal are listed below:
# Alikam
# Arasavilli (R) (OG)
# Balaga (CT)
# Balivada
# Batteru
# Byri
# Byrivanipeta
# Gudem
# Ippili
# Kallepalle
# Karajada
# Lankam
# Lingalavalasa
# Mofusbandar
# Naira
# Pathasrikakulam (R) (Part)
# Patrunivalasa(Part)
# Peddapadu
# Ponnam
# Ragolu
# Ragolupeta
# Sanivada
# Silagamsingivalasa
#
Singupuram
Singupuram is a census town in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.
Geography
It is located 11 kilometers(km) east of the district headquarters of Srikakulam district, 9 km from Srikakulam and 100 km from the State capital Visakhapatnam.
Dem ...
#
Srikakulam
Srikakulam is a city and the headquarters of Srikakulam district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. census,. it has a population of 165,735. There are many other places of Buddhist Tourism such as Salihundam, Kalinga Patnam, Dabbaka Vaa ...
(M) †
# Thandemvalasa
# Vakalavalasa
# Voppangi
Note:
†-Mandal headquarter, CT–
Census town
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India
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, M–
Municipality
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the ...
See also
*
List of mandals in Andhra Pradesh
Mandal in Andhra Pradesh, India is a sub-District. History
The Mandal system came into existence as an administrative reform, as part of reducing the size of erstwhile taluks and making them more effective and manageable. The decentralisation of ...
References
{{Srikakulam district
Mandals in Srikakulam district