Attili mandal is one of the 46

mandal A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluk, or taluka () is a local unit of administrative division in India and Pakistan. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administrative c ...

s in

West Godavari district The West Godavari district is a coastal district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh with an administrative headquarters in Bhimavaram. As of the 2011 Census of India, the district has an area of and a population of 1,779,935. It is bounded ...

of the

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n state of

Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh (ISO 15919, ISO: , , AP) is a States and union territories of India, state on the East Coast of India, east coast of southern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, seventh-largest state and th ...

. The headquarters are located in the town Attili. The mandal is bordered by Iragavaram mandal and

Penumantra mandal Penumantra Mandal is one of the 46 mandals (administrative divisions) in the West Godavari district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Its headquarters arevin Penumantra. Geography The Mandal is bordered by Penugonda Mandal in the north ...

to the north, Palacoderu mandal to the east, Ganapavaram mandal and Tanuku mandal to the west.

Demographics

According to the 2011

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, this mandal had a population of 68,881 in 19,739 households. With 34,590 males and 34,291 females, the sex ratio is 1,009 females per 1000 males. There were 6,232 children in the age group of 0–6 years, of which 3,173 were boys and 3,059 were girls, for a sex ratio of 964. The average literacy rate stands at 77.41% with 48,495 literates, of which 25,485 are males and 23,010 are females. There were 11,190 members of Scheduled Castes and 707 members of Scheduled Tribes.

Labor

According to the report published by Census India in 2011, 30,048 people were engaged in work activities, of which 21,366 were males and 8,682 were females. In the census, 23,975 workers described their work as main work, 2,475 as cultivators, 15,071 as agricultural laborers, 704 in household industry and 5,725 were involved in other works. Of these, 6,073 were marginal workers.

Administration

Attili mandal is administered under the

Tanuku (Assembly constituency) Tanuku Assembly constituency is a constituency in West Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. It is one of the seven assembly segments of Narasapuram Lok Sabha consti ...

of the

Narasapuram Lok Sabha constituency Narasapuram Lok Sabha constituency is one of the twenty-five lok sabha constituencies of Andhra Pradesh in India. It comprises seven assembly segments and belongs to West Godavari district. Assembly Segments Narasapuram Lok Sabha constituency ...

, and is one of the sixteen mandals in the

kovvur revenue division Kovvur revenue division (or Kovvur division) is an administrative division in the East Godavari district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Development started in 2009 after Burugupalli Sesharao was elected as the Member of Legislative Assemb ...

Towns and villages

According to the 2011

, the mandal has 14 settlements, all of which are villages. Attili is the largest and Gummampadu is the smallest in terms of population. The settlements in the mandal are:

Education

The mandal plays a major role in education for the rural students of nearby villages. The primary and secondary school education is imparted by government, aided by private schools, under the School Education Department of the state. As per the school information report for the academic year 2015–16, the mandal has more than 7,049 students enrolled in over 76 schools.

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