Bantumilli mandal is one of the 25

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

Krishna district Krishna district is a district in the Coastal Andhra region in Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, with Machilipatnam as its administrative headquarters. It is surrounded on the East by Bay of Bengal, West by Guntur district, Guntur, Bapatla distric ...

of the

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

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 of this mandal is located at Bantumilli town. The mandal is bordered by Kalidindi mandal to the north, Kruthivennu mandal to the east,

Machilipatnam mandal Machilipatnam mandal is one of the 25 mandals in Krishna district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is under the administration of Machilipatnam revenue division, and the headquarters are located in Machilipatnam town. The mandal is b ...

to the south and

Pedana mandal Pedana mandal is one of the 25 mandals in Krishna district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is under the administration of Machilipatnam revenue division and the headquarters are located at Pedana. The mandal is bounded by Gudlavall ...

to the west.

Demographics

census A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of stati ...

, the mandal had a population of 46,370 living in 13,335 households. The total population constituted 23,116 males and 23,254 females, for a sex ratio of 1006 females per 1000 males. There were 4,349 children in the age group of 0–6 years, of which 2,217 were boys and 2,132 were girls, for a sex ratio of 962. The average literacy rate stands at 67.68% with 28,439 literates, of which 14,986 are males and 13,453 are females. There were 6,638 members of Scheduled Castes and 898 members of Scheduled Tribes.

Labor Statistics

As per the report published by Census of India in 2011, 23,217 people were engaged in work activities, including 14,364 males and 8,853 females. In the census, 19,505 workers describe their work as main work, 2,274 as cultivators, 13,535 as agricultural labourers, 204 in household industry and 3,492 were involved in other works. Of these, 3,712 were marginal workers.

Administration

Bantumilli mandal is administered under the Pedana Assembly constituency of the

Machilipatnam Lok Sabha constituency Machilipatnam Lok Sabha constituency is one of the twenty-five lok sabha constituencies of Andhra Pradesh in India. It comprises seven assembly segments it belongs to Krishna district and NTR district. Assembly segments Machilipatnam Lok Sabh ...

. It is one of the twelve mandals those falls under

Machilipatnam revenue division Machilipatnam revenue division (or Machilipatnam division) is an administrative division in the Krishna district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is one of the 3 revenue divisions in the district with 12 mandals under its administratio ...

Towns and villages

, there are a total of 18 settlements in the mandal. Bantumilli is the largest and Narayanapuram 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 6,525 students enrolled in over 69 schools.

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