Challapalli 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 the

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 Indian 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 are located in Challapalli.

Demographics

As of the 2011

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, the mandal had a population of 53,540 living in 16,430 households. The total population consisted of 26,947 females and 26,593 males, for a sex ratio of 1,013 females to 1,000 males. There were 4,716 children aged 0–6 years, which consisted of 2,218 girls and 2,498 boys, for a sex ratio of 888 females to 1,000 males. The average literacy rate stands at 74.63% with 36,439 literates, of which 17,645 are females and 18,794 are males. There were 11,963 members of Scheduled Castes and 1,448 members of Scheduled Tribes.

Labor statistics

According to the 2011

, 25,201 people were employed, including 9,304 females and 15,897 males. 23,060 workers described their work as manual labor, 2,294 as cultivators, 12,335 as agricultural laborers, 1,002 as household industry, and 7,429 as involved in other. Of these, only 2,141 were marginal workers.

Administration

Challapalli mandal is administered under the Avanigadda 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 10 mandals which fall under the

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

According to the 2011

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, there are a total of 11 settlements in this mandal. Challapalli is the largest, and Nimmagadda is the smallest in terms of population. The settlements in the mandal are:

Education

This mandal plays a major role in education for the rural students of nearby villages. Primary and secondary school education is administered by the School Education Department of the state, aided by private schools. As per the school report for the 2015–2016 academic year, the mandal has more than 8,998 students enrolled in over 66 schools.

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