Chirala 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

Bapatla district Bapatla district is a district in coastal Andhra in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh (AP) established on 4 April 2022. The administrative headquarters are in Bapatla. The district is formed from parts of the erstwhile Prakasam district and G ...

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 ...

. It is administered under

Chirala revenue division Chirala revenue division is an administrative division in the Bapatla district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is one of the two revenue divisions in the district and comprises 13 mandals. It was formed on 4 April 2022 along with th ...

and its headquarters are located at

Chirala Chirala (), is a city in Bapatla district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a municipality and the headquarters of Chirala mandal in Chirala revenue division. , it had a population of above 170,000. Chirala is the most populated ci ...

. The mandal is situated at the shore of

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and is bounded by Parchur,

Karamchedu Karamchedu is a village in Bapatla district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is also the headquarters of Karamchedu mandal in Chirala revenue division Chirala revenue division is an administrative division in the Bapatla district o ...

and

Vetapalem Vetapalem is a census town in Bapatla district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is the mandal headquarters of Vetapalem mandal in Chirala revenue division. Demographics India census, Vetapalem had a population of 38,671. Males const ...

mandals.

Towns and villages

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 has 5 settlements. It includes 2 towns and 3 villages. Chirala is the municipality and its adjoining area was classified as a census town with the same name. ''Note'': M:

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, CT:

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, OG:

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{{Bapatla district Mandals in Bapatla district

Towns and villages

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