Pamuru is a

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 ...

in the

Prakasam district Prakasam district is one of the twelve districts in the coastal Andhra region of the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It was formed in 1970 and reorganised on 4 April 2022. The headquarters of the district is ...

in the

Coastal Andhra Coastal Andhra, also known as Kosta Andhra (International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration, IAST: Kōstā Āndhra), is a geographic region in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, comprising the coastal districts of the state between the East ...

region of

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. Its headquarters are in

Pamur Pamuru is a town in Prakasam district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is the mandal headquarters of Pamuru mandal in Kanigiri revenue division. This is the border town of Prakasam district. This is near from Nellore than Ongole around ...

. It borders

Nellore district Nellore district, officially known as Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore district in Coastal Andhra Region, is one of the 26 districts in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. According to the 2011 Census, the district's population was 2,963,557 of which ...

to the south.

Demographics

As of 2011 census, the mandal had a population of 63,017 in 14,897 households. The total population constitute, 32,206 males and 30,811 females — a sex ratio of 957 females per 1000 males. 7,678 children are in the age group of 0–6 years, of which 4,007 are boys and 3,671 are girls — a sex ratio of 916 per 1000. The average literacy rate stands at 67.77% with 37,503 literates. 31.74% of the population lives in urban areas, namely Pamur. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 11,778 (18.69%) and 1,992 (3.16%) of the population respectively. At the time of the 2011 census, 92.27% of the population spoke

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and 7.28%

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as their first language.

References

{{Prakasam-geo-stub Mandals in Prakasam district