Srikakulam mandal is one of the 38

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

Srikakulam district Srikakulam district is a district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, located in the Uttarandhra region of the state, with its headquarters located at Srikakulam. It is one of the six districts, located in the extreme northeastern direction ...

of the

Indian state India is a federal union comprising 28 states and 8 union territories, for a total of 36 subnational entities. The states and union territories are further subdivided into 800 districts and smaller administrative divisions by the respe ...

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 under the administration of

Srikakulam revenue division Srikakulam revenue division (or Srikakulam division) is a List of revenue divisions in Andhra Pradesh, revenue division in the Srikakulam district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is one of the three revenue divisions in the district with ...

and the headquarters are located at

Srikakulam Srikakulam is a city and the headquarters of Srikakulam district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. census, it has a population of 165,735. There are many other places of Buddhist Tourism such as Salihundam, Kalinga Patnam, Dabbaka Vaan ...

. The mandal is bounded

Amudalavalasa Amadalavalasa is a town in Srikakulam district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a municipality and also the mandal headquarters of Amadalavalasa mandal. The town is spread over an area of , which is under the jurisdiction of Visakhap ...

Etcherla Etcherla is a village in Srikakulam district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is the Mandal headquarters of Etcherla mandal. Most of the people in this region speak Telugu Telugu may refer to: * Telugu language, a major Dravidian langu ...

and Gara mandals. A portion of it lies on the banks of

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and

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Administration

The mandal is administered by a

Tahsildar In Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan, a tehsildar, talukdar, or mamlatdar is a land revenue officer accompanied by revenue inspectors. They are in charge of obtaining taxes from a tehsil with regard to land revenue. A tehsildar is also known as a ...

and the present tahsildar is ''Ch.Sattibabu''. Towns and villages

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, the mandal has 28 settlements. It includes 2 town, 1

out growth An out growth (OG) is an urban settlement contiguous to another urban area (such as a statutory town, census town, or city) that possesses urban characteristics but is not qualified as an independent town. It should not possess any uninhabited are ...

and 25 villages. The settlements in the mandal are listed below: # Alikam # Arasavilli (R) (OG) # Balaga (CT) # Balivada # Batteru # Byri # Byrivanipeta # Gudem # Ippili # Kallepalle # Karajada # Lankam # Lingalavalasa # Mofusbandar # Naira # Pathasrikakulam (R) (Part) # Patrunivalasa(Part) # Peddapadu # Ponnam # Ragolu # Ragolupeta # Sanivada # Silagamsingivalasa #

Singupuram Singupuram is a census town in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Geography It is located 11 kilometers(km) east of the district headquarters of Srikakulam, Srikakulam district, 9 km from Srikakulam and 100 km from Visakhapatnam. ...

(M) † # Thandemvalasa # Vakalavalasa # Voppangi Note: †-Mandal headquarter, CT–

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, M–

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{{Srikakulam district Mandals in Srikakulam district

Administration

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