Sullurpeta mandal is one of the

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

Tirupati district Tirupati district () is one of the eight districts of Rayalaseema region in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.The district headquarters is located at Tirupati city. This district is known for its numerous historic temples, including the Hindu ...

of the state of

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. It is the headquarters of the

Sullurupeta revenue division Sullurupettai revenue division is an administrative division in the Tirupati district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is one of the four revenue divisions in the district and comprises nine mandals. The division was part of Nellore d ...

. The mandal is situated on the coast of

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, bounded by Vakadu,

Chittamur Chittamuru is a village and a Mandal in Tirupati district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-larg ...

Doravarisatram Doravarisatram is a Mandal in Tirupati district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in 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 countr ...

and Tada mandals.

Biodiversity

Sullurpeta mandal has

brackish water Brackish water, sometimes termed brack water, is water occurring in a natural environment that has more salinity than freshwater, but not as much as seawater. It may result from mixing seawater (salt water) and fresh water together, as in estuary ...

ecosystem. Every year, terrestrial and aquatic birds migrate to

Pulicat Lake Pulicat Lake is the second-largest brackish-water lagoon in India (after Chilika Lake), measuring . A major part of the lagoon lies in the Tirupati district of Andhra Pradesh. The lagoon is one of three important wetlands that attracts northea ...

area for a temporary stay. The ecosystem covers an area of including parts of the mandal along with

, Tada and Vakadu mandals. The terrestrial birds include

painted storks The painted stork (''Mycteria leucocephala'') is a large wader in the stork family. It is found in the wetlands of the plains of tropical Asia south of the Himalayas in the Indian Subcontinent and extending into Southeast Asia. Their distinctive ...

large egrets Large means of great size. Large may also refer to: Mathematics * Arbitrarily large, a phrase in mathematics * Large cardinal, a property of certain transfinite numbers * Large category, a category with a proper class of objects and morphisms (or ...

little egrets The little egret (''Egretta garzetta'') is a species of small heron in the family Ardeidae. It is a white bird with a slender black beak, long black legs and, in the western race, yellow feet. As an aquatic bird, it feeds in shallow water and on ...

grey pelicans Grey (more frequent in British English) or gray (more frequent in American English) is an intermediate color between black and white. It is a neutral or achromatic color, meaning that it has no chroma. It is the color of a cloud-covered sk ...

grey herons The grey heron (''Ardea cinerea'') is a long-legged wading bird of the heron family, Ardeidae, native throughout temperate Europe and Asia, and also parts of Africa. It is resident in much of its range, but some populations from the more norther ...

; water birds include

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, black-winged stilts,

northern shovelers The northern shoveler (; ''Spatula clypeata''), known simply in Britain as the shoveler, is a common and widespread duck. It breeds in northern areas of Europe and throughout the Palearctic and across most of North America, and winters in southe ...

common teal The Eurasian teal (''Anas crecca''), common teal, or Eurasian green-winged teal is a common and widespread duck that breeds in temperate Eurosiberia and migrates south in winter. The Eurasian teal is often called simply the teal due to being th ...

seagulls Gulls, or colloquially seagulls, are seabirds of the subfamily Larinae. They are most closely related to terns and skimmers, distantly related to auks, and even more distantly related to waders. Until the 21st century, most gulls were placed ...

terns Terns are seabirds in the family (biology), family Laridae, subfamily Sterninae, that have a worldwide distribution and are normally found near the sea, rivers, or wetlands. Terns are treated in eleven genus, genera in a subgroup of the fam ...

sandpipers Scolopacidae is a large family of shorebirds, or waders, which mainly includes many species known as sandpipers, but also others such as woodcocks, curlews and snipes. Most of these species eat small invertebrates picked out of the mud or soi ...

, and

common coots The Eurasian coot (''Fulica atra''), also known as the common coot, or Australian coot, is a member of the rail and crake bird Family (biology), family, the Rallidae. It is found in Europe, Asia, Australia, New Zealand and parts of North Africa. ...

Demographics

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, the mandal had a population of 83,760. The total population constitute, 41,198 males and 42,562 females —a sex ratio of 1033 females per 1000 males. 8,719 children are in the age group of 0–6 years, of which 4,471 are boys and 4,248 are girls —a ratio of 950 per 1000. The average literacy rate stands at 73.31% with 55,009 literates.

Towns and villages

Sulluru (Sullurpeta) is the most populated and Vatrapalem is the least populated settlement in the mandal.

, the mandal has 40 settlements, that includes the following towns and villages: ''Sources:'' * ''Census India 2011 (sub districts)'' * ''Revenue Department of AP''

References

{{Tirupati district Mandals in Tirupati district