Tenali mandal

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{{other uses|Tenali (disambiguation)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2019}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Tenali mandal
| settlement_type = [[Mandal]]
| image_skyline = File:Tenali mandal in Guntur district.jpg
| image_caption = Mandal map of Guntur district showing <br /> Tenali mandal (in green)
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Andhra Pradesh, India
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = [[India]]
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Andhra Pradesh]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Guntur district|Guntur]]
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| seat_type = [[Headquarters]]
| seat = [[Tenali]]
| parts_type = [[Administrative divisions of India|Major villages]]
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| governing_body = [[Panchayat Samiti (Block)|Mandal Parishad]]
| leader_title = [[Tehsildar]]
| leader_name = G.V.Subba Reddy
| unit_pref = Metric
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| population_total = 240031
| population_as_of = 2011
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| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
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'''Tenali mandal''' is one of the 57 [[mandal]]s in [[Guntur district]] of the [[Indian state]] of [[Andhra Pradesh]]. It is under the administration of [[Tenali revenue division]], headquartered at [[Tenali]].<ref name="map">{{cite web |title=District Census Hand Book – Guntur (Part XII-A) |url=http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/2817_PART_A_DCHB_GUNTUR.pdf |website=[[Census of India]] |publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]] |accessdate=31 May 2019 |format=PDF}}</ref>{{rp|650}}<ref name="census">{{cite web|title=District Census Handbook – Guntur|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/2817_PART_B_DCHB_GUNTUR.pdf|website=Census of India|accessdate=20 February 2016|format=PDF}}</ref>{{rp|14}} The mandal is located in Velanadu region,<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pfAKljlCJq0C|title=Precolonial India in Practice: Society, Region, and Identity in Medieval Andhra|last=Talbot|first=Cynthia|date=2001-09-20|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-803123-9|language=en}}</ref> bounded by [[Pedakakani]], [[Duggirala]], [[Kollipara]], [[Vemuru]], [[Amruthalur]], [[Tsundur]] and [[Chebrolu mandal|Chebrole]] mandals.<ref name="map" />

== History ==
Guntur district was constituted in the year 1904 and Tenali was one of the eight taluks of the district. On 1 July 1909, Tenali taluk was split into Tenali and Repalle taluks. In 1981–82, Tenali taluk was again split into Tenali and Emani taluks. Tenali city taluk was spiltted into Vemuru and Tenali Mandals. Later it was split it into Tenali and Bapatla mandals. On 25 May 1985, mandals were recognised, replacing taluks and firkas.<ref name="stats">{{cite web|title=Hand Book of Statistics 2013 Guntur District|url=http://desap.cgg.gov.in/jsp/social/Guntur%20District%20DHB%20-%202013.pdf|accessdate=9 September 2016|pages=i|format=PDF}}</ref>

== Demographics ==

{{As of|2011}} [[Census of India|census]], the mandal had a population of 240,031. The total population constituted 118,616 males and 121,415 females, for a sex ratio of 1024 females per 1000 males. 21,333 children were in the age group of 0–6 years, of which 10,939 were boys and 10,394 were girls. The average literacy rate stood at 79.89% with 174,711 literates.<ref name=population />

Devarapalleseri is the village with the smallest area of all the villages in the district, {{Convert|11|ha|abbr=on}}.<ref name="census" />{{rp|17}} [[Tenali]] is the most populated and Nelapadu is the least populated settlement in the mandal.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sub-District Details of Guntur District|url=http://censusindia.gov.in/PopulationFinder/Sub_Districts_Master.aspx?state_code=28&district_code=17|publisher=The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India|accessdate=24 May 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150415192755/http://censusindia.gov.in/PopulationFinder/Sub_Districts_Master.aspx?state_code=28&district_code=17|archivedate=15 April 2015}}</ref>

== Government ==

=== Administration ===
[[File:Office of the Tahsildar.jpg|thumb|Office of the Tahsildar in Tenali]]

The mandal also forms a part of the [[Andhra Pradesh Capital Region]] under the jurisdiction of [[Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority|APCRDA]].<ref>{{cite web|title=District wise mandals and villages covered in Krishna and Guntur districts|url=http://crda.ap.gov.in/APCRDA/Downloads/Notifications/2014MAUD_MS253.PDF|website=Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority|publisher=Government of Andhra Pradesh|accessdate=23 September 2015|format=PDF|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923135735/http://crda.ap.gov.in/APCRDA/Downloads/Notifications/2014MAUD_MS253.PDF|archivedate=23 September 2015}}</ref> It is under the control of a [[tahsildar]]; the present tahsildar is G.V. Subba Reddy.<ref>{{cite web|title=List of Tahsildars working in Guntur District as on 19.06.2014|url=http://guntur.nic.in/statistics/tahsildars.pdf|website=Guntur District Official Website|publisher=National Informatics Centre|accessdate=23 January 2015|page=2}}</ref>

{{As of|2011}} [[Census of India|census]], the mandal has thirteen villages with one town.<ref name="census" />{{rp|46}}<ref name="map" />{{rp|651}}

The settlements in the mandal are:

* [[Angalakuduru]] (merged in the city)
* [[Burripalem]] (merged in the city)
* [[Chinaravuru]] (merged in the city)
* Devarapalliseri
* Gudiwada
* [[Katevaram]] (merged in the city)
* [[Kolakaluru]]
* [[Nandivelugu]]
* [[Nelapadu, Tenali mandal|Nelapadu]] (merged in the city)
* [[Pedaravuru]] (merged in the city)
* [[Pinapadu]] (rural) (merged in the city)
* [[Sangam Jagarlamudi]]
*'''[https://servicenow.com Chavavaripalem]'''
* [[Tenali]] (M) (converted from town to city by expanding and merging the areas)
* [[Yerukalapudi]]
* '''[[Chavavaripalem]]'''

''Note: M: [[municipality]]''<ref>{{cite web|title=Abbreviations used|url=http://censusindia.gov.in/Metadata/Metada.htm#2w|publisher=censusindia.gov.in|accessdate=26 May 2014}}</ref>

=== Politics ===

Tenali mandal is one of the [[List of constituencies of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly#Guntur district|two mandals]] under [[Tenali (Assembly constituency)|Tenali assembly constituency]], which in turn represents [[Guntur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Guntur lok sabha constituency]] of [[Andhra Pradesh]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008 |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf
|publisher=Election Commission of India|accessdate=11 October 2014|page=22|format=pdf}}</ref> It was under [[Tenali (Lok Sabha constituency)|Tenali lok Sabha constituency]] until 2008.<ref>{{cite news|title=All eyes on Guntur Lok Sabha seat|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/all-eyes-on-guntur-lok-sabha-seat/article328754.ece|accessdate=16 October 2014|work=The Hindu|date=11 March 2009|location=Guntur}}</ref>

== Education ==

The mandal plays a major role in education for the rural students of the nearby villages. The primary and secondary school education is imparted by government, aided and private schools, under the School Education Department of the state.<ref>{{cite web|title=School Education Department|url=http://rmsaap.nic.in/Notification_TSG_2015.pdf|publisher=School Education Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh|accessdate=7 November 2016|format=PDF|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160319051231/http://rmsaap.nic.in/Notification_TSG_2015.pdf|archivedate=19 March 2016}}</ref> As per the school information report for the academic year 2015–16, the mandal had more than 32,571 students enrolled in over 204 schools.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cse.ap.gov.in/DSE/totalSchoolReport.xls#|title=R1.1 SCHOOL INFORMATION|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161108154343/http://cse.ap.gov.in/DSE/totalSchoolReport.xls|archivedate=2016-11-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Student Information Report|url=http://cse.ap.gov.in/DSE/districtStudentReport.do?mode=getVillageReportsList&mandalCode=281739&mandalName=TENALI|website=Commissionerate of School Education|publisher=Child info 2015–16, District School Education – Andhra Pradesh|accessdate=8 November 2016}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[List of mandals in Andhra Pradesh]]
* [[List of villages in Guntur district#T|Villages in Tenali mandal]]

== References ==
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{{Geographic location
|Centre = Tenali mandal
|North = [[Duggirala mandal]]
|Northeast = [[Kollipara mandal]]
|East = [[Kollipara mandal]]
|Southeast = [[Vemuru mandal]]
|South = [[Amruthalur]] mandal
|Southwest = [[Tsundur]] mandal
|West = [[Chebrolu mandal|Chebrole]] mandal
|Northwest = [[Pedakakani mandal]]
}}

{{Guntur district}}

[[Category:Mandals in Guntur district]]

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