Bapulapadu mandal

Bapulapadu mandal is one of the 50 mandals in Krishna district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The headquarters of this mandal is located at Bapulapadu town. The mandal is bordered by Nuzvid mandal and Agiripalle mandal to the north, West Godavari district to the east, Nandivada mandal to the south and Unguturu mandal to the west.

Demographics

As of 2011 census, the mandal had a population of 84,922 living in 24,036 households. The total population constituted 42,406 males and 42,516 females, for a sex ratio of 1,003 females per 1000 males. There were 8,403 children in the age group of 0–6 years, of which 4,359 were boys and 4,044 were girls, for a sex ratio of 928. The average literacy rate stands at 72.19% with 55,236 literates, of which 28,807 are males and 26,429 are females. There were 21,375 members of Scheduled Castes and 2,036 members of Scheduled Tribes.

Labor Statistics

As per the report published by Census of India in 2011, 42,835 people were engaged in work activities, including 26,215 males and 16,620 females. In the census, 39,636 workers describe their work as main work, 3,393 as cultivators, 26,510 as agricultural labourers, 462 in household industry and 9,271 were involved in other works. Of these, 3,199 were marginal workers.

Administration

Bapulapadu mandal is administered under the Gannavaram Assembly constituency of the Machilipatnam Lok Sabha constituency. It is one of the fifteen mandals those falls under Nuzvid revenue division.

Towns and villages

As of 2011 census, there are a total of 28 settlements in the mandal. Bapulapadu is the largest and Kuripirala is the smallest in terms of population.

The settlements in the mandal are:

    1. Ampapuram
    2. Arugolanu
    3. Bandarugudem
    4. Bapulapadu
    5. Billanapalle
    6. Bommuluru
    7. Bommuluru Khandrika
    8. Chirivada
    9. Dantaguntla
    10. Kakulapadu
    11. Kanumolu
    12. Kodurupadu
    13. Kothapalle
    14. Koyyuru
    15. Kuripirala
    16. Madicherla
    17. Mallavilli
    18. Ogirala
    19. Ramannagudem
    20. Rangannagudem
    21. Remalli
    22. Serinarasannapalem
    23. Singannagudem