Bhimavaram mandal is one of the 46 mandals in West Godavari district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It has headquarters at Bhimavaram town. The mandal is bounded by Undi mandal, Palcoderu mandal, Veeravasaram mandal, Narasapuram mandal, Mogalthur mandal and Kalla mandal mandals.
Demographics
As of 2011 census, the mandal had a population of 226,497. The total population constitute, 112,283 males and 114,214 females —a sex ratio of 1017 females per 1000 males. 20,991 children are in the age group of 0–6 years, of which 10,596 are boys and 10,395 are girls. The average literacy rate stands at 79.59% with 163,561 literates.
Government and politics
Bhimavaram mandal is one of the 2 mandals under Bhimavaram (Assembly constituency), which in turn represents Narasapuram (Lok Sabha constituency) of Andhra Pradesh. The present MLA representing Bhimavaram (Assembly constituency) is Grandhi Srinivasa Rao of YCP Party, who won the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election of 2019.
Towns and villages
As of 2011 census, the mandal has 15 settlements, which includes 1 town and 14 villages. Chinamiram and Rayalam are partly OG‘s to Bhimavaram (M). Losarigutlapadu village is the most populated and Annavaram village is the least populated settlement in the mandal.
The settlements in the mandal are listed below:
- Anakoderu
- Annavaram
- Bethapudi
- Bhimavaram (M)
- Chinaamiram (part)
- Dirusumarru
- Komarada
- Kovvada
- Losarigutlapadu
- kothapusalamarru
- Narasimhapuram
- Rayalam (Rural) (part)
- Taderu
- Tundurru
- Vempa
- Yenamadurru
- Gollavani Tippa
- Ramayana Puram