Polavaram mandal

Polavaram mandal is one of the 28 mandals in Eluru district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is under the administration of Jangareddigudem revenue division and the headquarters are located at Polavaram. The mandal lies on the banks of Godavari River which separates it from East Godavari district and is bounded by Gopalapuram and Buttayagudem mandals.

Demographics
census of India, the mandal had a population of 45,392 with 13,677 households. The total population constitute, 22,345 males and 23,047 females —a sex ratio of 983 females per 1031 males. 4,846 children are in the age group of 0–6 years, of which 2,514 are boys and 2,332 are girls. The literacy rate stands at 23.12 with 9,497 literates.

Government and politics
Polavaram mandal is one of the 4 mandals under Polavaram (ST) (Assembly constituency), which in turn represents Eluru (Lok Sabha constituency) of Andhra Pradesh.

Towns and villages
census of India, the mandal has 23 settlements and all are villages.

The settlements in the mandal are listed below:

• # Cheeduru

• # Chegondapalle

• # Chilakaluru

• # Dharvada

• # Geddapalle

• # Gutala

• # Kondrukota

• # Koruturu

• # Lakshminarayana Devipeta

• # Nagampalem

• # Pattisam (Pattisema or PathaPattisema)

• # Polavaram (CT) †

• # Pragada Palle

• # Pydipaka

• # Ravigudem ‡

• # Saripallekunta

• # Singanapalle

• # Sirivaka

• # Sivagiri

• # Tekuru

• # Thutigunta

• # Venkatapuram ‡

• # Vinjaram


 * Notes
 * (†) Mandal headquarter
 * (‡) Uninhabited