Ponnur mandal

Ponnur mandal is one of the 18 mandals in Guntur district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Kilari Venkata Rosaiah – YSR Congress Party is the present MLA of the constituency, who won the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from YSR Congress Party. It is under the administration of Tenali revenue division and the headquarters are located at Ponnur town. The mandal is bounded by Vatticherukuru, Chebrole, Tsundur, Kakumanu, Amruthalur, Pittalavanipalem, Karlapalem and Bapatla mandals.

Demographics
census, the mandal had a population of 123,417. The total population constitute, 60,953 males and 62,464 females —a sex ratio of 1024 females per 1000 males. 11,134 children are in the age group of 0–6 years, of which 10,939 are boys and 10,394 are girls. The average literacy rate stands at 72.94% with 81,904 literates.

Administration
The mandal is partially a part of the Andhra Pradesh Capital Region under the jurisdiction of APCRDA. The mandal is under the control of a tahsildar and the present tahsildar is Padmanabhudu. Ponnur mandal is one of the 3 mandals under Ponnur (Assembly constituency), which in turn represents Guntur (Lok Sabha constituency) of Andhra Pradesh.

Settlements
census, the mandal has 19 settlements. It includes 1 town and 18 villages.

The settlements in the mandal are listed below:

• # Aremanda

• # Brahmanakodur

• # Chintalapudi

• # Dandamudi

• # Doppalapudi

• # Jadavalli

• # Jupudi

• # Kondamudi

• # Mamillapalli

• # Mannava

• # Mulukuduru

• # Munipalli

• # Nandur

• # Patchalatadiparru

• # Ponnur (M)

• # Upparapalem

• # Vaddemukkala

• # Vallabharaopalem

• # Vellalur


 * Notes
 * (M) denotes a municipality

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. As per the school information report for the academic year 2015–16, the mandal has more than 15,055 students enrolled in over 118 schools.