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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Bapulapadu
| native_name =
| native_name_lang = te
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| settlement_type = [[Mandal]]
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| image_caption = Mandal map of Krishna district showing <br/> Bapulapadu mandal (in Rose Colour)
| pushpin_map = India Andhra Pradesh
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Karnataka, India
| coordinates = {{coord|16|38|11|N|80|57|58|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = [[India]]
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Andhra Pradesh]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Krishna district|Krishna]]
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| seat_type = [[Headquarters]]
| seat = [[Bapulapadu]]
| parts_type = [[Administrative divisions of India|Major villages]]
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| governing_body = [[Panchayat Samiti (Block)|Mandal Parishad]]
| leader_title = [[Tehsildar]]
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| area_total_km2 = 226.63
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| population_total = 84,922
| population_as_of = 2011
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
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| demographics1_info1 = [[Telugu language|Telugu]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
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'''Bapulapadu mandal''' is one of the 25 [[mandal]]s in [[Krishna district]] of the [[India]]n state of [[Andhra Pradesh]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.census2011.co.in/data/subdistrict/5004-Bapulapadu-krishna-andhra-pradesh.html|title=Bapulapadu Mandal - Krishna|accessdate=6 November 2017}}</ref> 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, Krishna district|Unguturu mandal]] to the west.<ref>{{cite web|title=Krishna Mandal Map|url=https://www.mapsofindia.com/maps/andhrapradesh/tehsil/krishna.html|publisher=Maps of India|accessdate=6 November 2017}}</ref>

== Demographics ==
{{As of|2011}} [[Census of India|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiagrowing.com/Andhra_Pradesh/Krishna/Bapulapadu|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130801010940/http://www.indiagrowing.com/Andhra_Pradesh/Krishna/Bapulapadu|url-status=usurped|archive-date=1 August 2013|title=Population of Bapulapadu mandal|publisher=India Growing|accessdate=6 November 2017}}</ref> 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 Caste]]s and 2,036 members of [[Scheduled Tribe]]s.

===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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.censusindia.co.in/subdistrict/Bapulapadu-mandal-krishna-andhra-pradesh-5004|title=Bapulapadu Mandal Population, Caste, Religion Data|publisher=Census 2011|accessdate=6 November 2017}}</ref>

== Administration ==
Bapulapadu mandal is administered under the [[Gannavaram, Krishna Assembly constituency|Gannavaram Assembly constituency]] of the [[Machilipatnam (Lok Sabha constituency)|Machilipatnam Lok Sabha constituency]].<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=6 November 2017|pages=20, 31|format=pdf}}</ref> It is one of the 8 mandals those falls under [[Gudivada revenue division]].

== Towns and villages ==
{{As of|2011}} [[Census of India|census]], there are a total of 28 settlements in the mandal. [[Bapulapadu]] is the largest and [[Kuripirala]] is the smallest in terms of population.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://vlist.in/sub-district/05004.html|title=Villages in Bapulapadu mandal|accessdate=6 November 2017}}</ref>

The settlements in the mandal are:
{{Columns-list|colwidth=30em|style=width:750px;|
#Ampapuram
#Arugolanu
#Bandarugudem
#Bapulapadu
#Billanapalle
#Bommuluru
#Bommuluru Khandrika
#Chirivada
#Dantaguntla
#Kakulapadu
#Kanumolu
#Kodurupadu
#Kothapalle
#Koyyuru
#Kuripirala
#Madicherla
#Mallavilli
#Ogirala
#Ramannagudem
#Rangannagudem
#Remalli
#Serinarasannapalem
#Singannagudem
#Sobhanadripuram
#Tippanagunta
#Veeravalli
#Veleru
#Venkatapuram
#Venkatrajugudem
}}

== Education ==
The mandal plays a major role in education for the rural students of nearby villages. The primary and secondary school education is imparted by government, aided by 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=6 November 2017|format=PDF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151227185018/http://rmsaap.nic.in/Notification_TSG_2015.pdf|archive-date=27 December 2015|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> As per the school information report for the academic year 2015–16, the mandal has more than 9,583 students enrolled in over 103 schools.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cse.ap.gov.in/DSE/totalSchoolReport.xls#|title=R1.1 SCHOOL INFORMATION|accessdate=6 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161108154343/http://cse.ap.gov.in/DSE/totalSchoolReport.xls|archive-date=8 November 2016|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Student Information Report|url=http://cse.ap.gov.in/DSE/districtStudentReport.do?mode=getMandalReportsList&dist=2816&distname=KRISHNA|website=Commissionerate of School Education|publisher=Child info 2015-16, District School Education - Andhra Pradesh|accessdate=6 November 2017|archive-date=16 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180316010417/http://cse.ap.gov.in/DSE/districtStudentReport.do?mode=getMandalReportsList&dist=2816&distname=KRISHNA|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[List of mandals in Andhra Pradesh]]
* [[Vijayawada]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Krishna district}}

[[Category:Mandals in Krishna district]]

Bapulapadu mandal - Revision history

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