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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Challapalli
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'''Challapalli mandal''' is one of the 25 [[mandal]]s in the [[Krishna district]] of the [[India]]n state of [[Andhra Pradesh]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.census2011.co.in/data/subdistrict/5018-challapalli-krishna-andhra-pradesh.html|title=Challapalli Mandal - Krishna|accessdate=6 November 2017}}</ref> The headquarters of this mandal are located in [[Challapalli]].

==History==
Krishna district was formed by renaming Machilipatnam district and adding certain taluks of Guntur district in 1859. Krishna district was divided into Krishna and Godavari districts in 1925. During the reorganisation of Andhra Pradesh Krishna district was further divided into Krishna and NTR districts. <ref>{{cite web| url = https://krishna.ap.gov.in/| title= Krishna district |work= About District > History |publisher= Government of Andhra Pradesh | access-date = 15 January 2024}}</ref>

Krishna district has 25 mandals spread across three revenue divisions – [[Machilipatnam revenue division]], [[Gudivada revenue division]] and [[Vuyyuru revenue division]]. <ref>{{Cite web |title=Krishna district profile - AP Government - 4 April 2022 |url=https://cdn.s3waas.gov.in/s3c399862d3b9d6b76c8436e924a68c45b/uploads/2022/04/2022040412.pdf}}</ref>

== Demographics ==
As of the 2011 [[census of India]], the mandal had a population of 53,540 living in 16,430 households. The total population consisted of 26,947 females and 26,593 males, for a sex ratio of 1,013 females to 1,000 males.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiagrowing.com/Andhra_Pradesh/Krishna/Challapalli|title=Population of Challapalli mandal|publisher=India Growing|accessdate=6 November 2017}}</ref> There were 4,716 children aged 0–6 years, which consisted of 2,218 girls and 2,498 boys, for a sex ratio of 888 females to 1,000 males. The average literacy rate stands at 74.63% with 36,439 literates, of which 17,645 are females and 18,794 are males. There were 11,963 members of [[Scheduled Caste]]s and 1,448 members of [[Scheduled Tribe]]s.

===Labor statistics===
According to the 2011 [[census of India]], 25,201 people were employed, including 9,304 females and 15,897 males. 23,060 workers described their work as manual labor, 2,294 as cultivators, 12,335 as agricultural laborers, 1,002 as household industry, and 7,429 as involved in other. Of these, only 2,141 were marginal workers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.censusindia.co.in/subdistrict/challapalli-mandal-krishna-andhra-pradesh-5018|title=Challapalli Mandal Population, Caste, Religion Data|publisher=Census 2011|accessdate=6 November 2017}}</ref>

== Administration ==
Challapalli mandal is administered under the [[Avanigadda (Assembly constituency)|Avanigadda 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 twelve mandals which fall under the [[Machilipatnam revenue division]].

== Towns and villages ==
According to the 2011 [[Census of India|census]], there are a total of 11 settlements in this mandal. [[Challapalli]] is the largest, and [[Nimmagadda, India|Nimmagadda]] is the smallest in terms of population.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://vlist.in/sub-district/05018.html|title=Villages in Challapalli mandal|accessdate=6 November 2017}}</ref>

The settlements in the mandal are:
{{Columns-list|colwidth=20em|
#Challapalle
#Cheedepudi
#Lakshmipuram
#Majeru
#Mangalapuram
#Nadakuduru
#Nimmagadda
#Pagolu
#Puritigadda
#Vakkalagadda
#Velivolu
#Yarlagadda
#Nukala Vaari Palem
}}

== Education ==
This mandal plays a major role in education for the rural students of nearby villages. Primary and secondary school education is administered by the School Education Department of the state, aided by private schools.<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/20160319051231/http://rmsaap.nic.in/Notification_TSG_2015.pdf|archive-date=19 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> As per the school report for the 2015–2016 academic year, the mandal has more than 8,998 students enrolled in over 66 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}}</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}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Krishna district#Administrative divisions|Revenue divisions and mandals in Krishna district]]
* [[:Category:Mandals in Andhra Pradesh|Mandals in Andhra Pradesh]]
* [[Machilipatnam]]

==References==
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{{Krishna-geo-stub}}
{{Krishna district}}

[[Category:Mandals in Krishna district]]

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Kamal Guha at 01:08, 15 January 2024