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{{Short description|Mandal in Tirupati district, Andhra Pradesh, India}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2022}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2022}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Chittamur mandal
| settlement_type = [[Mandal]]
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{IND}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Andhra Pradesh]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts in Andhra Pradesh|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Tirupati district|Tirupati]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[List of revenue divisions in Andhra Pradesh|Revenue division]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Sullurupeta revenue division|Sullurpeta]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset = +05:30
| population_total = 40241
| population_as_of = 2011
| area_total_km2 = 278
| area_footnotes = <ref name=":0" />{{Rp|p=22}}
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_footnotes = <ref name=":1" />{{Rp|pp=50-51}}
| population_urban = 0
| population_rural = 40241
| coordinates = {{coord|13|57|22|N|80|4|10|E}}
| pushpin_map = India Andhra Pradesh#India
| mapframe = yes
| leader_party = [[YSR Congress Party|YSRCP]]
| leader_title = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]]
| leader_name = [[Varaprasad Rao Velagapalli]]
| leader_title1 = [[Member of Parliament (India)|MP]]
| leader_name1 = [[Maddila Gurumoorthy]]
}}

'''Chittamur mandal''' is one of the 34 [[Mandal|mandals]] in [[Tirupati district]] in the [[India|Indian]] state of [[Andhra Pradesh]]. It is a part of [[Sullurupeta revenue division]] with its headquarters at [[Chittamur]].

== History ==
Chittamur mandal was a part of [[Nellore district]] until 2022.<ref name=":3" /> It was made part of the newly formed Tirupati district effective from 4 April 2022 by the [[Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy]]-led [[Government of Andhra Pradesh]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=3 April 2022 |title=New AP Map: Check Out Biggest and Smallest Districts in Andhra Pradesh |url=https://english.sakshi.com/news/andhrapradesh/heres-how-new-ap-map-looks-after-districts-reorganization-153041 |access-date=1 June 2022 |website=[[Sakshi Post]] |language=en}}</ref>

== Biodiversity ==
Chittamur mandal has [[brackish water]] ecosystem. Every year, terrestrial and aquatic birds migrate to [[Pulicat Lake]] for a temporary stay. The ecosystem covers an area of {{Convert|600|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} including parts of the mandal along with [[Doravarisatram mandal|Doravarisatram]], [[Sullurpeta mandal|Sullurpeta]], [[Tada mandal|Tada]] and [[Vakadu mandal|Vakadu]] mandals. The terrestrial birds include [[painted storks]], [[large egrets]], [[little egrets]], [[grey pelicans]], [[grey herons]]; water birds include [[northern pintails]], [[black-winged stilts]], [[northern shovelers]], [[common teal]], [[seagulls]], [[terns]], [[sandpipers]], and [[common coots]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite news |last=S. Murali |date=27 December 2019 |title=Winged visitors flock to Pulicat, with birdwatchers in tow |language=en-IN |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/winged-visitors-flock-to-pulicat-with-birdwatchers-in-tow/article30414057.ece |access-date=9 June 2022 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

== Demographics ==
{{bar box|title=Religions in Chittamur mandal (2011)|titlebar=#Fcd116|left1=Religion|right1=Percent|bars={{bar percent|[[Hindus]]|darkorange|96.75}}
{{bar percent|[[Muslims]]|green|2.74}}
{{bar percent|[[Telugu Christians|Christians]]|dodgerblue|0.39}}
{{bar percent|Others or not stated|black|0.12}}|caption=Distribution of religions<ref name=":0" />{{Rp|pp=38-40}}|float=right}}

{{As of|2011|alt=As per 2011 census}}, Chittamur mandal had a total population of 40,241 with 20,503 male population and 19,738 female population with a density of {{Pop density|40241|278|km2|prec=0}}. It had a [[Human sex ratio|sex ratio]] of 963. [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes]] made up 16,035 and 5,905 of the population respectively. It had a literacy rate of 57.65% with 64.13% among males and 50.95% among females.<ref name=":1">{{Cite report |url=https://cdn.s3waas.gov.in/s39c82c7143c102b71c593d98d96093fde/uploads/2019/08/2019080553.pdf |title=District Census Handbook Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore |date=2011 |pages=50–51,390 |access-date=2 June 2022}}</ref>{{Rp|pages=50-51}}<ref name=":0">{{Cite report |url=https://cdn.s3waas.gov.in/s39c82c7143c102b71c593d98d96093fde/uploads/2019/07/2019072494-1.pdf |title=Hand book of Statistics S.P.S. Nellore district 2018 |date=2018 |pages=22,25-26,38-40,58 |access-date=1 June 2022}}</ref>{{Rp|pages=22,25-26}}

== Administration ==
Chittamur mandal is a part of [[Sullurupeta revenue division]].<ref name=":2" /> Its headquarters are located at [[Chittamur]].<ref name="map">{{cite web |date=2011 |title=Part-III District and Sub-district [Mandals] Guntur to Chittoor [7 Districts] |url=http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/maps/atlas/28part32.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220223154356/https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/maps/atlas/28part32.pdf |archive-date=23 February 2022 |access-date=24 September 2022 |publisher=[[Census of India]] |page=223}}</ref> As of 2011 census, the mandal comprises the following 41 villages:<ref name=":1" />{{Rp|page=390}}
{{srn}}
{| class="wikitable sortable static-row-numbers static-row-header-hash"
! Village
|-
| Addepudi
|-
| Aruru
|-
| Buradagali Kothapalem
|-
| Chillamuru
|-
| Chittamur
|-
| Devuni Khandrika*
|-
| Ellore
|-
| Eswarawaka
|-
| Gangupalem*
|-
| Gollapalem
|-
| Gunupadu
|-
| Jalapeddipalem
|-
| Kalagurthipadu
|-
| Kogili
|-
| Kokkupalem
|-
| Kothapalem*
|-
| Kummarapalem
|-
| Mallam
|-
| Mangalavaripalle
|-
| Mannemala
|-
| Marlamudi Jangalapalle
|-
| Mettu
|-
| Molakalapudi
|-
| Mukkidipalem
|-
| Padarthivari Khandrika*
|-
| Palamparthy
|-
| Pellakuru
|-
| Perantravulamitta
|-
| Pittivanipalle
|-
| Pothunayanipalle*
|-
| Putragunta
|-
| Ranganathapuram
|-
| Rayareddipalem*
|-
| Somasamudram
|-
| Tadimedu
|-
| Uppalamarthi
|-
| Vadlavanipalle*
|-
| Varthur North
|-
| Veligajulapalle
|-
| Yakasiri
|-
| Yellasiri
|}

* Note: Devuni Khandrika, Gangupalem, Kothapalem, Padarthivari Khandrika, Pothunayanipalle, Rayareddipalem and Vadlavanipalle were uninhabited<ref name=":1" />{{Rp|page=390}}

== Politics ==
Chittamur mandal is a part of [[Gudur Assembly constituency]] and [[Tirupati Lok Sabha constituency]]. {{As of|2018|1|1}}, the mandal had 29,607 eligible voters with 14,712 male voters and 14,895 female voters.<ref name=":0" />{{Rp|page=22}} [[Varaprasad Rao Velagapalli]] is representing the Gudur constituency as the [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the Legislative Assembly]] (MLA) in [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 May 2019 |title=Andhra Pradesh Assembly election result: Full list of winners |url=https://www.financialexpress.com/elections/andhra-pradesh-assembly-election-result-full-list-of-winners-mla/1585284/ |access-date=25 September 2022 |website=[[The Financial Express (India)|Financial Express]] |language=en}}</ref> and [[Maddila Gurumoorthy]] is representing the Tirupati constituency as the [[Member of Parliament (India)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) in [[Lok Sabha]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=A. D. Rangarajan |date=19 July 2022 |title=Andhra Pradesh: Another Central institution likely to be set up in Tirupati |language=en-IN |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/andhra-pradesh-another-central-institution-likely-to-be-set-up-in-tirupati/article65658930.ece |access-date=25 September 2022 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

{{Tirupati district}}

[[Category:Mandals in Tirupati district]]

Chittamur mandal - Revision history

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