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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 = Dakkili 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 = [[Srikalahasti revenue division|Srikalahasti]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset = +05:30
| population_total = 40452
| population_as_of = 2011
| area_total_km2 = 277.12
| area_footnotes = <ref name=":1" />
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_footnotes = <ref name=":1" />
| population_urban = 0
| population_rural = 40452
| coordinates = {{coord|14|6|10|N|79|33|0|E}}
| pushpin_map = India Andhra Pradesh#India
| mapframe = yes
}}

'''Dakkili mandal''' is one of the 36 [[mandals]] in [[Tirupati district]] in the [[India|Indian]] state of [[Andhra Pradesh]]. It is a part of [[Srikalahasti revenue division]].

== History ==
Dakkili mandal was a part of [[Nellore district]] until 2022.<ref>{{Cite news |date=8 January 2017 |title=Chinese national among red sanders smugglers held |language=en-IN |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/Chinese-national-among-red-sanders-smugglers-held/article17009535.ece |access-date=9 June 2022 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> It was made part of the newly formed Tirupati district effective from 4 April 2022.<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 |archive-date=1 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220601231914/https://english.sakshi.com/news/andhrapradesh/heres-how-new-ap-map-looks-after-districts-reorganization-153041 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== Demographics ==
{{bar box|title=Religions in Dakkili mandal (2011)|titlebar=#Fcd116|left1=Religion|right1=Percent|bars={{bar percent|[[Hindus]]|darkorange|98.91}}
{{bar percent|[[Muslims]]|green|0.84}}
{{bar percent|[[Telugu Christians|Christians]]|dodgerblue|0.16}}
{{bar percent|Others or not stated|black|0.09}}|caption=Distribution of religions<ref name=":0" />|float=right}}

{{As of|2011|alt=As per 2011 census}}, Dakkili mandal had a total population of 40,452 with 20,174 male population and 20,278 female population with a density of {{Pop density|40452|277.12|km2|prec=0}}. [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes]] made up 11,656 and 4,976 of the population respectively.<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> It had a literacy rate of 56.81% with 64.6% among males and 49.14% among females.<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=22,38-39 |access-date=1 June 2022}}</ref>

== Administration ==
Dakkili mandal is a part of [[Gudur revenue division]].<ref name=":2" /> As of 2011 census, the mandal comprises the following 50 villages:<ref name=":1" />
{{srn}}
{| class="wikitable sortable static-row-numbers static-row-header-hash"
! Village
|-
| Althurupadu
|-
| Attalasiddavaram
|-
| Bheemavaram
|-
| Chakalapalle
|-
| Chapalapalle
|-
| Cheekirenipalle
|-
| Chennasamudram
|-
| Cherlopalle
|-
| Daggavolu
|-
| [[Dakkili]]
|-
| Dandavolu
|-
| Dandavolu Upparapalle
|-
| Dattanagaram*
|-
| Devulapalle
|-
| Gollavarigunta*
|-
| Kandalavaripalle
|-
| Koneswarabhatlapalle
|-
| Kothacheruvu*
|-
| Kothanalapadu
|-
| Kuppayapalem
|-
| Lingasamudram
|-
| Madhavaiahpalem
|-
| Mahasamudram
|-
| Marlagunta
|-
| Matumadugu
|-
| Mopuru
|-
| Mopuru Vellampalli
|-
| Nadimpalle
|-
| Nagavolu
|-
| Nagulapadu
|-
| Naidupalem
|-
| Namasivayapuram*
|-
| Noothalacheruvu*
|-
| Palugodu
|-
| Pathanalapadu
|-
| Pedayachasamudram
|-
| Sanganapalle
|-
| Sreepuram
|-
| Surayapalem
|-
| Swarnayacha Samudram*
|-
| Theerthampadu
|-
| Thimmanagunta
|-
| Thimmayapalem
|-
| Vedurugunta*
|-
| Veera Kummara Yachasamudram
|-
| Velikallu
|-
| Vembuluru
|-
| Vempativaripalle
|-
| Vengamanaidupalle
|-
| Yellavajjulapalle
|}

* Note: Dattanagaram, Gollavarigunta, Kothacheruvu, Namasivayapuram, Noothalacheruvu, Swarnayacha Samudram and Vedurugunta were uninhabited<ref name=":1" />

== Politics ==
Dakkili mandal is a part of [[Venkatagiri (Assembly constituency)|Venkatagiri Assembly constituency]] and [[Tirupati (Lok Sabha constituency)|Tirupati Lok Sabha constituency]]. {{As of|2018|1|1}}, the mandal had 29,925 eligible voters with 14,822 male voters and 15,103 female voters.<ref name=":0" />

== References ==
{{reflist}}

{{Tirupati district}}

[[Category:Mandals in Tirupati district]]

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