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{{other uses|Ganapavaram (disambiguation)}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Ganapavaram mandal
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| native_name_lang = te
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| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Andhra Pradesh]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[West Godavari district]]
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| seat = [[Ganapavaram, West Godavari district|Ganapavaram]]
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| governing_body = [[Panchayat Samiti (Block)|Mandal Parishad]]
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| area_footnotes = <ref name=census>{{cite web|title=District Census Handbook – West Godavari|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/2815_PART_B_DCHB_WEST%20GODAVARI.pdf|website=Census of India|access-date=18 February 2016|pages=48,326}}</ref>
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'''Ganapavaram mandal''' is one of the 20 [[mandal]]s in [[West Godavari district]] of the [[India]]n state of [[Andhra Pradesh]].<ref>AP GO Number 158, Part-I, Extraordinary dated 16-Feb-2023 for GO MS No:54, Revenue (Lands IV), dated 16-02-2023</ref> It is under the administration of [[Bhimavaram revenue division]] and the headquarters are located at [[Ganapavaram, West Godavari district|Ganapavaram]].<ref name=map>{{cite web|title=West Godavari District Mandals|url=http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/maps/atlas/28part31.pdf|publisher=Census of India|access-date=18 February 2016|pages=428}}</ref> Ganapavaram Mandal is bounded by [[Nidamarru]] Mandal towards west, [[Pentapadu]] Mandal towards North, [[Undi]] Mandal towards South, [[Unguturu, West Godavari district|Unguturu]] Mandal towards North . [[Tadepalligudem]], [[Bhimavaram]], [[Tanuku]], [[Eluru]] are the nearby Cities to Ganapavaram. It is located 55 km from Eluru and 22 km from Bhimavaram.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mandals in West Godavari district|url=http://www.aponline.gov.in/quick%20links/apfactfile/info%20on%20districts/WestGodavari.html|publisher=aponline.gov.in|access-date=18 February 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150429220632/http://www.aponline.gov.in/quick%20links/apfactfile/info%20on%20districts/westgodavari.html|archive-date=29 April 2015}}</ref>

== Demographics ==

{{As of|2011}} [[Census of India|census]], the mandal had a population of 64,963 with 18,622 households. The total population constitute, 32,519 males and 32,444 females —a sex ratio of 997 females per 1000 males. 5,894 children are in the age group of 0–6 years, of which 2,957 are boys and 2,937 are girls. The literacy rate stands at 68.35% with 44,406 literates.<ref name=census />

The mandal does not have any sort of Urban population and Area.<ref name="census"/>{{rp|24}}

== Governance ==

=== Administration ===

{{As of|2011}} [[Census of India|census]], the mandal has thirty villages and twenty five panchayats, of which all of them are villages.<ref name="census" /> Velagapalle is the smallest Village and [[Ganapavaram, West Godavari district|Ganapavaram]] is the biggest Village in terms of population<ref name=map /><ref>{{cite web|title=Sub-District Details of West Godavari District|url=http://censusindia.gov.in/PopulationFinder/Sub_Districts_Master.aspx?state_code=28&district_code=15|publisher=The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India|access-date=7 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714121729/http://censusindia.gov.in/PopulationFinder/Sub_Districts_Master.aspx?state_code=28&district_code=15|archive-date=14 July 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
The settlements in the mandal are listed below:

{{Columns-list|colwidth=22em|style=width:650px;|
#Agraharagopavaram
#Ardhavaram
#Cherukuganuma Agraharam
#Chinaramachandrapuram
#Dasulakumudavalli
#[[Ganapavaram, Eluru district|Ganapavaram]]
#Jagannadhapuram
#Jallikakinada
#Kasipadu
#Kesavaram
#Komarru
#Kommara
#Kothapalle
#Moyyeru
#Muggula
#Mupparthipadu
#Pippara
#Saripalle
#Seethalamkonde Padu
#Vakapalle
#Valluru
#Varadarajapuram
#Veereswarapuram
#Velagapalle
#Venkatrajapuram
}}

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:(†) Mandal headquarter
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=== Politics ===
Ganapavaram mandal is one of the [[List of constituencies of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly#West Godavari district|mandals]] under [[Unguturu (Assembly constituency)]], which in turn represents [[Eluru (Lok Sabha constituency)]] of [[Andhra Pradesh]].<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|access-date=7 November 2016}}</ref>

== Education ==
The primary and secondary school education is imparted by mandal parishad, [[Zilla Parishad High School|zilla parishad]], government and private schools, which are both aided and unaided, under the administration of the ''School Education Department'' of the state.<ref>{{cite web|title=Constitution of Working Groups|url=http://childinfo.ap.nic.in/SSA_FeedbackForms/WorkingGroups/group4.pdf|publisher=School Education Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh|access-date=23 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161021151650/http://childinfo.ap.nic.in/SSA_FeedbackForms/WorkingGroups/group4.pdf|archive-date=21 October 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> The medium of instruction followed by different schools are English, Telugu.

Important colleges in Ganapavaram are S C B R Govt Junior College, Chanakya Junior College, (CH.VPMR) Government Degree College and Smt. Gottumukkala Swaraswathi Degree College. There are many schools in Ganapavaram. Gurajada Vidyaniketan, Vidya Jyothi Merit School and Maria Montessori School teaches in English medium whereas, [[Zilla Parishad High School]]s in Telugu medium.

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

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Eluru district}}

[[Category:Mandals in Eluru district]]

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