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{{other uses|Guntur (disambiguation)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2019}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Guntur West
| other_name =
| settlement_type = [[Mandal]]
| image_skyline = File:Guntur mandal in Guntur district.jpg
| image_alt =
| image_caption = Undivided Guntur urban mandal (East and West) in Guntur district
| nickname =
| pushpin_map = India Andhra Pradesh
| pushpin_label_position =
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Andhra Pradesh, India
| coordinates = {{coord|16.3008|N|80.4428|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = [[India]]
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Andhra Pradesh]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Guntur district|Guntur]]
| seat_type = Headquarters
| seat = [[Guntur]]
| parts_type = [[Administrative divisions of India|Major villages]]
| parts_style = para
| parts =
| leader_title = [[Tehsildar]]
| leader_name = Tata Mohan Rao
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes = <ref name=census>{{cite web|title=District Census Handbook – Guntur |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/2817_PART_B_DCHB_GUNTUR.pdf|website=Census of India|access-date=15 January 2016|page=14,16–17,384|format=PDF}}</ref>
| area_total_km2 =
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| population_total = 779289
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_footnotes = <ref name=population>{{cite web|title=Census 2011|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=628789|publisher=The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India|access-date=5 August 2014}}</ref>
| population_density_km2 = auto
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
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| footnotes =
| demographics1_info1 = [[Telugu language|Telugu]]
}}

'''Guntur West mandal''' is one of the 58 [[mandal]]s in [[Guntur district]] of the [[India]]n state of [[Andhra Pradesh]].<ref name="mandal2">{{cite news|date=31 March 2018|title=Guntur urban divided into east, west mandals|work=The Hans India|location=Guntur|url=https://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Andhra-Pradesh/2018-03-31/Guntur-urban-divided-into-east-East-mandals/370772|url-status=live|accessdate=30 March 2021}}</ref> It is under the administration of [[Guntur revenue division]] and was formed by bifurcating Guntur urban mandal into ''[[Guntur East mandal|Guntur East]]'' and ''Guntur West'', with its headquarters at [[Guntur]].<ref name="mandal">{{cite news |last1=India |first1=The Hans |title=Guntur urban divided into east, west mandals |url=https://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Andhra-Pradesh/2018-03-31/Guntur-urban-divided-into-east-west-mandals/370772 |access-date=26 April 2019 |work=www.thehansindia.com |date=31 March 2018 |location=Guntur}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Mandals in Guntur district|url=http://www.aponline.gov.in/quick%20links/apfactfile/info%20on%20districts/guntur.html|publisher=aponline.gov.in|access-date=5 August 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150428070826/http://www.aponline.gov.in/quick%20links/apfactfile/info%20on%20districts/guntur.html|archive-date=28 April 2015}}</ref><ref name="map">{{cite web|title=Guntur District Mandals|url=http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/maps/atlas/28part32.pdf|publisher=Census of India|access-date=11 February 2015|pages=83,110|format=PDF}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| title=Adminsistrative divisions of Guntur district| url=http://guntur.nic.in/statistics/ataglance.pdf| publisher=guntur.nic.in| access-date=5 August 2014| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140626041854/http://guntur.nic.in/statistics/ataglance.pdf| archive-date=26 June 2014| url-status=dead}}</ref>

==History==
As per Gazettee No. 939, dated the 26 January 2022, the old Guntur district, formed in 1904, was split into [[Guntur district]], [[Palnadu district]] and [[Bapatla district]]. 12 madals from [[Tenali revenue division]] and 13 mandals from [[Prakasam district]] was merged into the newly formed Bapatla district.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://bapatla.ap.gov.in/history/ | title= Bapatla District | work= About District > History |publisher= Government of Andhra Pradesh| access-date = 4 September 2023}}</ref>

== Governance ==

The [[mandal]] is under the administration of a tahsildar. It forms part of the [[Andhra Pradesh Capital Region]], under the jurisdiction of the Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority.<ref>{{cite web|title=District wise mandals and villages covered in Krishna and Guntur districts|url=http://crda.ap.gov.in/APCRDA/Downloads/Notifications/2014MAUD_MS253.PDF|website=Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority|publisher=Government of Andhra Pradesh|access-date=23 September 2015|format=PDF|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923135735/http://crda.ap.gov.in/APCRDA/Downloads/Notifications/2014MAUD_MS253.PDF|archive-date=23 September 2015}}</ref> [[Guntur West (Assembly constituency)|Guntur west assembly constituency]] represents the state assembly and it is a segment of [[Guntur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Guntur Lok sabha constituency]].<ref name="delimitation">{{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=11 October 2014|page=22|format=pdf}}</ref>

== Settlements ==
Guntur West mandal covers a western part of [[Guntur Municipal Corporation]] and its urban agglomerations namely, [[Ankireddipalem]], [[Chowdavaram, Guntur|Chowdavaram]], [[Guntur West (Assembly constituency)|Guntur West constituency]], Koritepadu, [[Nallapadu]], [[Pedapalakaluru]], Pothuru and R Agraharam.<ref name="mandal" /> Except [[Chinapalakaluru]], all other areas were already de-notified and merged with [[Guntur Municipal Corporation]] in 2012.<ref>{{cite web|title=Merger of gram panchayats in Guntur Municipal Corporation |url=http://www.gunturcorporation.org/townplanning/gos/GO_279_12072012.pdf|website=Guntur Municipal Corporation|publisher=Municipal Administration & Urban Development Department |access-date=31 January 2016|format=PDF}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.gunturcorporation.org/TownPlanning/gos/GO_205_12072012.pdf|title=Panchayat Raj and Rural Development (Pts.IV) Department|date=12 July 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Officials prepare summer action plan to meet drinking water needs of Guntur |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/andhra-pradesh/2019/apr/18/officials-prepare-summer-action-plan-to-meet-drinking-water-needs-of-guntur-1965813.html |access-date=26 April 2019 |work=The New Indian Express}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[List of mandals in Andhra Pradesh]]
* [[List of villages in Guntur district#G|Villages in Guntur mandal]]

== References ==
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{{Guntur district}}
{{Guntur topics}}

[[Category:Mandals in Guntur district]]
[[Category:2018 establishments in Andhra Pradesh]]

Guntur West mandal - Revision history

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