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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Iragavaram Mandal
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| subdivision_name2 = [[West Godavari district|West Godavari]]
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| seat = [[Iragavaram]]
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| governing_body = [[Mandal Parishad]]
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'''Iragavaram Mandal''' is one of the 19 [[mandal]]s in the [[West Godavari district]] of the [[India]]n state of [[Andhra Pradesh]]. The headquarters are located at [[Iragavaram]] town. The mandal is bordered by [[Peravali mandal]] and [[Penugonda mandal]] to the north, [[Penumantra mandal]] to the east, [[Attili mandal]] to the south, and [[Tanuku mandal]] to the west.<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=5 November 2017|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>

==History==
[[Rajahmundry|Rajahmundry district]] was formed in 1823 and in 1859 bifurcated into [[Godavari District]] and [[Krishna district]]. In 1925, Godavari district was split into [[East Godavari district]] and [[West Godavari district]].<ref>{{cite web| url = https://rmc.ap.gov.in/about/rajahmundry_history | title=Rajamahendravaram History | work= Rajamahendravaram Municipal Corporation |publisher= Government of Andhra Pradesh | access-date = 20 December 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://chapter.intach.org/godavari-chapters/history.html | title= History of East Godavari chapter |publisher= INTACH East Godavari chapter| access-date = 20 December 2023}}</ref>

The reorganisation of the districts in 2022 increased the number of districts in Andhra Pradesh from 13 to 26.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/040422/cm-jagan-mohan-reddy-inaugurates-13-new-districts.html | title= 13 new districts inaugurated in Andhra Pradesh; Full list here | work= Published on: April 4, 2022 |publisher= Deccan Chronicle| access-date = 20 December 2023}}</ref>

== Demographics ==
As of the 2011 [[Census of India|census]], the mandal had a population of 65,831 in 19,482 households. The total population included 33,202 males and 32,629 females with a sex ratio of 983 females per 1000 males.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiagrowing.com/Andhra_Pradesh/West_Godavari/Iragavaram|title=Population of Iragavaram Mandal|publisher=India Growing|access-date=6 November 2017}}</ref> There were 6,283 children in the age group of 0–6 years, of which 3,205 were boys and 3,078 were girls with a sex ratio of 960. The average literacy rate stood at 77.39% (46,084) of which 24,341 were male and 21,743 were female. There were 11,586 people from a [[Scheduled Caste]] and 485 from a [[Scheduled Tribe]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.censusindia.co.in/subdistrict/Iragavaram-mandal-west-godavari-andhra-pradesh-4979|title=Iragavaram Censusindia.in|access-date=5 November 2017}}</ref>

===Employment===
As per the report published by Census India in 2011, the unemployment rate was 56%, with only 28,956 people (44%) of the Iragavaram Mandal total population employed. The employment ratio by gender is roughly 70/30 male/female (20,631 males and 8,325 females). According to the census, 24,751 workers had worked for at least six months out of the last year; of these, 3,260 worked as cultivators, 15,438 as agricultural labourers, 461 in household industry, and 5,592 in other work. There were also 4,205 workers who worked for three to six months out of the preceding year.<ref name=population />

== Administration ==
Iragavaram mandal is administered under the [[Tanuku (Assembly constituency)|Tanuku assembly constituency]]<ref>{{cite web|title=TABLE B - Parliamentary Constituencies |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf|work=Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008|publisher=The Election Commission of India|page=31|access-date=5 November 2017}}</ref> of [[Narsapuram (Lok Sabha constituency)|Narsapuram]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf|title=Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008|publisher=The Election Commission of India|page=30}}</ref> and is one of the twelve mandals in the [[Narasapuram revenue division]].== Towns and villages ==
According to the 2011 census, the mandal has 21 settlements, all of which are villages. [[Iragavaram]] is the largest and [[Garuvuguntakhandrika]] is the smallest in population.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://vlist.in/sub-district/04979.html|title=Villages in Iragavaram mandal|access-date=6 November 2017}}</ref>

==Towns and Villages==
The settlements in the mandal are:
{{Columns-list|colwidth=20em|
#Eletipadu
#Garuvuguntakhandrika
#Goteru
#Inaparru
#Iragavaram
#Itempudi
#Kakileru
#Kakulaillindalaparru
#Kannayakumudavalli
#Kantheru
#Kathavapadu
#Kavalipuram
#Kothapadu
#Ogidi
#Pekeru
#Podalada
#Rapaka
#Relangi
#Repakakhandrika
#Surampudi
#Thurupuvipparru
}}

== Education ==
The Mandal plays a major role in education for the rural students of the nearby villages. Primary and secondary school education is imparted by the government, aided by private schools, under the School Education Department of the state.<ref>{{cite web|title=School Education Department|url=http://rmsaap.nic.in/Notification_TSG_2015.pdf|publisher=School Education Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh|access-date=5 November 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151227185018/http://rmsaap.nic.in/Notification_TSG_2015.pdf|archive-date=27 December 2015}}</ref> As of the 2015–16 academic year, the mandal had more than 6,167 students enrolled in over 70 schools.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cse.ap.gov.in/DSE/totalSchoolReport.xls#|title=R1.1 SCHOOL INFORMATION|access-date=5 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=2815&distname=WEST%20GODAVARI|website=Commissionerate of School Education|publisher=Child info 2015-16, District School Education - Andhra Pradesh|access-date=5 November 2017}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[West Godavari district#Administrative divisions|Revenue divisions and mandals in West Godavari district]]

==References==
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{{West Godavari district}}

[[Category: Mandals in West Godavari district]]

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Kamal Guha at 00:45, 25 December 2023