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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Kaikalur
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| settlement_type = [[Mandal]]
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| subdivision_name1 = [[Andhra Pradesh]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Eluru district|Eluru]]
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| seat_type = Headquarters
| seat = [[Kaikaluru]]
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| governing_body = Mandal Parishad
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| area_total_km2 = 162.15
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| population_total = 77,654
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'''Kaikalur mandal''' is one of the [[mandal]]s in [[Eluru district]] of the [[India]]n state of [[Andhra Pradesh]]. The headquarters of this mandal is located at [[Kaikaluru]] town. The mandal is bordered by [[West Godavari district]] to both north and east, [[Kalidindi mandal]] to the south and [[Mudinepalle mandal]] and [[Mandavalli mandal]] to the west.

==History==
[[Eluru district]] started functioning from 2 April 2022. It has three revenue divisions: [[Eluru revenue division]] with 12 mandals, [[Nuzvid revenue division]] with 6 mandals and [[Jangareddygudem revenue division]] with 9 mandals.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://eluru.ap.gov.in/tehsil/| title= Eluru District| work= About District > Administrative Setup > Revenue Divisionl |publisher= Government of Andhra Pradesh| access-date = 13 January 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = https://eluru.ap.gov.in/history/ | title= Eluru district | work= About District > History|publisher= Government of Andhra Pradesh| access-date = 13 January 2024}}</ref>

== Demographics ==
{{As of|2011}} [[Census of India|census]], the mandal had a population of 77,654 living in 21,660 households. The total population constituted 38,890 males and 38,764 females, for a sex ratio of 997 females per 1000 males. There were 7,638 children in the age group of 0–6 years, of which 3,965 were boys and 3,673 were girls, for a sex ratio of 926. The average literacy rate stands at 70.94% with 49,672 literates, of which 26,048 are males and 23,624 are females. There were 8,973 members of [[Scheduled Caste]]s and 468 members of [[Scheduled Tribe]]s.

===Labour statistics===
As per the report published by Census of India in 2011, 35,752 people were engaged in work activities, including 23,476 males and 12,276 females. In the census, 25,746 workers describe their work as main work, 1,608 as cultivators, 14,504 as agricultural labourers, 453 in household industry and 9,181 were involved in other works. Of these, 10,006 were marginal workers.

== Administration ==
Kaikalur mandal is administered under the [[Kaikalur (Assembly constituency)|Kaikalur Assembly constituency]] of the [[Eluru (Lok Sabha constituency)|Eluru Lok Sabha constituency]].<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|accessdate=6 November 2017|pages=20, 31|format=pdf}}</ref> It is one of the fifteen mandals those falls under [[Nuzvid revenue division]].

== Towns and villages ==
{{As of|2011}} [[Census of India|census]], there are a total of 19 settlements in the mandal. [[Kaikalur]] is the largest and [[Peddavaram]] is the smallest in terms of population.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://vlist.in/sub-district/05016.html|title=Villages in Kaikalur mandal|accessdate=6 November 2017}}</ref>

The settlements in the mandal are:
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*Achavaram
*Alapadu
*Atapaka
*Bhujabalapatnam
*Doddipatla
*Gonepadu
*Gopavaram
*Kaikalur
*Kolletikota
*Kottada
*Pallevada
*Penchikalamarru
*Rachapatnam
*Ramavaram
*Seetanapalle
*Singapuram
*Someswaram
*Syamalambapuram
*Tamarakollu
*Vadarlapadu
*Varahapatnam
*Vemavarappadu
*Vinjaram
}}

== Education ==
The mandal plays a major role in education for the rural students of nearby villages. The primary and secondary school education is imparted by 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|accessdate=6 November 2017|format=PDF|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151227185018/http://rmsaap.nic.in/Notification_TSG_2015.pdf|archivedate=27 December 2015}}</ref> As per the school information report for the academic year 2015–16, the mandal has more than 10,610 students enrolled in over 87 schools.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cse.ap.gov.in/DSE/totalSchoolReport.xls#|title=R1.1 SCHOOL INFORMATION|accessdate=6 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=2816&distname=KRISHNA|website=Commissionerate of School Education|publisher=Child info 2015-16, District School Education - Andhra Pradesh|accessdate=6 November 2017}}</ref>

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

==References==
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{{Eluru-geo-stub}}
{{Eluru district}}

[[Category:Mandals in Eluru district]]

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Kamal Guha at 08:08, 13 January 2024