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{{Use Indian English|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Kakinada Rural mandal
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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 = Kakinada
| seat_type = Headquarters
| seat = [[Kakinada]]
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| area_total_km2 = 74.23
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'''Kakinada Rural mandal''' is one of the 21 [[mandal]]s in the [[Kakinada district]] of the state of [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[India]]. It has its headquarters at [[Kakinada]]. The mandal is bounded by [[Samalkota]] mandal, [[Pedapudi]] mandal, [[Karapa]] mandal, [[Kothapalle, East Godavari district|Kothapalle]] mandal and waters of [[Bay of Bengal]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Mandals in East Godavari district|url=http://www.aponline.gov.in/quick%20links/apfactfile/info%20on%20districts/eastgodavari.html|publisher=aponline.gov.in|access-date=7 September 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150618005358/http://www.aponline.gov.in/quick%20links/apfactfile/info%20on%20districts/eastgodavari.html|archive-date=18 June 2015}}</ref>
[[File:Kakinada revenue division in East Godavari district.png|thumb|260px|Kakinada revenue division in East Godavari district]]

== Demographics ==

{{As of|2011}} [[Census of India|census]], the mandal had a population of 174,129. The total population constitute, 87,018 males and 87,111 females —a sex ratio of 1001 females per 1000 males. 17,978 children are in the age group of 0–6 years, of which 9,086 are boys and 8,892 are girls —a ratio of 979 per 1000. The average literacy rate stands at 78.39% with 122,399 literates.<ref name=population /> Sarpavaram is the most populated village and Penumarthi is the least populated village in the mandal.<ref name=sub />

== Villages ==

Kakinada (rural) mandal consists of 10 villages. The following are the list of villages in the mandal:<ref name=sub>{{cite web|title=Sub-District Details of East Godavari District|url=http://censusindia.gov.in/PopulationFinder/Sub_Districts_Master.aspx?state_code=28&district_code=14|publisher=censusindia.gov.in|access-date=7 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140719052907/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/PopulationFinder/Sub_Districts_Master.aspx?state_code=28&district_code=14|archive-date=19 July 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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#Ganganapalle
#Kovvada
#Kovvuru
#[[Nemam]]
#Panduru
#Penumarthi
#[[Repuru]]
#[[Sarpavaram]]
#Thammavaram
#Thimmapuram
#[[Surya Rao Peta]]

}}

== Government and politics ==

Kakinada (rural) mandal is under [[Kakinada Rural (Assembly constituency)]] which in turn is a part of [[Kakinada (Lok Sabha constituency)]], one of the 25 [[List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha#.2825.29|Lok Sabha constituencies]]{{Broken anchor|date=2024-06-04|bot=User:Cewbot/log/20201008/configuration|target_link=List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha#(25)|reason= }} representing [[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=19 May 2019|page=22}}</ref> The present [[Member of Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] is Kurasala Kanna Babu, who won the [[2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]] representing [[YSR Congress Party]].<ref>{{cite web|title=MLA|url=http://www.ap.gov.in/government/mla/|publisher=AP State Portal|access-date=19 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141008071101/http://www.ap.gov.in/government/mla/|archive-date=8 October 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Kakinada (rural) Election Results 2014|url=http://www.elections.in/andhra-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/kakinada-rural.html|publisher=Elections.in|access-date=19 October 2014}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Geographic location
|Centre = Kakinada (rural) mandal
|North = [[Pithapuram]] mandal <br/> [[Kothapalle, East Godavari district|Kothapalle]] mandal
|Northeast = [[Kothapalle, East Godavari district|Kothapalle]] mandal
|East = [[Bay of Bengal]]
|Southeast = [[Thallarevu]] mandal <br/> [[Bay of Bengal]]
|South = [[Karapa]] mandal
|Southwest = [[Karapa]] mandal <br/> [[Pedapudi]] mandal
|West = [[Samalkota]] mandal <br/> [[Pedapudi]] mandal
|Northwest = [[Samalkota]] mandal
}}

{{Kakinada district}}

[[Category:Mandals in Kakinada district]]
[[Category:Mandals in Andhra Pradesh]]

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