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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Macherla mandal
| native_name =
| native_name_lang = te
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| settlement_type = [[Mandal]]
| image_skyline = File:Macherla mandal in Guntur district.jpg
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| image_caption = Mandal map of Guntur district showing <br/> Macherla mandal (in green)
| pushpin_map = India Andhra Pradesh
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Andhra Pradesh, India
| coordinates = {{coord|16.2877|N|80.7519|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = [[India]]
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Andhra Pradesh]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Guntur district|Guntur]]
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| seat_type = Headquarters
| seat = [[Macherla]]
| parts_type = [[Administrative divisions of India|Major villages]]
| parts_style = para
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| governing_body = [[Panchayat Samiti (Block)|Mandal Parishad]]
| leader_title = [[Tehsildar]]
| leader_name = G.Levi
| 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|accessdate=29 November 2015|page=14,270|format=PDF}}</ref>
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| population_total = 113048
| population_as_of = 2011
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| population_footnotes = <ref name=population>{{cite web|title=Census 2011|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=629194|publisher=The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India|accessdate=26 July 2014}}</ref>
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Telugu language|Telugu]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
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'''Macherla mandal''' is one of the 57 [[mandal]]s in the [[Guntur district]] of the [[India]]n state of [[Andhra Pradesh]]. It is under the administration of [[Gurazala revenue division]] and the headquarters are located at [[Macherla]].<ref name=map>{{cite web|title=Guntur District Mandals|url=http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/maps/atlas/28part32.pdf|publisher=Census of India|accessdate=19 January 2015|pages=49,106|format=PDF}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=New Gurazala revenue division created|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/new-gurazala-revenue-division-created/article4868383.ece |accessdate=17 January 2015|work=The Hindu|date=1 July 2013|location=Gurazala (Guntur District)}}</ref> The mandal is bounded by [[Rentachintala]], [[Durgi]] and [[Veldurthi, Guntur district|Veldurthi]] mandals and a portion of the mandal also borders the state of [[Telangana]].<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 |accessdate=28 July 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150428070826/http://www.aponline.gov.in/quick%20links/apfactfile/info%20on%20districts/guntur.html |archivedate=28 April 2015 }}</ref>

== Demographics ==

{{As of|2011}} [[Census of India|census]], the mandal had a population of 160,303. The total population constitute, 57,140 males and 55,908 females —a sex ratio of 978 females per 1000 males. 13,486 children are in the age group of 0–6 years, of which 7,036 are boys and 6,450 are girls. The average literacy rate stands at 30.79% with 62,850 literates.<ref name=population />

==Governance ==
The [[mandal]] is controlled by a [[tahsildar]] and the present tahsildar is G.Levi.<ref>{{cite web|title=List of Tahsildars working in Guntur District as on 19.06.2014|url=http://guntur.nic.in/statistics/tahsildars.pdf|website=Guntur District Official Website|publisher=National Informatics Centre|accessdate=23 January 2015|page=1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141016202326/http://guntur.nic.in/statistics/tahsildars.pdf|archive-date=16 October 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> Macherla mandal is one of the [[List of constituencies of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly#Guntur district|3 mandals]] under [[Macherla (Assembly constituency)]], which in turn represents [[Narasaraopet (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|accessdate=11 October 2014|page=23|format=pdf}}</ref>

== Towns and villages ==

{{As of|2011}} [[Census of India|census]], the mandal has 14 settlements. It includes 1 town, 13 villages. [[Macherla]] (M) is the only town in the mandal.<ref name=map /><ref>{{cite web|title=Sub-District Details of Guntur District|url=http://censusindia.gov.in/PopulationFinder/Sub_Districts_Master.aspx?state_code=28&district_code=17|publisher=The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India|accessdate=24 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150415192755/http://censusindia.gov.in/PopulationFinder/Sub_Districts_Master.aspx?state_code=28&district_code=17|archive-date=15 April 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The settlements in the mandal are listed below:

{{Columns-list|colwidth=15em|
# Amani Jammala Madaka
# [[Kambhampadu, Macherla mandal|Kambhampadu]]
# Koppunur
# [[Kothapalle, Guntur district|Kothapalle]]
# [[Macherla]] (M)†
# Macherla (rural)
# Mutyalampadu
# Nagulavaram
# Pasuvemula
# [[Rayavaram, Guntur|Rayavaram]]
# [[Tallapalle]]
# [[Vijayapuri South]]
# Gannavaram
}}

''Note: †–Mandal headquarter, M-[[Municipality]]''<ref>{{cite web|title=Abbreviations used |url=http://censusindia.gov.in/Metadata/Metada.htm#2w |publisher=censusindia.gov.in |accessdate=26 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070617234445/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Metadata/Metada.htm |archivedate=17 June 2007 }}</ref>

== Education ==

The mandal plays a major role in education for the rural students of the nearby villages. The primary and secondary school education is imparted by government, aided and 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=7 November 2016 |format=PDF |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160319051231/http://rmsaap.nic.in/Notification_TSG_2015.pdf |archivedate=19 March 2016 }}</ref> As per the school information report for the academic year 2015–16, the mandal has more than 18,587 students enrolled in over 105 schools.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cse.ap.gov.in/DSE/totalSchoolReport.xls# |title=R1.1 SCHOOL INFORMATION |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161108154343/http://cse.ap.gov.in/DSE/totalSchoolReport.xls |archivedate=2016-11-08 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://cse.ap.gov.in/DSE/districtStudentReport.do?|title=R3.1 STUDENT INFORMATION|access-date=10 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150522011144/http://cse.ap.gov.in/DSE/districtStudentReport.do|archive-date=22 May 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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

==References==
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{{Guntur district}}

[[Category:Mandals in Guntur district]]

Macherla mandal - Revision history

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