Guntur East | |
Settlement Type: | Mandal |
Pushpin Map: | India Andhra Pradesh |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Andhra Pradesh, India |
Coordinates: | 16.3008°N 80.4428°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name1: | Andhra Pradesh |
Subdivision Name2: | Guntur |
Seat Type: | Headquarters |
Seat: | Guntur |
Parts Type: | Major villages |
Parts Style: | para |
Leader Title: | Tehsildar |
Leader Name: | Tata Mohan Rao |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 779289 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Postal Code Type: | PIN |
Demographics1 Info1: | Telugu |
Guntur East mandal is one of the 18 mandals in Guntur district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.[3] It is under the administration of Guntur revenue division and was formed by bifurcating Guntur urban mandal into Guntur East and Guntur West, with its headquarters at Guntur.[4] [5]
The mandal is under the administration of a tahsildar. It forms part of the Andhra Pradesh Capital Region, under the jurisdiction of the APCRDA.[6] Guntur East assembly constituency represents the state assembly and it is a segment of Guntur Lok sabha constituency.[7]
Guntur East mandal covers eastern part of Guntur Municipal Corporation and its urban agglomerations namely, Budampadu, Etukur, Gorantla, Guntur East constituency, Jonnalagadda, Reddypalem. Except Jonnalagadda, all other areas were already de-notified and merged with Guntur Municipal Corporation in 2012.[8] [9]