title: Chinnagottigallu mandal
text: # Chinnagottigallu mandal
  
  Chinnagottigallu mandal is one of the 34 mandals in Tirupati district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a part of Tirupati revenue division with its headquarters at Chinnagottigallu.
  
  ## History
  
  Chinnagottigallu mandal was a part of Chittoor district under Madanapalle revenue division until $2022.^{:19}$ It was made part of the newly formed Tirupati district under Tirupati revenue division effective from 4 April 2022 by the Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy-led Government of Andhra Pradesh.
  
  ## Demographics
  
  Religions in Chinnagottigallu mandal (2011) :
  
  | Religion | Religion | Percent | Percent |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Hindus | Hindus | 85.87% | 85.87% |
  | Muslims | Muslims | 13.76% | 13.76% |
  | Christians | Christians | 0.27% | 0.27% |
  | Others or not stated | Others or not stated | 0.1% | 0.1% |
  | Distribution of $religions^{:30,32,34}$ |||||
  
  As per 2011 census, Chinnagottigallu mandal had a total population of 26,150 with 13,021 male population and 13,129 female population with a density of $145/km^2.$ It had a sex ratio of 1008. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes made up 4,702 and 905 of the population respectively. It had a literacy rate of 66.67% with 76.97% among males and 56.45% among $females.^{:XXXIII,13}^{:40–41}$
  
  ## Administration
  
  Chinnagottigallu mandal is a part of Tirupati revenue division. Its headquarters are located at Chinnagottigallu. As of 2011 census, the mandal comprises the following 10 $villages:^{:286}$
  
  * Village
  * Bhakarapet
  * Chattevaripalem
  * Chinnagottigallu
  * Chittecherla
  * Devarakonda
  * Diguvuru
  * Kotabylu
  * Rangannagari Gadda
  * Thippireddigaripalle
  * Yeguvuru
  
  ## Politics
  
  Chinnagottigallu mandal is one of the 7 mandals under Chandragiri Assembly constituency, which in turn is a part of Chittoor Lok Sabha constituency of Andhra Pradesh. As of 1 January 2018, the mandal had 18,592 eligible voters with 9,179 male voters and 9,412 female $voters.^{:XXXIII}$ Chevireddy Bhaskar Reddy is representing the Chandragiri constituency as the Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) in Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, and N. Reddeppa is representing the Chittoor constituency as the Member of Parliament (MP) in Lok Sabha.
  
  