title: Chittamur mandal
text: # Chittamur mandal
  
  Chittamur mandal is one of the 34 mandals in Tirupati district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a part of Gudur revenue division with its headquarters at Chittamur.
  
  ## History
  
  Chittamur mandal was a part of Nellore district until 2022. It was made part of the newly formed Tirupati district effective from 4 April 2022 by the Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy-led Government of Andhra Pradesh.
  
  ## Biodiversity
  
  Chittamur mandal has brackish water ecosystem. Every year, terrestrial and aquatic birds migrate to Pulicat Lake for a temporary stay. The ecosystem covers an area of 600 $km^2$ (230 sq mi) including parts of the mandal along with Doravarisatram, Sullurpeta, Tada and Vakadu mandals. The terrestrial birds include painted storks, large egrets, little egrets, grey pelicans, grey herons; water birds include northern pintails, black-winged stilts, northern shovelers, common teal, seagulls, terns, sandpipers, and common coots.
  
  ## Demographics
  
  Religions in Chittamur mandal (2011) :
  
  | Religion | Religion | Percent | Percent |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Hindus | Hindus | 96.75% | 96.75% |
  | Muslims | Muslims | 2.74% | 2.74% |
  | Christians | Christians | 0.39% | 0.39% |
  | Others or not stated | Others or not stated | 0.12% | 0.12% |
  | Distribution of $religions^{:38–40}$ |||||
  
  As per 2011 census, Chittamur mandal had a total population of 40,241 with 20,503 male population and 19,738 female population with a density of $145/km^2.$ It had a sex ratio of 963. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes made up 16,035 and 5,905 of the population respectively. It had a literacy rate of 57.65% with 64.13% among males and 50.95% among $females.^{:50–51}^{:22,25–26}$
  
  ## Administration
  
  Chittamur mandal is a part of Gudur revenue division. Its headquarters are located at Chittamur. As of 2011 census, the mandal comprises the following 41 $villages:^{:390}$
  
  * Village
  * Addepudi
  * Aruru
  * Buradagali Kothapalem
  * Chillamuru
  * Chittamur
  * Devuni Khandrika*
  * Ellore
  * Eswarawaka
  * Gangupalem*
  * Gollapalem
  * Gunupadu
  * Jalapeddipalem
  * Kalagurthipadu
  * Kogili
  * Kokkupalem
  * Kothapalem*
  * Kummarapalem
  * Mallam
  * Mangalavaripalle
  * Mannemala
  * Marlamudi Jangalapalle
  * Mettu
  * Molakalapudi
  * Mukkidipalem
  * Padarthivari Khandrika*
  * Palamparthy
  * Pellakuru
  * Perantravulamitta
  * Pittivanipalle
  * Pothunayanipalle*
  * Putragunta
  * Ranganathapuram
  * Rayareddipalem*
  * Somasamudram
  * Tadimedu
  * Uppalamarthi
  * Vadlavanipalle*
  * Varthur North
  * Veligajulapalle
  * Yakasiri
  * Yellasiri
  * Note: Devuni Khandrika, Gangupalem, Kothapalem, Padarthivari Khandrika, Pothunayanipalle, Rayareddipalem and Vadlavanipalle were $uninhabited^{:390}$
  
  ## Politics
  
  Chittamur mandal is a part of Gudur Assembly constituency and Tirupati Lok Sabha constituency. As of 1 January 2018, the mandal had 29,607 eligible voters with 14,712 male voters and 14,895 female $voters.^{:22}$ Varaprasad Rao Velagapalli is representing the Gudur constituency as the Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) in Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, and Maddila Gurumoorthy is representing the Tirupati constituency as the Member of Parliament (MP) in Lok Sabha.
  
  