Guntur East | |
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![]() Undivided Guntur urban mandal (East and West) in Guntur district | |
Coordinates: 16°18′03″N 80°26′34″E / 16.3008°N 80.4428°E | |
Country | India |
State | Andhra Pradesh |
District | Guntur |
Headquarters | Guntur |
Government | |
• Tehsildar | Tata Mohan Rao |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 779,289 |
Languages | |
• Official | Telugu |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
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.[4] Except Jonnalagadda, all other areas were already de-notified and merged with Guntur Municipal Corporation in 2012.[8][9]