Dakkili mandal
# Dakkili mandal

Dakkili 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.

## History

Dakkili mandal was a part of Nellore district until 2022. It was made part of the newly formed Tirupati district effective from 4 April 2022.

## Demographics

Religions in Dakkili mandal (2011) :

| Religion | Religion | Percent | Percent |
| - | - | - | - |
| Hindus | Hindus | 98.91% | 98.91% |
| Muslims | Muslims | 0.84% | 0.84% |
| Christians | Christians | 0.16% | 0.16% |
| Others or not stated | Others or not stated | 0.09% | 0.09% |
| Distribution of religions |||||

As per 2011 census, Dakkili mandal had a total population of 40,452 with 20,174 male population and 20,278 female population with a density of $146/km^2.$ Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes made up 11,656 and 4,976 of the population respectively. It had a literacy rate of 56.81% with 64.6% among males and 49.14% among females.

## Administration

Dakkili mandal is a part of Gudur revenue division. As of 2011 census, the mandal comprises the following 50 villages:

* Village
* Althurupadu
* Attalasiddavaram
* Bheemavaram
* Chakalapalle
* Chapalapalle
* Cheekirenipalle
* Chennasamudram
* Cherlopalle
* Daggavolu
* Dakkili
* Dandavolu
* Dandavolu Upparapalle
* Dattanagaram*
* Devulapalle
* Gollavarigunta*
* Kandalavaripalle
* Koneswarabhatlapalle
* Kothacheruvu*
* Kothanalapadu
* Kuppayapalem
* Lingasamudram
* Madhavaiahpalem
* Mahasamudram
* Marlagunta
* Matumadugu
* Mopuru
* Nadimpalle
* Nagavolu
* Nagulapadu
* Naidupalem
* Namasivayapuram*
* Noothalacheruvu*
* Palugodu
* Pathanalapadu
* Pedayachasamudram
* Sanganapalle
* Sreepuram
* Surayapalem
* Swarnayacha Samudram*
* Theerthampadu
* Thimmanagunta
* Thimmayapalem
* Vedurugunta*
* Veera Kummara Yachasamudram
* Velampalle
* Velikallu
* Vembuluru
* Vempativaripalle
* Vengamanaidupalle
* Yellavajjulapalle
* Note: Dattanagaram, Gollavarigunta, Kothacheruvu, Namasivayapuram, Noothalacheruvu, Swarnayacha Samudram and Vedurugunta were uninhabited

## Politics

Dakkili mandal is a part of Venkatagiri Assembly constituency and Tirupati Lok Sabha constituency. As of 1 January 2018, the mandal had 29,925 eligible voters with 14,822 male voters and 15,103 female voters.

