West Godavari district

The district has five revenue divisions, namely Eluru, Jangareddigudem, Kovvur, Kukunuru and Narasapuram. These revenue divisions are divided into 48 mandals in the district. These 48 mandals consists of 881 villages, 1 municipal corporation, 8 municipalities and 5 census towns. Eluru is the only municipal corporation, 7 municipalities include, Kovvur, Narasapuram, Nidadavolu, Palakollu, Tadepalligudem, Tanuku, Bhimavaram, Jangareddigudem and the 5 census towns are Dwarakatirumala, Sanivarapupeta, Satrampadu, Gavaravaram and Tangellamudi.^{[10]:22–23,54}

Mandals map

Mandals

The list of 48 mandals in West Godavari district under five revenue divisions are listed in the following table:^[10]:22–23

Erstwhile Talukas

Before Formation of Mandals, Administration was done through Taluka system. Erstwhile Talukas in district are given below.

In 1978, the number of talukas in west Godavari district was increased from 8 to 19. Later in 1985, 19 Talukas were divided into 46 mandals.

In 2014, according to Polavaram Ordinance, 2 mandals from Telangana were merged with West Godavari District. So total mandals numbers increased to 48

Cities and towns

S.No.	Municipal Body	Civic Status of town	MunicipalityFormation Year	2011 CensusPopulation	2001 CensusPopulation	1991 CensusPopulation	1981 CensusPopulation
1	Eluru	Municipal Corporation	1866	250,834	215,804	212,866	168,154
2	Bhimavaram	Municipality Grade – Selection	1948	146,961	142,064	121,314	101,894
3	Tadepalligudem	Municipality Grade – Selection	1958	104,032	102,622	88,878	62,574
4	Palakollu	Municipality Grade – 1	1919	81,199	76,308	56,969	46,146
5	Tanuku	Municipality Grade – 1	1979	77,962	72,970	62,913	53,618
6	Narsapuram	Municipality Grade – 1	1956	58,770	58,604	56,362	46,033
7	Jangareddygudem	Municipality Grade – 2	2011	48,994	39,021	28,175	25,056
8	Nidadavole	Municipality Grade – 2	1964	43,809	43,143	41,101	31,022
9	Kovur	Municipality Grade – 3	1965	39,6697	39,327	36,061	28,756
10	Akiveedu	Nagar Panchayat	2020	24,506	24,259	29,421	21,317

S.No.	Town	Civic Status of Town	2011 CensusPopulation
1	Chintalapudi	Grama Panchayat	25,952
2	Polavaram	Grama Panchayat	13,861
3	Bhimadole	Grama Panchayat	13,669
4	Ganapavaram	Grama Panchayat	11,749
5	Gopalapuram	Grama Panchayat	11,573
6	Penumantra	Grama Panchayat	10,658
7	Poduru	Grama Panchayat	9,578

S.No.	Town	Civic Status of Town	2011 CensusPopulation
1	Dwaraka Tirumala	Census Town	5,543

Constituencies

There are two parliamentary and 15 assembly constituencies in the district. The parliamentary constituencies are Eluru, Narsapuram and Rajahmundry.^[27]

The Assembly constituencies are:

1. Achanta
2. Bhimavaram
3. Chintalapudi (SC)
4. Denduluru
5. Eluru
6. Gopalapuram
7. Kovvur
8. Nidadavole
9. Narsapur
10. Palakollu
11. Polavaram (ST)
12. Tadepalligudem
13. Tanuku
14. Undi
15. Unguturu