Paderu revenue division


Paderu revenue division is an revenue division in the Alluri Sitharama Raju district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is one and only revenue divisions in the district which consists of eleven mandals under its administration. Paderu is the divisional headquarters.
Paderu division is situated in the Eastern Ghats and is tribal-dominated.

Administration

There are 11 mandals under the administration of Paderu revenue division. They are:
NoMandal
1Araku valley mandal
2Pedabayalu mandal
3Dumbriguda mandal
4Munchingiputtu mandal
5Hukumpeta mandal
6Ananthagiri mandal
7Paderu mandal
8G. Madugula mandal
9Chinthapalli mandal
10Gudem Kotha Veedhi mandal
11Koyyuru mandal

Demographics

It has a population of 6,04,047. 576,026 is rural and 28,021 is urban. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 4,154 and 547,951 which is 0.69% and 90.71% of the population respectively.
97.35% of the population is Hindu while 1.50% of the population is Christian and 0.64% is Muslim.
At the time of the 2011 census, 66.54% of the population spoke Telugu, 17.39% Odia, 11.12% Kuvi and 3.19% Konda as their first language.