Pamuru mandal

Pamuru mandal
Mandal
Interactive Map Outlining mandal
Pamuru mandal Location in Andhra Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 15°05′49″N79°24′32″E / 15.097°N 79.409°E / 15.097; 79.409
Country	India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Markapuram
Headquarters	Pamur
Population  (2011)
• Total	63,017
Languages
• Official	Telugu
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)

Pamuru is a mandal in the Markapuram district in the Coastal Andhra region of Andhra Pradesh, India. Its headquarters are in Pamur. It borders Nellore district to the south.

Demographics

Religions in Pamuru mandal (2011) ^[1]

Religion			Percent
Hinduism			89.74%
Islam			9.55%
Other or not stated			0.71%
Distribution of religions

As of 2011 census, the mandal had a population of 63,017 in 14,897 households. The total population constitute, 32,206 males and 30,811 females — a sex ratio of 957 females per 1000 males. 7,678 children are in the age group of 0–6 years, of which 4,007 are boys and 3,671 are girls — a sex ratio of 916 per 1000. The average literacy rate stands at 67.77% with 37,503 literates. 31.74% of the population lives in urban areas, namely Pamur. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 11,778 (18.69%) and 1,992 (3.16%) of the population respectively. ^[2]

Languages of Pamuru mandal (2011) ^[3]

1. Telugu (92.3%)
2. Urdu (7.28%)
3. Others (0.45%)

At the time of the 2011 census, 92.27% of the population spoke Telugu and 7.28% Urdu as their first language. ^[3]

References

1. "Population by Religion - Andhra Pradesh". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
2. "District Census Hand Book – Prakasam" (PDF). Census of India . Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
3. "Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Andhra Pradesh". Census of India . Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.