Vidavalur is a village and a Mandal

Subdivisions of India

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 headquarters in Nellore district

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 in the state of Andhra Pradesh

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 in India

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Mandal composition

Vidavalur Mandal consists of 14 panchayats:

1. Alaganipadu
2. Annareddypalem
3. Chowkacharla
4. Dampuru
5. Dandigunta
6. Gadela Dinne
7. Mudivarthi
8. Parlapalli
9. Ramathirtham
10. Ramachandrapuram
11. Utukuru
12. Vidavalur
13. Johnpet
14. Vavilla
15. Purini

With a total population of about 47,000 people.

Geographic boundaries

Three Panchayats Ramachandrapuram, Ramathirtham and Utukuru are coastal villages. River pennar joins the Bay of Bengal at Utukuru Village.suri

Mandal administration

Vidavalur Mandal has a Mandal Revenue Officer, Mandal Education Officers etc

Revenue registrations

All agriculture lands and other property registration under this mandal will fall under Kavali revenue division of Nellore district and the registration office is in Kovur.

Commerce

Vidavalur is an agiculture is dominant economy, with 80% of the population dependent on Agriculture.
Its coatal villages have fishermen who are dependent on revenue from fishing.
During the 90's the coastal villages had multiple hatcheries and aqua culture has come down drastically due to heavy losses in aqua culture.

Irrigation

The Agriculture lands of the Mandal are irrigated through Kanigiri Reservoir which gets water from Somasila Dam & Reservoir. The Assistant engineer for irrigation for this mandal would be located in Kodavalur.

Education

The Mandal has multiple High Schools(10th class) and Primary schools(5th class) and Junior and Degree collages are located in Vidavalur panchayat.

The Graduate colleges are affiliated to the Sri Venkateswara University

Sri Venkateswara University

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, Tirupati.

Popular people

The most popular Communist leader of Indian Communist Movement Late Sri Puchalapalli Sundaraiah

Puchalapalli Sundaraiah

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 hails from Alaganipadu village of Vidavalur Mandal. The village (Alaganipadu) produces more graduates compared to other villages in this mandal.

Famous Telugu film director A Kodandarami Reddy of 90's is also from Vidavalur Mandal he has directed hit movies like Kidhi etc