page_title: Nellore district
section_title: Administrative divisions
hierarchical_section_title: Nellore district / Administrative divisions
caption_attribution_description: English: Nellore district mandals outline map
context_page_description: Nellore district, is one of nine districts in the Coastal Andhra region of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. According to the 2011 Census, the district's population was 2,966,082, of which 29.07% was urban. Its administrative headquarters are located in Nellore city. The district is bordered by the Bay of Bengal to the east, Kadapa district to the west, Prakasam District to the north, and Chittoor district and Thiruvallur district of Tamil Nadu to the south.
  The island of Sriharikota, the site where most Indian spacecraft are launched, is located in Nellore district.
context_section_description: The district has five revenue divisions, each of which is headed by a sub-collector: Atmakur, Naidupet,  Nellore, Gudur and Kavali. These revenue divisions are divided into 46 mandals, which consist of 1,177 villages and 12 towns (urban settlements). Nellore's twelve urban settlements include six statutory towns and six census towns. The statutory towns consist of one municipal corporation (Nellore) and six municipalities (Atmakur, Gudur, Kavali, Sullurpeta, Naidupeta and Venkatagiri). The five census towns are Buja Buja Nellore, L.A. Sagaram, Tada Khandrika, Vinnamala, and Yerrabalem.
caption: Nellore district mandals outline map
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