Divisions
It is the only district to possess two municipal corporations. They are Kakinada and Rajahmundry
The district is divided into 5 revenue divisions and 60 revenue Mandals among which 58 are rural and 2 are urban. The district has 57 Mandal Praja Parishads and 1,011 Gram Panchayats and nine municipalities and municipal corporations. Total number of villages in the district is 1,379.
As per G.O.Ms.No.31, Revenue (Registration & Mandals) Department, Dated 05-06-2002 a new Rural Mandal Routhulapudi (44 villages) with head quarters at Routhulapudi was formed by transferring certain villages from Sankhavaram (12 villages), Kotananduru (31 villages) and Tuni (1 village) Mandals, thereby making total number of Mandals to be 60.
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