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Mangalagiri is one of the two corporations in Guntur district and a major residential and IT hub in Andhra Pradesh Capital Region. The city of Mangalagiri Tadepalli Municipal Corporation is a part of Tenali revenue division. Mangalagiri is important to the overall Guntur's financial and cultural profile by its textile, agricultural and spiritual contributions. The railway station of Mangalagiri is part of Guntur Railway Division. It is situated on National Highway 16 and North of District Headquarter Guntur.
Ten villages namely Pedavadlapudi, Chinakakani, Kaza, Nutakki, Chinavadlapudi, Ramachandrapuram, Atamakuru, Navuluru, Yerrabalem, Nidamarru, Bethapudi are merged into Mangalagiri Tadepalli Municipal Corporation. The issue of the merger of the villages is now pending in the court.
Mangalagiri was under the control of Golkonda Nawabs for a long period. It was plundered in 1780 by Hyder Jung but could not be conquered. In 1816, a gang of again looted the place. It slowly recovered from these two attacks during the time of Raja Vasireddy Venkatadri Nayudu who ruled the place from Amaravati. There is a big koneru (tank) in the center of the place which went dry in 1882. As many as 9,840 guns and 44 bullets which might have been related to Pindaris have been found here after the Pindaris looted this place. The picturesque hill was visited by the great Krishnadevaraya.
In the 1970s there was huge water scarcity in Mangalagiri. Goli Gopala Rao, the then Municipal Chairman of Mangalagiri, brought water to the town through water pipelines and he was called "Apara Baghiratha" due to his services to the public.
Census of India, the town had a population of with 19,137 households. The total population constitute, males and —a sex ratio of 1015 females per 1000 males. children are in the age group of 0–6 years, of which are boys and are girls —a ratio of 979 per 1000. The average literacy rate stands at 76.16% with literates, significantly higher than the state average of 67.41%.
Wards composition Mangalagiri Tadepalle Municipal Corporation has a total of 50 election wards. The composition of the municipality is of two types, one is Elected Wing, headed by Municipal Council and the second is Executive Wing, headed by Municipal commissioner. In 2015, the municipality received Green Leaf Awards 2015 in the category of Best Municipality, which was organized by NGO Sukuki Exnora. Mangalagiri municipality and its of Navuluru and Atmakur are a part of Vijayawada Urban area.
Mangalagiri bus station is owned and operated by APSRTC. The station is also equipped with a Bus garage for operation and maintenance of buses. Mangalagiri railway station situated on the Vijayawada-Guntur main line, administered under the jurisdiction of Guntur railway division of South Central Railway zone.
Vijayawada International Airport at Gannavaram attracts the air commuters from this town.
There is a proposal of making Mangalagiri railway station a junction station by connecting the town with Tenali railway station in order to make the transportation from Guntur, Tenali, Amaravathi, Vijayawada cities easier.
APSRTC City Bus Routes
| 20 | Madhura Nagar | Mangalagiri | Labbipet, Varadhi, Manipal Hospital, Mangalagiri |
| 47H | Vijayawada Railway Station | Chinna Kakani | Railway Station, Pnbs, Varadhi, Manipal Hospital, Mangalagiri, Chinna Kakani |
| 47N | Kaleswarao Market | NRI Hospital | Kaleswararao Market, Pnbs, Varadhi, Manipal Hospital, Mangalagiri, Nri Hospital |
| 47V | Vijayawada Railway Station | Mangalagiri | Railway Station, Pnbs, Varadhi, Manipal Hospital, Mangalagiri |
| 20/47 | Railway station | Mangalgiri | Pnbs, Krishna Lanka, Varadhi, Tadepalli East, kunchanapalli x roads |
| 47/20 | Railway station | Mangalgiri | Pnbs, Krishna Lanka, Varadhi, Tadepalli Bus Station, Nulakapet, Dolas Nagar |
The town has many schools and colleges. University campuses include VIT-AP University and SRM AP University. AIIMS for the state of Andhra Pradesh was sanctioned and is decided to set up in the town.
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