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Kadiam mandal

mandal in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh, India

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJan 10, 2026
Entity authorityQ59939793 ↗
Source-derived summary

Kadiam Mandal is one of the 19 mandals in East Godavari District of Andhra Pradesh. As per census 2011, there are 7 villages.

Demographics

Kadiam Mandal has total population of 90,499 as per the Census 2011 out of which 45,066 are males while 45,433 are females and the Average Sex Ratio of Kadiam Mandal is 1,008. The total literacy rate of Kadiam Mandal is 68.58%. The male literacy rate is 63.77% and the female literacy rate is 59.21%.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Kadiam mandal” as mandal in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh, India. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA valuable geographic starting point for tracing changing names, boundaries, uses and administrative responsibility. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2011—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Kadiam, mandal and East can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as mandal in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh, India. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jan 10, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q59939793. Authority coordinates are 16.913, 81.817. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2011.

Critical limits

Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Kadiam mandal”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Kadiam mandal primary sources, Kadiam mandal archive and Kadiam research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Kadiam mandal”?
  2. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
  3. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Kadiam mandal” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.