A.P. Cabinet clears district reorganisation, mandal realignment

Key Highlights

• Changes were approved in 17 districts, involving 25 specific adjustments, while nine districts Vizianagaram, Parvathipuram Manyam, Visakhapatnam, Eluru, NTR, Krishna, Guntur, Palnadu and Anantapur were left unchanged.
• The decisions followed a gazette notification issued on November 27, 2025, and a month-long public consultation process.
• Based on the feedback received, the Cabinet approved the creation and realignment of mandals and revenue divisions where required, with the stated objective of improving administrative efficiency, coordination among departments and access to public services.
• As part of this exercise, Rampachodavaram Assembly constituency was organised under the newly formed Polavaram district, and Polavaram village is proposed to be upgraded as a revenue division in the future.
• Several inter-district and intra-district adjustments were cleared.