Guntakal

POPULATION CONFLICT: the Anantapur district article's ULB table gives 128,142 (2011), while the Guntakal town article's infobox gives 164,270 (2011). Both are recorded; the district-table figure is carried in the population field. The difference is most likely municipality area vs urban agglomeration, but no official census page confirming either could be retrieved. Cross-checked against https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guntakal . OFFICIAL CENSUS FIGURE: the Census of India 2011 Provisional Population Totals table 'Cities having population 1 lakh and above' (p. 11) lists this town as 'Guntakal (M)' with a total population of 126,479. That official figure is carried in the population field. CONFLICT: the district Wikipedia article's ULB table gives 128,142 for the same 2011 census year - the difference is understood to be municipal/corporation boundary versus the boundary used in the provisional tabulation, but no source reconciling the two could be retrieved, so both are recorded. Urban local body merged with its mandal-headquarters record. Civic status per the official CDMA ULB directory (listed as 'GUNTAKAL', grade code 'Selection' = Selection Grade Municipality). Wikipedia's district article states 'Municipality Selection Grade'. 2011 population 128,142 is as published by Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anantapur_district); no live official census URL for this town could be retrieved, so the population figure is medium-confidence even though the civic status is official. Revenue division: Guntakal. The mandal name is from the official district portal; the grouping into revenue divisions is from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anantapur_district, because the official portal's mandal table is not explicitly grouped by division. Division assignment is therefore medium-confidence. Official portal https://ananthapuramu.ap.gov.in/divisions/ confirms exactly 3 revenue divisions (Anantapuramu, Kalyandurg, Guntakal). SOURCE CONFLICT on mandal count: https://ananthapuramu.ap.gov.in/mandal/ states the district 'consists of 31 Mandals' and tabulates 31 (one combined 'Anantapur' entry), while https://ananthapuramu.ap.gov.in/mandals/ tabulates 32 (Anantapur Urban and Anantapur Rural listed separately); Wikipedia's prose says 31 but its list has 32. This dataset carries 32. Separate conflict: https://ananthapuramu.ap.gov.in/demography/ is stale, still reporting 63 revenue mandals, 5 revenue divisions and 19,130 sq km, i.e. the pre-2022 undivided Anantapur district. Institutions here come from the 1905 Madras District Gazetteer and the 1961 District Census Handbook unless stated otherwise.