Chandole

Chandole is a village in the Guntur district in Andhra Pradesh.

Road transportation and people

Chandole is located approximately 35 km from Guntur and 360 km from Hyderabad. It is on the Guntur-Reppale and Tenali-Bapatla state highways. Most of the people depend on agriculture with fertile lands having abundant water from the canals. This village also a military village, and is famous for the Kargil hero Haji Basha, who sacrificed his life in the Karagil war Operation Vijay.

Chandole has a major bus junction that receives buses from Guntur, Vijayawada, Yazali, Buddam, Ponnur, Chirala, Bapatla, Tenali, Repalle, Nizampatnam, Bhattiprolu, and Hyderabad.

Industry

The village has a dry fish market and rice, black gram, and mirchi farms. There are also paddy fields surrounding the village. There are six rice mills, two ice factories, and one cold storage milk facility. There are also a spinning mill, a textile mill, and a juice factory under construction.^[when?] Chandole is one of the more industrialized villages in the Guntur district.

Employment

The primary sources of employment are cultivation, serving in the Indian army, and teaching. There is a significant population of young people with Hi-Tech degrees serving in MNCs as software engineers and architects. There is a mixture of both government and corporate culture in employment and education.

History:- Chandole is well known for its past history and culture. It's history takes back us past 400 years. During SriKrishna devaraya time this village was mainly used as a route to go to different places and was well established for its trade. There is a famous temple which has its roots 400 years and before.

Education:-

There are seven primary schools, one secondary schools, one junior college, and three tuition centers. There is a high schoold named under "Neeli Bangarayya zilla parishad school" which also has intermeiate education in English Medium for Girls. Few other schools include 'Indian Blooms' 'Kranthi School' and religious schools like 'Madarsas for Muslims' 'Veda Vidyalam'

There is one college which is KMAA college.

Culture, language and festivals

Urdu and Telugu are the primary languages in the village. There are numerous festivals observed in the village: Ramadan (Eid ul-Fitr), Bakr-Idd (Eid ul- Zuha), Muharram, Deepavali, Sankranti, Dasara, Ugadi, Vinayaka-Chaviti, and Christmas.

There are total 5 mosques in the village, and three other temples. The Siva Temple and Chinna Kesava swamy temple were constructed during the 10th century. There is a special marriage hall for Muslims name Shaadi Kahana. Other buildings are being constructed, such as the Bandalama temple, which is a pilgrimage shelter, and the function hall.

Politics

Politically Chandlole is the biggest village in the Bapatla constituency, and has two prominent parties: Congress and TDP and YSR congress.

Entertainment

TV is the primary source of entertainment for villagers. There is also a movie theatre named Karimulla Theatre, which has closed. People spend their time watching and enacting dramas. Most of the people go for watching movies to the nearby town which is Ponnur.