Chandrala

Chandrala చంద్రాల
—  village  —
Coordinates
Country	India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District(s)	Krishna
Population	1,640 (2001[update])
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)
Codes • Vehicle • AP16

Chandrala (Telugu: చంద్రాల) is a village and Gram panchayat in Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh, India. It comes under Gudlavalleru mandal. It is located 9.8 kilometers away from Gudivada, well connected by road from Gudivada (9.8 km)and Machilipatnam (30 km). There are some other villages under it, namely Malapalli, Singalur and a few.

Demographics

According to Indian census, 2001, the demographic details of Chandrala village is as follows:^[1]

• Total Population: 1,640 in 463 Households
• Male Population: 813 and Female Population: 827
• Children Under 6-years of age: 189 Boys - 98 and Girls - 91)
• Total Literates: 892

Features

Chandrala was also adopted as Indirama Adarsha Gramam in Andhra Pradesh. It has a Government elementary school, a post office and many temples churches. It is famous for Agriculture and Dairy.

Majority of the people in this village belongs to Gowda community followed by Mutharasi and Christians. Interesting fact about the village is that nearly 65% families have same surname "Polagani". Few famous persons in this village are Polagani Koteswara Rao and Veragani Veera Venkaiah. One of the sons Polagani Krishna Rao has worked as Project Manager in famous construction companies in Andhra Pradesh and India namely Gayatri Projects Limited with famous politician and Member of Parliament and Writer Indira T. Subbirami Reddy as Chairperson of Remmuneration Committee, Madhucon Projects Limited, and etc.,

References

1. ^ Chandrala at Our Village India.org