Chodavaram, Krishna

చోడవరం Chodavaram
—  village  —
Coordinates
Country	India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District(s)	Krishna
Nearest city	Vijayawada
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)
Codes • Pincode • 521120

Chodavaram (Telugu: చోడవరం) is a small village in Penamaluru Mandal in the district of Krishna in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India.^[1]

Demographics & Location

The village is having a population of around 4000 people.

It is located at river bank of Krishna.^[2] Agriculture is the main occupation in this village. It is 5 km from Penamaluru which is a mandal head quarter and assembly constituency. Chodavaram is surrounded by penamaluru, Kasaraneni vari palem and Peda puli paka.

There are 2 modes of transport to reach Chodavaram.

• APSRTC buses will be there from Bus stand and railway station with service no: 10C and 23K respectively.
• You can reach till Penamaluru center and from there you can take a auto.

New road is with in progress (usually called as "karakatta") and if it finishes, time taken will be just 15 minutes from heart of the city.

This is the very peaceful village near to Vijayawada. Chodavaram is under penamaluru constituency for assembly and under Machilipatnam (Bandar) for parliament.

Chodavaram is famous for Nagendra Swamy temple which is located in penamaluru - Chodavaram road.Also you can visit Krishna River bank. It is the idle place for 'kaartheka maasam vanabhojanaalu'

References

1. ^ [1] Map Location of Chodavaram, Krishna District, AP
2. ^ [2] Flood in Krishna threatens to submerge AP villages-Source-The Hindu