Challapalli

Challapalli చల్లపల్లి
—  village and mandal  —
Challapalli Location of Challapalli in Andhra Pradesh and India
Coordinates	16°07′00″N 80°56′00″E / 16.1167°N 80.9333°E / 16.1167; 80.9333Coordinates: 16°07′00″N 80°56′00″E / 16.1167°N 80.9333°E / 16.1167; 80.9333
Country	India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District(s)	Krishna
Nearest city	Machilipatnam
Parliamentary constituency	Machilipatnam
Assembly constituency	Avanigadda
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)
Area • Elevation	• 6 metres (20 ft)
Codes • Pincode • 521126 • Telephone • +08671 • Vehicle • AP16

Challapalli or Challapalle (Telugu: చల్లపల్లి) is a village and Mandal in Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh, India.

Geography

Challapalle is located at 16°07′00″N 80°56′00″E / 16.1167°N 80.9333°E / 16.1167; 80.9333.^[1] It has an average elevation of 6 metres (22 ft).

Demographics

According to Indian census, 2001, the demographic details of Challaplle mandal is as follows:^[2]

• Total Population: 53,813 in 14,542 Households.
• Male Population: 26,885 and Female Population: 26,928
• Children Under 6-years of age: 5,911 (Boys - 2,976 and Girls - 2,935)
• Total Literates: 33,334

Challapalle village has a population of 15,423 in 2001.^[3]

Villages in Challapalli Mandal

After the reform in the Tauluka System in 1982, Challapalli Mandal was created from the Divi Thaluka. Challapalli village is a historical village and business center. Before the Independence Challapalli was ruled by Zamindars. The Fort of Challapalli is more than 200 years old. Agriculture, largely sugar, is the primary industry in this area, and there is still a large sugar refinery in the town, currently operating under the business name KCP Sugars. The Mandal contains one aided S.R.Y.S.P. Junior College and Sri Vivekananda Degree College. The town is 25 kilometres from the Machilipatnam Railway Station which is a district head quarter and 55 KM from the Vijayawada airport. The long standing tradition of ringing the fort's bell on the hour every hour in order to allow the villagers to keep track of time is continued even now. Locals believe that there was an underground way from the Fort to the Kanaka Durga Temple in Vijayawada.

There are historical places like Ghantasala, Avanigadda, Hamsala divi, Pedakalle palli, Mopidevi and SivaRamaDurgaPuram near to this village. The fort in this village is one of the main forts in Krishna district.^[4]

List of villages

• Annavaram
• Dororilanka
• Challapalli
• RamaNagaram
• Cheedepudi
• Kaptanupalem
• Majeru
• Mallemarru
• Mangalapuram
• Nadakuduru
• Nimmagadda
• Pagolu
• Pedakallepalli
• Peddaprolu
• Puritigadda
• Raavivari palem
• SivaRamaPuram
• Vakkalagadda
• Velivolu
• Yarlagadda
• Dalliparru
• SivaRamaDurgaPuram
• Laxmipuram

Education

There are good amount of Educational Institutions are there. list of Educational Institutions are:

• Vinayasri Sunflower Public School
• Vijaya Convent
• Nagarjuna Public School
• Challapalli Public School
• Vidhodhaya Public School
• Vijaya Jr College.
• Vivekananda Degree College
• SRYSP Jr. College
• St. Mother Theresa E.M High School
• Government Public School
• Sunflower Engineering College

Entertainment

There are 4 theatres which are always ready to entertain the moviegoers list of theatres include:

• Sagar (AC, DTS)
• Komala (AC, DTS)
• Kamal (AC, DTS)
• Laxmi

Net Centres

LakshmiJyothi Computers, setwin computers

Notes

1. ^ Challapalle at Fallingrain.com
2. ^ Challapalle mandal at Our Village India.org
3. ^ Challapalle village at Our Village India.org
4. ^ "Villages in Challapalli Mandal". http://www.krishna.gov.in/eldistrict2/htm/41.htm. Retrieved 2007-02-22. 

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References

• Challapalli Village And Zamindar Challapalli Village And Zamindar Details