Chagallu is a village and a mandal

Subdivisions of India

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 in West Godavari district in the state of Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh

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 in India

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Geography

Chagallu is a nice village & mandal in West Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh, which gave some prominent personalities to the world. This town has two big industries: one is VVS Sugars Ltd (The Jeypore Sugars Ltd), and another one is the Distillery Division of the Jeypore Sugars Ltd. M/s. Krishna Industrial Corporation Ltd started construction of a CO2 Plant here.

Movie director V.V.Vinayak is pride of Chagallu. He is a prominent director in Tollywood.
Route : from Rajahmundry it is about 20 km. Rajahmundry to Pangidi (a highway town). From Pangidi to Chagallu 3 km (towards Nidadavole).

Chagallu special

Chagallu town is famous for "Vinayakachaturdhi vutsavam". Here "Vinayaka Chaviti Navaratrulu" celebrated for 9 days from starting day of vinayaka chavithi. There are two temples of Lord Ganesha here. The devoties of Lord Ganesha will conduct navaratrulu here. Navaratrulu programs of two temples are separate but with mutual understanding. They also conduct cultural programs and give merit scholarships to those who performed well in their studies. One of the famous Telugu festival "Sri Subramanya Swami Kalyanam(Shasti)" also celebrated here in a grand way, during Dec or Jan. It's a historical temple and one of "Sri Saraswathi temples"(very few in our state) is here. And also "Kanaka Durga Temple" is famous at Matam Charuvu, it celebrate as well as Vijayawada Temple 9 days programme. And most important Vutsav is "Grama Devata Vutsav". it's comming every 12 years once only. The next year is 2019-20.

How to reach

• By Train: Nearest railway station: Nidadavole 8 km.and pasivedala 3 km
• By Air:- Nearest Airport:Burugupudi, Rajahmundry Airport 40 KM.

Panchayats

The following is the list of village panchayats in Chagallu mandal:

• Brahmanagudem
  Brahmanagudem
  Brahmanagudem is a village in Chagallu mandal, West Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh, India. Although the name represents an upper caste brahmins other caste people also live in this village. Approximately 90% of the population is dependent on agriculture. This village is also industrially...
  
  
• Daravaram
  Daravaram
  Daravaram is a village in Chagallu mandalam, West Godavari district in Andhrapradesh state in India.- Geography:Daravaram is a village in Chagallu mandalam, West Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh, India...
  
  
• Nelaturu is a small village. The famous vinayaka temple is located in this village. This temple has a history of 1000 years and people throng near the temple and pray for the rains whenever drought occurs. People there believes that when ever abishekam is done to lord Ganapati for rains,it comes for sure. This temple is developed by KODAVATI VENKATA RAYUDU and others

Education

• Zilla Parishad High School
• S V R K School
• Noble School
• Raja Rajeswari School
• S V R K Junior College
• SRKSV Nilayam (Murthy gari convent)

Movie Theater

There are two movie theaters in town where mostly telugu movies are screened. Occasionally some Hindi & English movies are screened.

• Venkatrama
• Venkatkrishna