Chandrala is a village

Village

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 and Gram panchayat

Gram panchayat

Gram panchayats are local self-governments at the village or small town level in India. As of 2002 there were about 265,000 gram panchayats in India. The gram panchayat is the foundation of the Panchayat System. A gram panchayat can be set up in villages with minimum population of 300...

 in Krishna District

Krishna district

Krishna District is a district of India's Andhra Pradesh state. It is named after the Krishna River, the third longest river that flows within India, flows through the district and joins Bay of Bengal here in this district. It has a population of 4,529,009 of which 32.08% is urban as of...

, Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh

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, India

India

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. It comes under Gudlavalleru

Gudlavalleru

Gudlavalleru is a Village and Mandal in Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh, India. It derives its name from "Gudula valleru", meaning "Land of Many temples"....

 mandal. It is located 9.8 kilometers away from Gudivada

Gudivada

Gudivada is a census town in Krishna district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a mandal headquarters with more than 100,000 inhabitants, lying as junction of Vijayawada-Machilipatnam-Bhimavaram-Nuzvid-Eluru in the Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh of...

, well connected by road from Gudivada (9.8 km)and Machilipatnam

Machilipatnam

Machilipatnam is a city and a special grade municipality in the Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh, India. It is located south east of state capital, Hyderabad.-History:...

 (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:

• 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

Elementary school

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, a post office

Post office

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 and many temples churches. It is famous for Agriculture and Dairy.

Majority of the people in this village belongs to Gowda

Gowda

Gowda is usually the title given to the head of the family or family group in the state of Karnataka & Andhra Pradesh in India. It is similar to Gounder or Kaoundar of Tamilnadu. It not the name of a caste, but title given to the leader or elder from any caste...

 community followed by Mutharasi and Christians

Christianity

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. 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.,