Chintalapudi, Eluru district explained

Chintalapudi
Native Name Lang:telugu
Settlement Type:Town
Map Alt:Dynamic map
Pushpin Map:India Andhra Pradesh
Pushpin Label Position:left
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Andhra Pradesh, India
Coordinates:17.0417°N 80.5901°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name1:Andhra Pradesh
Subdivision Name2:Eluru
Founder:Unknown
Named For:At the entrance of town there are number of Tamarind trees చింతచెట్టు in Telugu language so the name of town called as చింతలపూడి
Parts Type:Talukas
Parts:Chintalapudi
Governing Body:municipality
Unit Pref:Metric
Population Total:35242
Population As Of:2019
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:Languages
Demographics1 Title1:Official
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30
Postal Code Type:PIN
Postal Code:534460
Area Code:08823, +91
Area Code Type:Telephone code
Registration Plate:AP 37 (previous) now AP 39

Chintalapudi is a town municipality, constituency and mandal headquarters in Eluru District of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh .[2] Chintalapudi is one of oldest town in the Andhra Pradesh, but still it is under developed. There is no proper road and transport to the town. People of the town still struggling to reach the nearest cities. There is lot of history around this town, dates back to 600BC to 300BC.The human movement here from 2300 years ago. The village named Jeelakargudem is located 15 km away from here and contains some of the oldest ancient monuments in Buddhism. The carvings on the Sandrock hill are really surprising . According to the ASI and some historians the historical site belongs to Ashoka reign. The historical site is one of the best tourist attraction in the locality, but lack of proper care from government and people the site is ruining. This region is also famous for cultivation of Oil Plam. It's nearly contributes 50% to 60% of total district cultivation of Oil Palm. According to some sources this region contains a vast coal reserves in the country. Your can find more on this in some popular news journals.

Demographics

Chintalapudi is located in Eluru district, Andhra Pradesh. It has population of 35242 of which 12438 are males while 13514 are females as per Population Census 2011. In Chintalapudi village population of children with age 0-6 is 2652. Average Sex Ratio of Chintalapudi village is 1087 which is higher than Andhra Pradesh state average of 993. Child Sex Ratio for the Chintalapudi as per census is 997, higher than Andhra Pradesh average of 939. Chintalapudi village has higher literacy rate compared to Andhra Pradesh. In 2011, its literacy rate was 78.08% compared to 67.02% of Andhra Pradesh.[3]

Transport

Eluru is the nearest city to Chintalapudi at a distance of 47 km. APSRTC runs busses from Eluru, Jangareddygudem and Sattupalli to bus station at Chintalapudi.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Census 2011. The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. 11 November 2014.
  2. Web site: Mandal wise villages . Revenue Department - AP Land . National Informatics Center . 11 November 2014 . 3 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141214094218/http://apland.ap.nic.in/cclaweb/Districts_Alphabetical/WestGodavari.pdf . 14 December 2014 .
  3. Web site: Chintalapudi Village Population - Chintalapudi - West Godavari, Andhra Pradesh.
  4. Web site: Two new bus services from Jangareddygudem launched. 8 August 2016 . The New Indian Express . 18 May 2018.