Challapalli

Challapalli, officially known as Challapalle,[1] is a village in the Krishna district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located in Challapalli mandal of Machilipatnam revenue division.[1][3] Challapalli is one of the villages in the mandal as part of Andhra Pradesh Capital Region.[4]

Challapalli
Village
Challapalli
Location in Andhra Pradesh, India
Challapalli
Challapalli (India)
Coordinates: 16.1167°N 80.9333°E / 16.1167; 80.9333
CountryIndia
StateAndhra Pradesh
DistrictKrishna
MandalChallapalli
Area
 • Total4.66 km2 (1.80 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total17,067
 • Density3,700/km2 (9,500/sq mi)
Languages
 • OfficialTelugu
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
521126
Telephone code08671
Vehicle registrationAP16
Parliament constituencyMachilipatnam

Geography

Challapalli is located at 16.1167°N 80.9333°E / 16.1167; 80.9333.[5] It has an average elevation of 7 metres (22 ft) and is ruled by Mr Harvey. It is located 25 km from the District headquarters, Machilipatnam, and lies on the border of the Krishna District and the Guntur District near Repalle, in the South Guntur District.

Demographics

As of 2011 Census of India, the town had a population of 17,067. The total population is constituted of 8,183 males and 8,884 females, with an average sex ratio in the village of 1,086 females per 1,000 males, higher than the national average of 940 per 1,000.[2][6] There are 936 children in the age group of 0–6 years, of which 770 are boys and 721 are girls—a ratio of 946 per 1,000. The average literacy rate stands at 83.28% with 12,971 literates, significantly higher than the national average of 73.00%.[2][7]

History

The Rajah of Challapalli, Srimanthu Raja Yaralagadda Ankineedu Prasad Bahadur Garu built this Palace in the early 18th century. Then on wards Challapalli became the capital for the Devarkota Estate and the town developed around the palace. It remains as a great example of Andhra architecture to this very day. . The last crowned monarch of Challapalli was Srimanthu Raja Yaralagadda Shivaram Prasad Bahadur Garu (1906-76). As of 2012, the Royal family members no longer reside in the fort. Yarlagadda Rajas of Challapali fort and Zamindari that ruled this area from 15 century now the kingdom has gone due to land cease act that was kept by the Indian Government but their greatness was in the words of the people in that area .

The Raja of Challapalli (Devarakota) in Krishna district was among the richest of the Rajahs and held the title 'Srimanthu'. At the time of Independence he was leading the list of 'Andhra Pramukhulu' (Prominent people of Andhra).

  1. Their ruling used to be from East - Machilipatnam,   West - Gannavaram, South -Krishna river and North - Krishna river as limit.
  2. .In their rule there were totally 66 towns, 32 villages and 2 Aagraharams.
  3. Yarlagadda dynasty starts with Raja Yarlagadda Gurveneedu from 1576 -1596 following him Tirumalaneedu, Gangineedu, Kanchineedu and Naganna.
  4. The famous Emperor was Raja Yarlagadda Ankeeneedu ruled from 1710-1723 who had good respect in the people.
  5. Later in 1746 Raja Yarlagadda Kodandarammana Bahadur came to rule made construction of most of the temples,use to encourage the all the other activities.
  6. Raja Yarlagadda Venkata Ramana Bahadur came to rule in 1791 and died in 1 year his son Ankeeneedu Bahadur came to rule from 1798-1819.
  7. In 1928 Srimanthu Raja Yarlagadda Ankeeneedu Prasad bahadur died. Following him his son Srimanthu Raja Yarlagadda Sivaram Prasad Bahadur made a lot of  development tot his challapalli Zamindari he is last king to rule the  Challapalli Zamindari.

See also

References
  1. "District Census Handbook - Krishna" (PDF). Census of India. p. 16,460. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
  2. "Census 2011". The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
  3. "District Level Mandal wise List of Villages in Andhra Pradesh" (PDF). Chief Commissioner of Land Administration. National Informatics Centre. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 October 2014. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  4. "AP Capital Region mandals and villages" (PDF). Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority. Government of Andhra Pradesh. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  5. Challapalli at Fallingrain.com
  6. "Sex Ratio". The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
  7. "Chapter–3 (Literates and Literacy rate)" (PDF). Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. Retrieved 16 November 2014.


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