Chintapalli is a village in the
Atchampet mandal of the
Guntur district
Guntur district is one of the twenty six districts in the Coastal Andhra region of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The administrative seat of the district is located at Guntur, the largest city of the district in terms of area and with a po ...
, India on the south bank of the
Krishna River.
It is the site of the former headquarters of
Vasireddy Venkatadri Nayudu's zamindari estate in the late 18th century. Nayudu abandoned Chintapalli in protest of alleged mistreatment by his overlords, the
British East India Company, and constructed a new capital at
Amaravathi
Amaravati () is the capital of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located on the banks of the river Krishna in Guntur district.
The Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone at a ceremonial event in Uddandar ...
.
Demographics
As of the 2011 census, The town has a population of 4,547 of which 2,272 are males and 2,275 are females. Population of Children with age of 0-6 is 501 which is 11.02% of total population of Chintapalle. The literacy rate of Chintapalle is 52.60%, lower than the state average of 67.02%.
References
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Census towns in Andhra Pradesh