Karlapalem is a village in
Bapatla district
Bapatla district is a district in coastal Andhra in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh established on 4 April 2022. The administrative headquarter is Bapatla. The district is formed from part of erstwhile Prakasam district and part of erstwhile ...
of the
Indian state
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History
Pre-indepen ...
of
Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh (, abbr. AP) is a state in the south-eastern coastal region of India. It is the seventh-largest state by area covering an area of and tenth-most populous state with 49,386,799 inhabitants. It is bordered by Telangana to the ...
. It is the headquarters of Karlapalem
mandal in
Tenali revenue division
Tenali is a city in Guntur district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a municipality and the headquarters of Tenali mandal and Tenali revenue division. The city is renowned for art, culture, drama and hence, it is called ''Andhra ...
.
Geography
Karlapalem is situated at . It is spread over an area of .
The irrigation water for the village and its surrounding areas is drawn from
Prakasam Barrage
The Prakasam Barrage stretches 1223.5 m across the Krishna River connecting Vijayawada, NTR and Mangalagiri Tadepalle Municipal Corporation, Guntur districts in Andhra Pradesh, India. The barrage serves also as a road bridge and spans over a l ...
reservoir, through the Kommamuru and Poondla channels of ''Krishna Western Delta'' system.
Governance
Karlapalem
gram panchayat
Gram Panchayat () is a basic village-governing institute in Indian villages. It is a democratic structure at the grass-roots level in India. It is a political institute, acting as cabinet of the village. The Gram Sabha work as the general bo ...
is the
local self-government
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of the village.
It is divided into wards and each ward is represented by a ward member.
Education
As per the school information report for the academic year 2018–19, the village has 28 schools. These include 10 private and 18
Zilla
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Arts and entertainment
* Vittore Zanetti Zilla (1864–1946), Italian painter
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* Zilla (Godzilla), a fictional film monster
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/
Mandal Parishad
Panchayat samiti is a rural local government (panchayat) body at the intermediate tehsil (taluka/mandal) level in India. It works for the villages of the tehsil that together are called a development block. It has been said to be the "panchayat ...
schools.
See also
*
List of villages in Guntur district
census of India, the following villages are recognized in Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh, India. This list is organized alphabetically by mandal. Settlements not counted in the 2011 census are not included.
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B
C
D
E
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References
Villages in Guntur district
Mandal headquarters in Guntur district
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