Kurupam is a village in

Parvathipuram Manyam district Parvathipuram Manyam district is a district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. With Parvathipuram as its administrative headquarters, it became functional from 4th April 2022. The district was formed from Parvathipuram revenue division fr ...

of the

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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 ...

Geography

It is located at . It has an average altitude of 133 meters (439 feet).

Demography

census, Kurupam mandal had a population of 46,439. Males consists of 23,241 and females 23,198 of the population. The average literacy rate is 46%, below the national average of 59.5%. Male literacy rate is 57% and that of females is 35%. Way back the great people such as Ravupalli Krishna Murthy was born here and contributed so much to this Mandal. This legacy is carrying by Ravupalli Umamaheswararao, Ravupalli Srinivasa Hemanth and Divya Ravupalli

Kurupam Kingdom

Vyricherla Kishore Chandra Suryanarayana Deo Vyricherla Kishore Chandra Suryanarayana Deo (born 15 February 1947) is an Indian politician and a member of the Telugu Desam Party political party. He has been elected to the Lok Sabha for five times, and has also held one term in the Rajya Sa ...

, Erstwhile Zamindar - Rajah of Kurupam and Tribal Chiefs of the Konda Dora Tribe Kurupam Zamindari
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and a Union Cabinet Minister. He is now a senior member of the Telugu Desam Party.

References

{{reflist Villages in Parvathipuram Manyam district