Chintapalli, Guntur District
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Chintapalli (చింతపల్లి) is a village in the Atchampet mandal of Palnadu district,
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, India on the southern 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
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, and constructed a new capital at Amaravathi.


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 Chintapalli. The literacy rate of Chintapalli is 52.60%, lower than the state average of 67.02%.


References

{{reflist Census towns in Andhra Pradesh