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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
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- LGD code
- 587475
- Pincode
- 533450
- Post office
- Pithapuram
- Population
- 7,992
- Households
- 2,282
- Literacy rate
- 61.8%
- Sex ratio
- 995 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 3,026
- Distance to district centre
- 8 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 6 km
- Distance to Amaravati
- 182 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 401 km
- Nearest railway station
- Chandrampalem · 2 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- GOVT.HOSPITAL PITHAPURAM · 2 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Chitrada compares
By population, Chitrada ranks #1 of 25 villages in Pithapuram mandal — the largest.
Literacy rate
%
61.8%
+5.4% vs mandal average
- Chitrada
- 61.8%
- Pithapuram mandal
- 56.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
995
+23 vs mandal average
- Chitrada
- 995
- Pithapuram mandal
- 972
Household size
people per home
3.5
Same as the mandal average
- Chitrada
- 3.5
- Pithapuram mandal
- 3.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chitrada at a glance
Chitrada is a village of 7,992 people in 2,282 households (Census 2011) in Pithapuram mandal, Kakinada district, Andhra Pradesh, the largest of 25 villages in Pithapuram mandal. Literacy is 62%, 5 points above the mandal average of 56% and the sex ratio is 995 women per 1,000 men. It lies 8 km from the Kakinada district centre, 9 km from Gollaprolu, the nearest town, 2 km from Chandrampalem railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 533450, served by Pithapuram post office; the LGD village code is 587475. The nearest hospital or health centre is GOVT.HOSPITAL PITHAPURAM, 2 km away. The village votes in Pithapuram assembly constituency, represented by MLA Konidala Pawan Kalyan. The population is estimated at 8,703 in 2026, up 9% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Chitrada →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chitrada · this village | 7,992 | 62% | — |
| Pavara · Samalkota | 6,892 | 57% | 2 km S |
| Chandrampalem · Yetapaka | 180 | 46% | 2.3 km W |
| Pandravada · Samalkota | 1,107 | 63% | 2.9 km SE |
| Illindrada · Pithapuram | 0 | — | 2.9 km N |
| Kandarada · Pithapuram | 3,894 | 60% | 3 km W |
| Pithapuram · Pithapuram | — | — | 3.2 km N |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Chitrada
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 14
- Power hours (winter)
- 22
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- PITHAPURAM
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 4
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 22
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 4
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- CHITRADA
- Total area (ha)
- 379
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 316
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Chitrada
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Chitrada
- LGD code
- 587475
- Pincode
- 533450
- Post office
- Pithapuram
- Population (Census 2011)
- 7,992
- Population (projected 2026)
- 8,703
- Households
- 2,282
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 995
- Literacy rate
- 61.8%
- Coordinates
- 17.08572°N, 82.24591°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kakinada
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Pithapuram
- Member of Parliament
- Tangella Uday Srinivas
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Konidala Pawan Kalyan
- Block / Mandal
- Pithapuram
Getting there
How to reach Chitrada
Distance to cities · straight line
- Amaravati182 kmcapital
- Hyderabad401 km
- Chennai493 km
- Bengaluru677 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationChandrampalem2 km
- Bus stopAPSRTC Bus Station , Pithapuram4 km
- Hospital / PHCGOVT.HOSPITAL PITHAPURAM2 km
- ATM / bankCanara Bank7 km
- Petrol pumpBharat petroleum3 km
- CollegeChaitanya Institute of science & technology11 km
- Police stationJaggampeta Police Station22 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Chitrada
2 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 533450
- ViravadaPithapuram mandal7,170 pop
- PavaraSamalkota mandal6,892 pop
- KondevaramU.Kothapalli mandal6,613 pop
- KomaragiriU.Kothapalli mandal5,456 pop
- KolankaPithapuram mandal4,657 pop
- P. IsukapalleU.Kothapalli mandal4,358 pop
- ViravaPithapuram mandal4,192 pop
- KandaradaPithapuram mandal3,894 pop
- NavaraSamalkota mandal3,530 pop
Same name, different place
Other villages named Chitrada
Looking for a different Chitrada? 1 other village shares this name across India. All villages named Chitrada →
Villages near Chitrada
Other villages in Pithapuram mandal
View all 27 →- Viravada
- Bhogapuram
- Mallam
- Kolanka
- Pro. Rayavaram
- Virava
- Kandarada
- Raparthi
- Veldurthi
- Pro. Donthamuru
- Jalluru
- Mangiturthi
- Agraharam (R)
- Madhavapuram
- Gokivada
- Fakruddinpalem
- B. Kothuru
- Navakandravada
- Jamulapalle
- Govindarajupalem
- Jagapathirajapuram
- Illindrada
- Somavaram
- Veeraraghavapuram
- Kumarapuram (Og)
- Narasingapuram
- Pithapuram
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-07
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)