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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
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- LGD code
- 589706
- Pincode
- 521132
- Post office
- Kodali
- Population
- 2,501
- Households
- 784
- Literacy rate
- 68.9%
- Sex ratio
- 968 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,365
- Distance to district centre
- 19 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 5 km
- Distance to Amaravati
- 49 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 293 km
- Nearest railway station
- Bhattiprolu · 14 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Challapalli Government Hospital · 4 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Chitturpu compares
By population, Chitturpu ranks #4 of 21 villages in Ghantasala mandal.
Literacy rate
%
68.9%
+1.0% vs mandal average
- Chitturpu
- 68.9%
- Ghantasala mandal
- 67.9%
- Krishna district
- 66.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
968
−19 vs mandal average
- Chitturpu
- 968
- Ghantasala mandal
- 987
Household size
people per home
3.2
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Chitturpu
- 3.2
- Ghantasala mandal
- 3.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chitturpu at a glance
Chitturpu is a village of 2,501 people in 784 households (Census 2011) in Ghantasala mandal, Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh, the 4th-largest of 21 villages in Ghantasala mandal. Literacy is 69%, 1 points above the mandal average of 68% and the sex ratio is 968 women per 1,000 men. It lies 19 km from the Krishna district centre, 4 km from Challapalle, the nearest town, 14 km from Bhattiprolu railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 521132, served by Kodali post office; the LGD village code is 589706. The nearest hospital or health centre is Challapalli Government Hospital, 4 km away. The village votes in Avanigadda assembly constituency, represented by MLA Buddhaprasad Mandali. The population is estimated at 2,724 in 2026, up 9% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Chiturpu →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chitturpu · this village | 2,501 | 69% | — |
| Vakkalagadda · Challapalli | 3,012 | 68% | 1.2 km SE |
| Yarlagadda · Challapalli | 1,640 | 62% | 2.5 km SW |
| Yarlagadda · Y. Ramavaram | 544 | 65% | 2.5 km SW |
| Vemulapalle · Ghantasala | 964 | 64% | 2.6 km NW |
| Devarakota · Ghantasala | 1,573 | 63% | 3.1 km E |
| Kodali · Ghantasala | 2,925 | 70% | 3.6 km N |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Chitturpu
- 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)
- 20
- Power hours (winter)
- 22
- Primary school
- 3
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- 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
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- MACHILIPATNAM
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 30
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 30
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 9
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- CHITTURPU
- Total area (ha)
- 908
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 824.75
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Chitturpu
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Chitturpu
- LGD code
- 589706
- Pincode
- 521132
- Post office
- Kodali
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,501
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,724
- Households
- 784
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 968
- Literacy rate
- 68.9%
- Coordinates
- 16.14986°N, 80.91359°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Machilipatnam
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Avanigadda
- Member of Parliament
- Vallabhaneni Balashowry
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Buddhaprasad Mandali
- Block / Mandal
- Ghantasala
Getting there
How to reach Chitturpu
Distance to cities · straight line
- Amaravati49 kmcapital
- Hyderabad293 km
- Chennai348 km
- Bengaluru502 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBhattiprolu14 km
- Bus stopKodali Bus Stop4 km
- Hospital / PHCChallapalli Government Hospital4 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India5 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil11 km
- CollegeMANDALI VENKATA KRISHNA RO B ED D ED COLLAGE14 km
- Police stationPamarru Police Station20 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Chitturpu
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Jaladheeswara Swamy TempleTemple4.0 km ↗
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 521132
Villages near Chitturpu
Other villages in Ghantasala mandal
View all 20 →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, 2026-09-13
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)