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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
- 589907
- Pincode
- 522409
- Post office
- Atchampet
- Population
- 1,490
- Households
- 336
- Literacy rate
- 42.7%
- Sex ratio
- 1024 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 903
- Distance to district centre
- 57 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 41 km
- Distance to Amaravati
- 63 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 187 km
- Nearest railway station
- Jaggayyapeta Town · 12 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Lingalapadu · 11 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Challagariga compares
By population, Challagariga ranks #13 of 18 villages in Atchampet mandal.
Literacy rate
%
42.7%
−4.5% vs mandal average
- Challagariga
- 42.7%
- Atchampet mandal
- 47.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,024
+59 vs mandal average
- Challagariga
- 1,024
- Atchampet mandal
- 965
Household size
people per home
4.4
+0.5 vs mandal average
- Challagariga
- 4.4
- Atchampet mandal
- 3.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Challagariga at a glance
Challagariga is a village of 1,490 people in 336 households (Census 2011) in Atchampet mandal, Palnadu district, Andhra Pradesh, the 13th-largest of 18 villages in Atchampet mandal. Literacy is 43%, 5 points below the mandal average of 47% and the sex ratio is 1,024 women per 1,000 men. It lies 57 km from the Palnadu district centre, 12 km from Chandarlapadu, the nearest town, 12 km from Jaggayyapeta Town railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 522409, served by Atchampet post office; the LGD village code is 589907. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Lingalapadu, 11 km away. The village votes in Sattenapalli assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kanna Lakshmi Narayana. The population is estimated at 1,757 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Challagariga →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Challagariga · this village | 1,490 | 43% | — |
| Vedadri · Jaggaiahpeta | 2,155 | 65% | 3.2 km N |
| Ginjupalle · Atchampet | 949 | 35% | 3.3 km NW |
| Taduvoy · Atchampet | 1,702 | 43% | 3.9 km S |
| Pedavaram · Nandigama | 4,466 | 52% | 4.6 km E |
| Madipadu Seri · Atchampet | 900 | 43% | 4.9 km NW |
| Madipadu Agraharam · Atchampet | 1,533 | 52% | 5.2 km W |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Challagariga
- 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)
- 18
- Power hours (winter)
- 22
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- 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
- No
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- SATTENAPALLE
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 50
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 73
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 13
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- CHALLAGARIGA
- Total area (ha)
- 288
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 32.37
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Challagariga
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Key facts — Challagariga
- LGD code
- 589907
- Pincode
- 522409
- Post office
- Atchampet
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,490
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,757
- Households
- 336
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1024
- Literacy rate
- 42.7%
- Coordinates
- 16.78023°N, 80.12698°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Narasaraopet
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sattenapalli
- Member of Parliament
- Lavu Sri Krishna Devarayalu
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Kanna Lakshmi Narayana
- Block / Mandal
- Atchampet
Getting there
How to reach Challagariga
Distance to cities · straight line
- Amaravati63 kmcapital
- Hyderabad187 km
- Chennai411 km
- Bengaluru503 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationJaggayyapeta Town12 km
- Bus stopMadipadu Bus Stop6 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Lingalapadu11 km
- ATM / bankcenarabank22 km
- Petrol pumpHP11 km
- CollegeAgricultural Polytechnic20 km
- Police stationnandigama police station17 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Challagariga
2 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 522409
- ChamarruAtchampet mandal12,232 pop
- TallacheruvuAtchampet mandal6,213 pop
- ChintapalleAtchampet mandal4,547 pop
- ChigurupaduAtchampet mandal2,706 pop
- TaduvoyAtchampet mandal1,702 pop
- Madipadu AgraharamAtchampet mandal1,533 pop
- GinjupalleAtchampet mandal949 pop
- KogantivaripalemAtchampet mandal916 pop
- AmbadipudiAtchampet mandal904 pop
Villages near Challagariga
Other villages in Atchampet mandal
View all 17 →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-15
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)