Burripalem is an area of

Tenali Tenali is a city in Guntur district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a municipality, and the headquarters of Tenali mandal and Tenali revenue division. The city is renowned for art, culture, drama, and hence, it is called "Andhra ...

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of the

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n state of

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. It is located in

, Tenali mandal of

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. It forms a part of

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Geography

Burripalem is situated to the east of

, at .

Demographics

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, Burripalem had a population of 3,306. The total population constitute, 1,639 males and 1,667 females —a sex ratio of 1017 females per 1000 males. 262 children are in the age group of 0–6 years, of which 145 are boys and 117 are girls. The average literacy rate stands at 73.75% with 2,245 literates, significantly higher than the state average of 67.41%.

Government and politics

Burripalem gram panchayat is the local self-government of the village. There are 12 wards, each represented by an elected ward member. The sarpanch is elected indirectly by the ward members; the seat is presently held by Pemmasani Purushotama Rao. The village is administered by the Tenali Mandal Parisha at the intermediate level of panchayat raj institutions.

Transport

The village has road connectivity to Tenali by the Tenali–Burripalem road. This village was adopted by actor

Mahesh Babu Ghattamaneni Mahesh Babu (born 9 August 1975) is an Indian actor who works in Telugu cinema. He is one of the highest-paid actors in Indian cinema and has featured in ''Forbes India''s Celebrity 100 list since 2012. He has appeared in more tha ...

after his film Srimanthudu portrayed the concept of adoption of villages. The village is 10 km from

railway station.

Notable people

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, a Tollywood actor and ex-member of

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who hails from Burripalem, and his son Mahesh Babu, also a Tollywood actor, adopted this village in 2015. They aim to provide clean drinking water, drainage and surfaced roads. Dr.Pemmasani Chandrasekar a notable businessman and CEO of UWorld and present MP from Guntur Lok sabha also hails from Burripalem.

Education

The primary and secondary school education are imparted by government, aided and private schools, under the School Education Department of the state. The total number of students enrolled in primary, upper primary and high schools of the village is 236. Zilla Parishad High School is a Zilla Parishad funded school, which provides

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in the village.

References

{{Villages in Tenali mandal Villages in Guntur district