Krishnayapalem is a village of the

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. It is a denotification as gram panchayat in Mangalagiri mandal of

Guntur district Guntur district is one of the twenty six districts in the Coastal Andhra region of the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The administrative seat of the district is located at Guntur, the List of urban agglom ...

Geography

Krishnayapalem is situated to the southwest of the mandal headquarters,

Mangalagiri Mangalagiri is one of the two corporations in Guntur District and a major residential and IT hub in Andhra Pradesh Capital Region. The city of Mangalagiri Tadepalli Municipal Corporation is a part of Tenali revenue division. Mangalagiri is imp ...

, at . It is spread over an area of .

Demographics

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, the town had a population of , of which males are , females are and the population under 6 years of age are . The average literacy rate stands at 69.52 percent.

Government and politics

Krishnayapalem gram panchayat is the

local self-government Local government is a generic term for the lowest tiers of governance or public administration within a particular sovereign state. Local governments typically constitute a subdivision of a higher-level political or administrative unit, such a ...

of the village. It is divided into wards and each ward is represented by a ward member. In 2013, the then sarpanch of the gram panchayat was awarded ''Nirmala Grama Puraskaram'' . The ruling sarpanch of this village is Ch Naga Srinivas. The village forms a part of

Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Andhra Pradesh Capital Region (ISO: Āndhra Pradēś Rājadhāni Prāntaṁ) is the metropolitan area of the capital city of Andhra Pradesh in India. The region is spread across the districts of Krishna, Guntur, Palnadu, NTR, Bapatla and Eluru ...

and is under the jurisdiction of

APCRDA The Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority (APCRDA) is an urban planning agency of the Andhra Pradesh Capital Region, in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, India. The APCRDA was established under the Andhra Pradesh Capital Region ...

Education

As per the school information report for the academic year 2018–19, the village has a total of 2 Zilla Parishad/ MPP schools.

Transport

Krishnayapalem is located on

Vijayawada Vijayawada ( ), formerly known by its colonial name Bezawada, is the second largest city and a major commercial hub in the Andhra Pradesh state of India. The city forms an integral part of the Andhra Pradesh Capital Region and is situated on th ...

–

Amaravati Amaravati ( , Telugu language, Telugu: ) is the capital city of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located in Guntur district on the right bank of the Krishna River, southwest of Vijayawada. The city derives its name from the nearby his ...

and

– Thulluru –

route.

APSRTC The Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (abbreviated as APSRTC) is the state-owned road transport corporation in the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Its headquarters is located at NTR Administ ...

run buses offers transport services in the route.

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