Choutapalli

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Choutapalli, is a village in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India, is in the Krishna district, near Machilipatanam and Gudivada. The primary language of this village is telugu and the only school is also a Telugu medium school. This village is the Birthplace of the famous composer/singer of Telugu Film music - Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao and an outstanding Telugu writer - Pitcheswara Rao Atluri.

This is a very small village and most of the population are farmers. The primary water supply for this village comes from Krishna River. The village has a school that's Telugu medium. Most of the young generation of this village have migrated to foreign countries, mostly to United States or Canada

There are primarily four to six shops in the village, the older ones being "Roshiah Kottu", "Subbhaih Kottu". The recent concern of this village people is with the Christians. Apparently a lot of Christian conversations are taking place in the village mostly with the low class people. The village has also raised some funds recently for a Lord Rama temple that needs renovation. And a gentlemen from Canada has donated one Lakh for this at the request of the village people in Surapaneni Nirmala and Surapaneni Venkatramaih's home.

The upper class people of this village are mostly of Kamma (caste).