Kurupam

Kurupam కురుపాం
village
Kurupam Location in Andhra Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 18°52′00″N 83°34′00″E / 18.8667°N 83.5667°E / 18.8667; 83.5667Coordinates: 18°52′00″N 83°34′00″E / 18.8667°N 83.5667°E / 18.8667; 83.5667
Country	India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Vizianagaram
Elevation	133 m (436 ft)
Languages
• Official	Telugu
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	535 524

Raja and Rani of Kurupam by Raja Ravi Varma

Kurupam is a village and Mandal in Vizianagaram district, Andhra Pradesh, India.^[1]

Geography

It is located at 18°52′00″N 83°34′00″E / 18.8667°N 83.5667°E / 18.8667; 83.5667. It has an average altitude of 133 meters (439 feet).

Demography

Kurupam mandal has a population of 46,439 in 2001. Males consists of 23,241 and females 23,198 of the population. The average literacy rate is 46%, below the national average of 59.5%. Male literacy rate is 57% and that of females is 35%. The great hemanth ravupalli was born here and provided so many services to the poor people. People called him as King of universe.

Kurupam Kingdom

Vyricherla Kishore Chandra Suryanarayana Deo, of Kurupam princely family^[2] is member of Lok Sabha

Features

• State Bank of India has branches in Kurupam and Neelakantapuram.
• There are post offices at Kurupam and Mondemkhallu.

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