Kuchipudi, Krishna

district

Kuchipudi is a village in Krishna district of

the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is
also known as Kuchelapuram or
Kuchilapuri.[2] It is the origin of the
eponymous dance form Kuchipudi, one of
the eight major Indian classical dances. It
is one of the villages in the Movva mandal
to be a part of Andhra Pradesh Capital
Region.[3]
 Kuchipudi
Village

Kuchipudi

Location in
Andhra Pradesh,
India
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Coordinates: 16.2570°N 80.9126°E (https://g
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N-AP)

Country India
State Andhra Pradesh
 District Krishna
Area[1]
 • Total 2.57 km2
(0.99 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
 • Total 3,941
 • Density 1,500/km2
(4,000/sq mi)
Languages
 • Official Telugu
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN 521135
Telephone code +91–08671

Geography
This place is the border of Krishna district
and Guntur district. Kollur is towards west
of the village. It is located in Movva
mandal of Machilipatnam revenue
division.[4][5]

Education
Sri Siddhendra Yogi Kala Pitham in the
village is one of the eight schools under
Potti Sreeramulu Telugu University,
renowned for the dance form of
Kuchipudi.[6]

History
Siddhendra Yogi Kala Peetham, one of the
eight schools of Potti Sreeramulu Telugu
University is situated in Kuchipudi. The
Kuchipudi dance was evolved by
Siddhendra Yogi.[7]

Transport
Machilipatnam is the nearest town to
Kuchipudi, 24 kilometres (15 mi) away.

See also
Villages in Movva mandal

References
1. "District Census Handbook - Krishna"
(http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011c
ensus/dchb/2816_PART_B_DCHB_KRI
 SHNA.pdf) (PDF). Census of India.
p. 16,244. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
2. "Kuchipudi Village – Dance Village of
Andhra Pradesh" (https://www.inditale
s.com/kuchipudi-village-andhra-prade
sh) . 2 March 2017.
3. "Declaration of A.P. Capital Region" (htt
ps://andhranation.files.wordpress.co
m/2014/12/new-mandals-added-in-crd
a.pdf) (PDF). Andhra Nation.
Municipal Administration and Urban
Development Department. 22
September 2015. Retrieved 5 October
2015.
4. "District Level Mandal wise List of
Villages in Andhra Pradesh" (https://w
eb.archive.org/web/20141010053343/
http://apland.ap.nic.in/cclaweb/Distric
ts_Alphabetical/krishna.pdf) (PDF).
Chief Commissioner of Land
Administration. National Informatics
Centre. p. 9. Archived from the original
(https://apland.ap.nic.in/cclaweb/Distr
icts_Alphabetical/krishna.pdf) (PDF)
on 10 October 2014. Retrieved
19 September 2015.
5. "Administrative Setup" (https://web.arc
hive.org/web/20141020223104/http://
krishna.nic.in/admin-setup.aspx) .
Official website of Krishna district.
 National Informatics Centre. Archived
from the original (http://krishna.nic.in/
admin-setup.aspx) on 20 October
2014. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
. "Siddhendra Yogi kala Pitham" (https://
web.archive.org/web/2016080713180
9/http://teluguuniversity.ac.in/oldversi
on/kuchipudi/kuchipudi_history.html) .
Archived from the original (http://telug
uuniversity.ac.in/oldversion/kuchipud
i/kuchipudi_history.html) on 7 August
2016. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
7. "teluguuniversity.ac.in » Siddhendra
Yogi Kala Pitham" (http://teluguunivers
ity.ac.in/index-3/kuchipudi_history/) .
 teluguuniversity.ac.in. Retrieved
26 November 2017.

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