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{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2018}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name                    = Karlapalem
| settlement_type         = Village
| image_skyline           = 
| image_caption           = 
| pushpin_map             = India Andhra Pradesh
| pushpin_map_caption     = Location in Andhra Pradesh, India
| pushpin_label           = <!-- only necessary if "name" or "official_name" are too long -->
| pushpin_label_position  = right
| coordinates             = {{coord|15|56|N|80|33|E|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_footnotes   = <!-- for references: use <ref>tags -->
| subdivision_type        = Country
| subdivision_name        = [[India]]
| subdivision_type1       = [[States and union territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1       = [[Andhra Pradesh]]
| subdivision_type2       = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2       = [[Bapatla district|Bapatla]]
| subdivision_type3       = [[Mandal]]
| subdivision_name3       = Karlapalem
| government_footnotes            = <ref name="panchayat">{{cite web |title=Gram Panchayat Identification Codes |url=http://saaksharbharat.nic.in/saaksharbharat/forms/gp_code.pdf |website=Saakshar Bharat Mission |publisher=National Informatics Centre |accessdate=7 May 2019 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170818173131/http://saaksharbharat.nic.in/saaksharbharat/forms/gp_code.pdf |archivedate=18 August 2017 |page=105 | url-status=dead}}</ref>
| government_type         = [[Panchayati raj (India)|Panchayati raj]]
| governing_body          = Karlapalem [[gram panchayat]]
| leader_title            = [[Sarpanch]]
| leader_name             = 
| unit_pref               = Metric
| area_footnotes          = <ref name="census">{{cite web |title=District Census Hand Book : Guntur (Part B) |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/2817_PART_B_DCHB_GUNTUR.pdf |website=[[Census of India]] |publisher=Directorate of Census Operations, Andhra Pradesh |accessdate=5 June 2019 |pages=14,492 |date=2011}}</ref>
| area_total_ha           = 2623
| population_as_of        = 2011
| population_footnotes    = <ref name="population">{{cite web |title=Population |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=668867 |website=[[Census of India]] |publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]] |accessdate=8 May 2019}}</ref>
| population_total        = 19874
| population_density_km2  = auto
| demographics_type1      = Languages
| demographics1_title1    = Official
| demographics1_info1     = [[Telugu language|Telugu]]
| timezone1               = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1             = +5:30
| postal_code_type        = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code             = 
| area_code_type          = <!-- defaults to: Area code(s) -->
| area_code               = +91–
| registration_plate_type = 
| registration_plate      = AP
}}

'''Karlapalem''' is a village in [[Bapatla district]] of the [[India]]n state of [[Andhra Pradesh]]. It is the headquarters of Karlapalem [[mandal]] in [[Bapatla revenue division]].<ref name="village">{{cite web |title=District Census Handbook : Guntur (Part A) |url=http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/2817_PART_A_DCHB_GUNTUR.pdf |website=Census of India |publisher=Directorate of Census Operations, Andhra Pradesh |accessdate=5 June 2019 |pages=5,818–819 |date=2011}}</ref>

==History==
As per Gazettee No. 939, dated the 26 January 2022, the old Guntur district, formed in 1904, was split into [[Guntur district]], [[Palnadu district]] and [[Bapatla district]]. 12 madals from [[Tenali revenue division]] and 13 mandals from [[Prakasam district]] was merged into the newly formed Bapatla district.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://bapatla.ap.gov.in/history/ | title= Bapatla District  | work= About District > History |publisher= Government of Andhra Pradesh| access-date = 23 August 2023}}</ref>

== Geography ==

Karlapalem is situated at {{Coord|15|56|N|80|33|E}}. It is spread over an area of {{Convert|2623|ha|abbr=on}}.<ref name="census" /> The irrigation water for the village and its surrounding areas is drawn from [[Prakasam Barrage]] reservoir, through the Kommamuru and Poondla channels of ''Krishna Western Delta'' system.<ref>{{cite news |author=Staff Reporter |title=Water woes bog down Bapatla ryots |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/water-woes-bog-down-bapatla-ryots/article7811730.ece |accessdate=9 May 2019 |work=The Hindu |date=28 October 2015 |language=en-IN}}</ref>

== Governance ==

Karlapalem [[gram panchayat]] is the [[Local government in India|local self-government]] of the village.<ref name="panchayat" /> It is divided into wards and each ward is represented by a ward member.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aDoppmCmeqUC&q=sarpanch|title=Citizen Participation in Rural Development|last=Seetharam|first=Mukkavilli|date=1990-01-01|publisher=Mittal Publications|isbn=9788170992271|page=34|language=en}}</ref>

== Education ==

As per the school information report for the academic year 2018–19, the village has 28 schools. These include 10 private and 18 [[District council (India)|Zilla]]/[[Mandal Parishad]] schools.<ref>{{cite web |title=School Information |url=https://cse.ap.gov.in/DSE/totalSchoolReport.xls# |website=Commissionerate of School Education |publisher=Government of Andhra Pradesh |accessdate=7 May 2019}}</ref>

== See also ==
*[[:Category:Villages in Bapatla district|Villages in Bapatla district]]

== References ==
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[[Category:Villages in Bapatla district]]
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