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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Gurazala
| settlement_type = Municipality (Gurazala-Jangamaheswarapuram)
| image_skyline = Screenshot 20211223-081459 Chrome.jpg
| image_caption =
| pushpin_map = India Andhra Pradesh
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Andhra Pradesh, India
| pushpin_label = 
| pushpin_label_position = right
| coordinates = {{coord|16.58|N|79.57|E|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_footnotes = 
| 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 = [[Palnadu district|Palnadu]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[Mandal]]
| subdivision_name3 = Gurazala
| government_footnotes =
| government_type = Municipality
| governing_body = Gurazala [[Nagar Panchayat]]
| established_date = 11th [[century]] [[Anno Domini|AD]]
| established_title1 = Incorporated (town)
| established_date1 = 25-01-2020
| established_title2 = Incorporated (city)
| established_date2 =
| named_for = 
| seat_type = 
| seat = Gurazala [[Nagar Panchayat]]
| parts_type = Wards
| parts = 20
| leader_title = Member of Legislative Assembly
| leader_name = [[Kasu Mahesh Reddy]]
| 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 |access-date=2 June 2019 |pages=14,204 |date=2011}}</ref>
| area_total_ha = 4341
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_footnotes = <ref name="population">{{cite web |title=Population |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=667871 |website=[[Census of India]] |publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]] |access-date=8 May 2019}}</ref>
| population_total = 35000+
| 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 = 522415
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| area_code = +91–8649
| registration_plate_type =
| registration_plate = AP
}}

'''Gurazala''' is a town in [[Palnadu district]] in the [[India]]n state of [[Andhra Pradesh]]. It is the headquarters of Gurazala [[mandal]] , Gurazala Assembly constituency and [[Gurazala revenue division]]. It was formed as a municipality combining two Panchayat's of Gurazala-Jangamaheswarapuram in 2020 by the government of Andhra Pradesh.The town has a history over 800+ years in the historical palnadu times(11th century) and served as the headquarters/capital of the region during that time.<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 |access-date=4 June 2019 |pages=5,232–233 |date=2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=New Gurazala revenue division created|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/new-gurazala-revenue-division-created/article4868383.ece|access-date=17 January 2015|work=The Hindu|date=1 July 2013|location=Gurazala (Guntur District)}}</ref>

== History ==
The battle of [[Palnadu]] took place between Gurazala and Macherla between 1176 AD – 1182 AD at Karampudi (Yuddabhoomi). Gurazala is capital of palnadu kingdom.<ref>Roghair, G.H., The Epic of Palnadu, 1982, Clarendon Press; {{ISBN|0-19-815456-9}}</ref>

As per Gazettee No. 939 of 26 January 2022, the old Guntur District, formed in 1904, was split into three districts – [[Guntur district|Guntur]], [[Palnadu district|Palnadu]] and [[Bapatla district|Bapatla]].<ref>{{cite web| url = https://palnadu.ap.gov.in/history/| title= Palnadu District| publisher= Government of Andhra Pradesh| access-date = 26 August 2023}}</ref>

== Geography ==

Gurazala is situated at {{Coord|16.58|N|79.57|E}}. It is spread over an area of {{Convert|4341|ha|abbr=on}}.<ref name="census" />

== Governance ==

Gurazala [[nagar panchayat]] is the municipal body of the town.<ref>{{cite web |title=nagar Panchayat Identification Codes |url=http://saaksharbharat.nic.in/saaksharbharat/forms/gp_code.pdf |website=Saakshar Bharat Mission |publisher=National Informatics Centre |access-date=7 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170818173131/http://saaksharbharat.nic.in/saaksharbharat/forms/gp_code.pdf |archive-date=18 August 2017 |page=103 | url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Notable people ==

* [[Nayakuralu Nagamma]], minister of the Gurajala faction who led the army against [[Macherla]] faction in the Battle of Palnadu,<ref>{{cite book|author1=Alf Hiltebeitel|title=Rethinking India's Oral and Classical Epics: Draupadi among Rajputs, Muslims, and Dalits|date=2009|publisher=University of Chicago Press|isbn=978-0-226-34055-5|page=56|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MMFdosx0PokC&dq=Nayakuralu+Nagamma&pg=PA56|access-date=2 March 2015}}</ref>
* [[Kaneganti Hanumanthu]], started the Palnadu Rebellion against taxes.
* Kavuri Venkaiah, a freedom fighter, started training institutes for teachers and free education for many poor people around the Palnadu area.<ref>The Atheist, Volume 8</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=N G|first1=Ranga|title=Distinguished Acquaintances|date=1976|publisher=Desi Book Distributors|page=118|edition=v2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zb5GAAAAIAAJ|access-date=17 May 2015}}</ref>

== Education ==

The village had 25 schools in 2018–2019, including one each of [[government]], model, [[Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya|KGBV]] and state welfare residential schools; 11 private and 10 [[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 |access-date=7 May 2019}}</ref> Jagarlamudi [[Zilla Parishad High School]] is a district council funded school, which provides [[secondary education]] in the village.<ref>{{cite web|title=List of High Schools|url=http://sakshieducation.com/Schools/HIGH/GNT/Tenali.pdf|website=Sakshi Education|access-date=5 May 2016}}</ref>

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

== References ==
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[[Category:Villages in Palnadu district]]
[[Category:Mandal headquarters in Palnadu district]]

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