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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Kancharapalem
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| native_name_lang = te
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| settlement_type = Neighbourhood
| image_skyline = Kancharapalem.jpg
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| image_caption = Kancharapalem Road
| pushpin_map = India Visakhapatnam
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Visakhapatnam
| coordinates = {{coord|17.736212|N|83.270561|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Andhra Pradesh]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Visakhapatnam district|Visakhapatnam]]
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| governing_body = [[Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation]]
| unit_pref = Metric
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| 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 = 530008
| registration_plate_type = [[Vehicle registration plates of India|Vehicle Registration]]
| registration_plate = [[List of RTO districts in India|AP31 (Former)]]<br /> AP39 (from 30 January 2019)<ref>{{cite news |title=New 'AP 39' code to register vehicles in Andhra Pradesh launched |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/vijayawada/2019/jan/31/new-ap-39-code-to-register-vehicles-in-state-launched-1932417.html |access-date=9 June 2019 |work=The New Indian Express |date=31 January 2019 |location=Vijayawada}}</ref>
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'''Kancharapalem''' is a locality in the city of [[Visakhapatnam]], India. Kancharapalem is an old settlement of Visakhapatanam. It has the oldest railway locomotive shed, the first Industrial estate of Visakhapatnam, Govt. Industrial training Institute. Government polytechnic college (started in 1956) railway quarters, port and Navy quarters are located in this area. The oldest bridge in the town is located here known as Gnanapuram Bridge.

It is divided into many parts with community-specific localities like Gavara Kancharapalem, Golla Kancharapalem, Reddy Kancharapalem.<ref>https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/visakhapatnam/Vizag-North-in-search-of-basic-amenities/articleshow/32318483.cms</ref>

==Transport==
APSRTC Buses access in every part of the city.

== Popular culture ==
The 2018 [[Telugu language|Telugu]]-language [[Anthology series|anthology film]] ''[[C/o Kancharapalem]]'', is set and shot extensively in this locality.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Sarma|first=Gv Prasada|date=2018-09-12|title=A film with real-life characters|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/a-film-with-real-life-characters/article24934395.ece|access-date=2020-07-31|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Neighbourhoods of Visakhapatnam}}

[[Category:Neighbourhoods in Visakhapatnam]]

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