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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Kanchili
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| subdivision_name1 = [[Andhra Pradesh]]
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| subdivision_name2 = [[Srikakulam district|Srikakulam]]
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| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
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| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 532 290
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| area_code = 08947
| registration_plate_type = [[Vehicle registration plates of India|Vehicle Registration]]
| registration_plate = [[List of RTO districts in India|AP30 (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 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190203234146/http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/vijayawada/2019/jan/31/new-ap-39-code-to-register-vehicles-in-state-launched-1932417.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 February 2019 |accessdate=9 June 2019 |work=The New Indian Express |date=31 January 2019 |location=Vijayawada}}</ref>
| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
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'''Kanchili''' is a village in [[Srikakulam district]] of the [[Indian state]] of [[Andhra Pradesh]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Mandal wise list of villages in Srikakulam district|url=http://apland.ap.nic.in/cclaweb/Districts_Alphabetical/srikakulam.pdf|website=Chief Commissioner of Land Administration|publisher=National Informatics Centre|accessdate=6 March 2016|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141208022139/http://apland.ap.nic.in/cclaweb/Districts_Alphabetical/Srikakulam.pdf|archivedate=8 December 2014|format=PDF}}</ref>

Kanchili mandal is bordered by [[Kaviti]] mandal to the north, [[Odisha]] state to the west and [[Sompeta]] mandal to the south and east.

==Demographics==
According to [[Indian census]], 2001, the demographic details of Kanchili mandal is as follows:<ref>[http://ourvillageindia.org/Place.aspx?PID=13540 Kanchili mandal at Our Village India.org]</ref>
*Total Population: 59,845 in 13,796 Households
*Male Population: 28,930 and Female Population: 30,915
*Children Under 6-years of age: 8,369 (Boys - 4,322 and Girls - 4,047)
*Total Literates: 29,650

== Etymology ==

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"Kanchili" village has acquired its name from the local village deity "Kanchamma" who is worshiped with devotion by the locals. The residents of Kanchili, as a matter of their social and moral responsibility, renovated the old temple of goddess 'Kanchamma'.

== Transport ==

It has a Railway station, it is named after a neighboring large mandal "[[Sompeta]]". Most of the trains passing through the Howrah - Chennai route halt here. This Railway station falls under [[East Coast Railway]]s. RAILWAY serves as a major transport of this village. NH-5 Passes through this village. *APSRTC runs a plenty of buses through this village connecting to many cities and villages.

== References ==
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{{Mandal headquarters in Srikakulam district}}

[[Category:Villages in Srikakulam district]]
[[Category:Mandal headquarters in Srikakulam district]]

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