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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Karempudi
| settlement_type = Village
| image_skyline =
| image_caption = 
| pushpin_map = India Andhra Pradesh
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Andhra Pradesh, India
| pushpin_label = 
| pushpin_label_position = right
| coordinates = {{coord|16.4333|N|79.7167|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 = Karempudi
| 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=104 | url-status=dead}}</ref>
| government_type = [[Panchayati raj (India)|Panchayati raj]]
| governing_body = Karempudi [[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=14,216 |date=2011}}</ref>
| area_total_ha = 1726
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_footnotes = <ref name="population">{{cite web |title=Population |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=667901 |website=[[Census of India]] |publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]] |accessdate=8 May 2019}}</ref>
| population_total = 14385
| 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 = 522614
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| area_code = +91–8649
| registration_plate_type =
| registration_plate = AP
| official_name =
}}

'''Karempudi''' is a village in [[Palnadu district]] of the [[India]]n state of [[Andhra Pradesh]]. It is the headquarters of Karempudi [[mandal]] in [[Gurazala 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=5,256–257 |date=2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/new-gurazala-revenue-division-created/article4868383.ece|title=New Gurazala revenue division created|date=1 July 2013|work=The Hindu|accessdate=17 January 2015|location=Gurazala (Guntur District)}}</ref>

== History ==

The battle of Palnadu (Palnati Yudham) was immortalized in Telugu literature by the poet [[Srinatha]] in his 'Palnati Vira Charita'. The only other scholarly book on the subject was written by Gene Roghair titled "Epic of Palnadu: Study and Translation of Palnati Virula Katha, a Telugu Oral Tradition from Andhra Pradesh". It was a battle between two factions of the Kalachuris (Haihaya).<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 ==

Karempudi is situated at {{Coord|16.4333|N|79.7167|E}}. It is spread over an area of {{Convert|1120|ha|abbr=on}}.<ref name="census" /> Naguleru stream is the source of water for the village.<ref>{{cite news |title=With summer setting in, water crisis hits Guntur mandals hard |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/andhra-pradesh/2019/apr/15/with-summer-setting-in-water-crisis-hits-guntur-mandals-hard-1964530.html |accessdate=25 May 2019 |work=The New Indian Express |date=15 April 2019 |location=Guntur}}</ref>

== Governance ==

Karempudi [[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 18 schools. These include one model, one [[Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya|KGBV]], 6 private, 7 [[District council (India)|Zilla]]/[[Mandal Parishad]] and 3 other types of 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 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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