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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Kollipara
| settlement_type = Village
| image_skyline = File:Piadaparru locks.jpg
| image_caption = Pidaparthi Palem lock
| pushpin_map = India Andhra Pradesh
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Andhra Pradesh, India
| pushpin_label = 
| pushpin_label_position = right
| coordinates = {{coord|16.287735|N|80.751927|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 = [[Guntur district|Guntur]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[Mandal]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Kollipara mandal|Kollipara]]
| 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 = Kollipara [[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=1 June 2019 |pages=14,402 |date=2011}}</ref>
| area_total_ha = 1743
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_footnotes = <ref name="population">{{cite web |title=Population |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=668590 |website=[[Census of India]] |publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]] |accessdate=8 May 2019}}</ref>
| population_total = 12982
| 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 = 
| area_code = +91–
| registration_plate_type =
| registration_plate = AP
}}

'''Kollipara''' is a village in [[Guntur district]] of the [[Indian state]] of [[Andhra Pradesh]]. It is the headquarters of [[Kollipara mandal]] in [[Tenali revenue division]]. And it was one of the capital for [[Pericchedi]].<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=5,638–639 |date=2011}}</ref>

== Geography ==

Kollipara is situated at {{coord|16.2910|N|80.6816|E|}}. It is spread over an area of {{Convert|1743|ha|abbr=on}}.<ref name="census" /> Kollipara is located at a distance of 21 km from Tenali. The Nearest city to Kollipara is [[Tenali]].

== Governance ==

Kollipara [[gram panchayat]] is the [[Local government in India|local 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=1 January 1990|publisher=Mittal Publications|isbn=9788170992271|page=34|language=en}}</ref> The village forms a part of [[Andhra Pradesh Capital Region]] and is under the jurisdiction of [[APCRDA]].<ref name="apcrda">{{cite web |title=Declaration of A.P. Capital Region |url=https://crda.ap.gov.in/APCRDADOCS/GOSACTSRULES/CRDA/01~14002014MAUD_MS253.PDF |website=[[Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority]] |publisher=[[Municipal Administration and Urban Development Department, Andhra Pradesh]] |accessdate=16 May 2019 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190511092238/https://crda.ap.gov.in/APCRDADOCS/GOSACTSRULES/CRDA/01~14002014MAUD_MS253.PDF |archivedate=11 May 2019 |page=4 |url-status=dead |date=30 December 2014 }}</ref>

== Economy and transportation ==
The major occupation of the village is agriculture, which includes cultivation of [[paddy (unmilled rice)|paddy]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Helen causes extensive damage to crops|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/andhra_pradesh/Helen-causes-extensive-damage-to-crops/2013/11/25/article1909627.ece|accessdate=26 February 2016|work=The New Indian Express|date=25 November 2013|location=Vijayawada}}</ref>

[[APSRTC]] operates buses from [[Tenali]], [[Guntur]], [[Vijayawada]] and [[BHEL Township, Hyderabad]] to Kollipara. The nearest railway stations include [[Kolakaluru]] halt and [[Tenali Junction railway station]].{{Citation needed|date=May 2022}}

== Education ==

As per the school information report for the academic year 2018–19, the village has 16 schools. These include 9 private and 7 [[District Councils of 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 ==
*[[List of villages in Guntur district]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Guntur-geo-stub}}
{{Guntur district}}

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

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