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{{Infobox settlement<br />
| name = Kurupam<br />
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| native_name_lang = te<br />
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| settlement_type = village<br />
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| pushpin_map = India Andhra Pradesh#India<br />
| pushpin_label_position = left<br />
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Andhra Pradesh, India<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|18.8667|N|83.5667|E|display=inline,title}}<br />
| subdivision_type = Country<br />
| subdivision_name = [[India]]<br />
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]<br />
| subdivision_name1 = [[Andhra Pradesh]]<br />
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]<br />
| subdivision_name2 = [[Vizianagaram district|Vizianagaram]]<br />
| established_title = <!-- Established --><br />
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| unit_pref = Metric<br />
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| elevation_m = 133<br />
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| population_density_km2 = auto<br />
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| demographics_type1 = Languages<br />
| demographics1_title1 = Official<br />
| demographics1_info1 = [[Telugu language|Telugu]]<br />
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br />
| utc_offset1 = +5:30<br />
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]<br />
| postal_code = 535 524<br />
| registration_plate_type = [[Vehicle registration plates of India|Vehicle Registration]]<br />
| registration_plate = [[List of RTO districts in India|AP35 (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 |accessdate=9 June 2019 |work=The New Indian Express |date=31 January 2019 |location=Vijayawada}}</ref><br />
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[[File:Raja and Rani of Kurupam.jpg|thumb|right|Raja and Rani of Kurupam by Raja Ravi Varma]]<br />
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'''Kurupam''' is a village in [[Vizianagaram district]] of the [[Indian state]] of [[Andhra Pradesh]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Mandal wise list of villages in Vizianagaram district |url=http://apland.ap.nic.in/cclaweb/Districts_Alphabetical/vizianagaram.pdf|website=Chief Commissioner of Land Administration|publisher=National Informatics Centre|accessdate=23 December 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141214094218/http://apland.ap.nic.in/cclaweb/Districts_Alphabetical/vizianagaram.pdf|archivedate=10 December 2014|format=PDF}}</ref><br />
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==Geography==<br />
It is located at {{coord|18.8667|N|83.5667|E|}}. It has an average altitude of 133 meters (439&nbsp;feet).<br />
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==Demography==<br />
{{As of|2001}} census, Kurupam mandal had a population of 46,439. Males consists of 23,241 and females 23,198 of the population. The average literacy rate is 46%, below the national average of 59.5%. Male literacy rate is 57% and that of females is 35%. Way back the great people such as Ravupalli Krishna Murthy was born here and contributed so much to this Mandal. This legacy is carrying by Ravupalli Umamaheswararao, Ravupalli Srinivasa Hemanth, Divya Ravupalli and Sravani Godaba<br />
==Kurupam Kingdom==<br />
[[Vyricherla Kishore Chandra Suryanarayana Deo]], Erstwhile Zamindar - Rajah of Kurupam and Tribal Chiefs of the Konda Dora Tribe <ref>[http://www.uq.net.au/%7Ezzhsoszy/ips/k/kurupam.html Kurupam Zamindari]</ref> was member of [[Lok Sabha]] and a Union Cabinet Minister. He is now a senior member of the Telugu Desam Party.<br />
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== References ==<br />
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{{Vizianagaram district}}<br />
{{Mandal headquarters in Vizianagaram district}}<br />
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[[Category:Villages in Vizianagaram district]]<br />
[[Category:Mandal headquarters in Vizianagaram district]]</div>->Bagathikishore