Bhattiprolu | |
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Village | |
 Buddhist Maha Stupa at Bhattiprolu | |
 Dynamic map | |
  Bhattiprolu Location in Andhra Pradesh, India  Bhattiprolu Bhattiprolu (Andhra Pradesh) | |
| Coordinates: 16°06′09″N 80°46′51″E / 16.1026°N 80.7807°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Andhra Pradesh |
| District | Bapatla |
| Mandal | Bhattiprolu |
| Government | |
| • Type | Panchayati raj |
| • Body | Bhattiprolu Gram Panchayat |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,515 ha (6,215 acres) |
| Population (2011)[3] | |
| • Total | 11,092 |
| • Density | 440/km2 (1,100/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Telugu |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 522256 |
| Area code | +91– |
| Vehicle registration | AP |
Bhattiprolu is a village in Bapatla district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is the headquarters of Bhattiprolu mandal in Tenali revenue division.[4] The Buddhist stupa in the village is one of the centrally protected monuments of national importance.[5] One of the earliest evidence of Brahmi script in South India comes from Bhattiprolu.[6] The script was written on an urn containing Buddha's relics. The script has been named Bhattiprolu script.
- ^ "Gram Panchayat Identification Codes" (PDF). Saakshar Bharat Mission. National Informatics Centre. p. 98. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 August 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
- ^ "District Census Hand Book : Guntur (Part B)" (PDF). Census of India. Directorate of Census Operations, Andhra Pradesh. 2011. pp. 14, 474. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
- ^ "Population". Census of India. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
- ^ "District Census Handbook : Guntur (Part A)" (PDF). Census of India. Directorate of Census Operations, Andhra Pradesh. 2011. pp. 5, 782–783. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
- ^ "Centrally Protected Monuments". Archeological Survey of India. Archived from the original on 26 June 2017. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
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