Local businesses in Chirala
Listed in OpenStreetMap within 3.5 km of the city centre.
- Clothing shops: 1
- JOCKEY STORE
- Jewellers: 1
- Nataraj Jewellery Mart Private Limited
- Electronics and mobile shops: 3
- Samsung SmartPlaza - Venkateswara Tv & Radio Enterprises; Shameer Mobiles; Reliance Digital
- Car and motorcycle dealers: 2
- Hyundai
- Bakeries and sweet shops: 2
- Pattabhi Rama Sweets; Benguluru Ayangar Bakery
- Marketplaces: 3
- Nehru Vegetable Market; MGC Cloth Market
Chirala facts
- District
- Bapatla district
- Population, 2011 Census
- 1,72,826
- Area
- about 20.12 sq km, about 3 m above sea level
- People
- 1031 females per 1,000 males; 78.8% literacy
- PIN codes
- 523155 (Chirala), 523157 (Chirala Bazar)
- Local economy
- Handloom weaving is one of Chirala's main industries. Villages around it grow paddy and maize, and the coastal villages earn from fishing. Chirala has a long coastline, and hospitality businesses have grown around Vodarevu and Ramapuram beaches.
- Getting there
- National Highway 216 passes through the town.
- Geography
- Chirala has a tropical climate with an average annual temperature of about 28.5 °C, and receives both the south-west and north-east monsoons.
Sources: Census of India 2011, Wikipedia, Wikidata, India Post and OpenStreetMap. Last checked 14 October 2026.