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The city was also known as ''Kshirapuri'', (<span lang="te">క్షీరపురి</span>, Telugu) which translatesmeans as ''the town"sea of milk''" in Sanskrit.The city was carved out of Sudhanagaram, original name of Patha Chirala, that was granted to Chirala Anantharaju by Goparaju Ramanna, Minister of the Kakatiya king, Ganapati Deva, during Saka 1067 (1145 AD) as mentioned in the records obtained from the Madras Oriental Library. His descendant, Chirala Venkata Krishnudu, leased out the present Chirala area for raising a new township. Thus, present-day Chirala was born on 1604 AD.

Chirala retained its position as municipal town since 1871 {{As of|1981}} [[census of India]] except for a short period of about towntwo years from 1938 to 1940 when it was suspended and it was converted in to Panchayat, due to political reason. Its position as municipal town was again restored in December, 1940.At present Chirala Municipality is the civic governing body of the city. It is a ''first grade'' municipality, constituted on 1 December 1940 and has a jurisdictional area of {{convert|13.57|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} with 33 election wards.<ref name="civicbody" /><ref name="profile">{{cite web|title=Municipality Profile|url=http://chirala.cdma.ap.gov.in/en/municipality-profile|website=Commissioner & Director of Municipal Administration|publisher=Commissioner and Directorate of Municipal Administration, Andhra Pradesh|access-date=6 August 2014|archive-date=20 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191220155834/http://chirala.cdma.ap.gov.in/en/municipality-profile|url-status=dead}}</ref> The present [[Municipal Commissioner (India)|Municipal Commissioner]] of the city is ''P.Sreenivasa Rao''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Key Contacts|url=http://chirala.cdma.ap.gov.in/en/key-contacts|website=chirala.cdma.ap.gov.in|access-date=9 July 2017}}</ref> The constituents of Chirala [[Urban area|urban agglomeration]] include, Chirala Municipality, [[census City]] of Chirala, Vetapalem; [[out growth]]s of [[Ipurupalem]], [[Ramakrishna Puram]] and Kothapeta.<ref>{{cite web|title=Name of Urban Agglomeration and its State constituent Units-2011|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2-vol2/data_files/AP/Chapter_I.pdf|website=Census of India|access-date=9 July 2017|page=23}}</ref>

[[Loom|Handloom weaving industry]] is one of the main occupation the city.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Murali|first1=S|title=Chirala weavers upbeat over heavy procurement orders|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/chirala-weavers-upbeat-over-heavy-procurement-orders/article7758947.ece|access-date=2 March 2016|work=The Hindu|date=14 October 2015|location=Chirala|url-status=live}}</ref> Several Cloth Market Complexes are situated in Chirala. Chirala is known as Small Bombay.

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