'Chinthabathini' is the surname of people belonging to the Kamma caste. People belonging to the Chinthabathini group are mostly from Krishna district, the areas of Gudivada in the Krishna district and East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh. Though The Chinthabathini people originated from in the Krishna District of Andhra Pradesh, There is also another view based on oral history that the Chinthabathini people migrated from tamilnadu border villages to the villages of Krishna district sometime in the 1800s.