Kalpana Devi was born on 13 July 1941 at Bhatlapenumarru village of Krishna district to Chalasani Veera Raghavaiah.
[1] Kalpana Devi was a medical practitioner at the private nursing home in Hanamkonda before joining the Telugu Desam Party (TDP).
[2] In the next general election however, she lost to INC's Rama Sahayam Surender Reddy.
[3] Later, Devi left TDP for INC and contested the general elections held successively in 1998 and 1999.
She secured 38.25% and 44.74% votes in these elections and lost to TDP's candidates Azmeera Chandulal and Bodakunti Venkateshwarlu respectively.