Penta
Bobbili block · Vizianagaram
district, Andhra Pradesh · PIN 535573
· village code 582349
Population 2011
3,525
Census of India
Population 2020
3,029
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-14.1%
-496 people · -1.7% a year
Households
754
-14.9% vs 886 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,525
Male / female
1,738 / 1,787
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,028
Children aged 0–6
364
Literacy rate
47.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
555 / 2
Working population
1,951
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
80.1%
Households
886
Village facilities, 2020
This village spans 2 gram panchayats and was
surveyed once by each. The figures below are from
Penta panchayat's return.
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
only one habitation is covered
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
The village primary school
These figures sit inside a single merged column of the Mission
Antyodaya file and are not published anywhere in readable form.
Students
105
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
18
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
220
Non-farm households
75
Share of households farming, 2020
75%
Net sown area
188 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
136 / 125 / 188
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Penta panchayat, Bobbili zila parishad.
These are the panchayat's own accounts, not this village's: where a panchayat
holds several villages, the money covers all of them, and where a village
spans several panchayats only this one's return appears.
Opening balance
₹16.78 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹10.92 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹17.00 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹10.71 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹11.93 lakh · received ₹4.37 lakh · spent ₹6.22 lakh · left ₹10.07 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹4.86 lakh · received ₹6.55 lakh · spent ₹10.77 lakh · left ₹63,486
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
18.4505, 83.5752 —
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