Penasam
Gantyada block · Vizianagaram
district, Andhra Pradesh · PIN 535215
· village code 582932
Population 2011
1,800
Census of India
Population 2020
2,086
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+15.9%
286 people · 1.7% a year
Households
503
+9.3% vs 460 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,800
Male / female
885 / 915
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,034
Children aged 0–6
199
Literacy rate
49.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
51 / 0
Working population
990
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
92.4%
Households
460
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
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
66
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
22
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
0
Non-farm households
0
Net sown area
160 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
160 / 80 / 62
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Penasam panchayat, Gantyada 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
₹8.38 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹7.25 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹6.15 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹9.48 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹4.84 lakh · received ₹2.90 lakh · spent ₹1.04 lakh · left ₹6.70 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹3.55 lakh · received ₹4.35 lakh · spent ₹5.11 lakh · left ₹2.78 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
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