Sarika

Vizianagaram block · Vizianagaram district, Andhra Pradesh · PIN 535004 · village code 583123

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 4,681 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 2,597 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population

4,681

Male / female

2,358 / 2,323

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

985

Children aged 0–6

599

Literacy rate

52.5%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

564 / 85

Working population

2,287

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

45.7%

Households

1,162

Village facilities, 2020

This village spans 4 gram panchayats and was surveyed once by each. The figures below are from Gollalapeta panchayat's return.

Primary school

Yes

Middle school nearest 5 km away

High school nearest 5 km away

Piped tap water

<50% habitation covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Bus

Electricity

>12 hrs

Bank nearest 2 km away

Primary health centre

Sub Centre

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

Yes

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

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Yes

Playground

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

656

Non-farm households

163

Share of households farming, 2020

80%

Net sown area

147 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

147 / 40 / 24

Main irrigation source

Surface water

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Gollalapeta panchayat, Vizianagaram 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

₹3.36 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹7.02 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹8.78 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹1.60 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹1.34 lakh · received ₹2.81 lakh · spent ₹4.02 lakh · left ₹12,820

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹2.02 lakh · received ₹4.21 lakh · spent ₹4.75 lakh · left ₹1.47 lakh

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

Location

18.0541, 83.3848 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

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