Pothanapudi Araharam
Madugula block · Visakhapatanam
district, Andhra Pradesh · PIN 531026
· village code 585920
Population 2011
2,108
Census of India
Population 2020
1,983
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-5.9%
-125 people · -0.7% a year
Households
656
+14.1% vs 575 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,108
Male / female
1,020 / 1,088
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,067
Children aged 0–6
277
Literacy rate
46.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
115 / 4
Working population
1,042
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
86.7%
Households
575
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
Primary health centre
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Separately located
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
8
Teachers
1
Students per teacher
8
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
517
Non-farm households
139
Share of households farming, 2020
79%
Net sown area
158 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
158 / 38 / 139
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Pothanapudi panchayat, Madugula 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
₹10.21 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹8.47 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹7.94 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹10.74 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹5.59 lakh · received ₹3.39 lakh · spent ₹3.45 lakh · left ₹5.54 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹4.62 lakh · received ₹5.08 lakh · spent ₹4.49 lakh · left ₹5.20 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
17.8510, 82.8544 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Visakhapatanam district ·
School
staffing across Visakhapatanam ·
…and across Andhra Pradesh