Vechalam
Devarapalle block · Visakhapatanam
district, Andhra Pradesh · PIN 531075
· village code 585991
Population 2011
2,307
Census of India
Population 2020
2,342
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+1.5%
35 people · 0.2% a year
Households
635
+0.5% vs 632 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,307
Male / female
1,166 / 1,141
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
979
Children aged 0–6
227
Literacy rate
58.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
221 / 5
Working population
1,125
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
74.8%
Households
632
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
PHC
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
60
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
30
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
553
Non-farm households
82
Share of households farming, 2020
87%
Net sown area
329 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
329 / 33 / 169
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Vechalam panchayat, Devarapalle 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
₹24.20 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹9.58 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹12.06 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹21.72 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹10.03 lakh · received ₹3.84 lakh · spent ₹7.73 lakh · left ₹6.14 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹14.17 lakh · received ₹5.74 lakh · spent ₹4.33 lakh · left ₹15.58 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
17.8919, 82.9674 —
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