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Agarru

Palacole block · West Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh · PIN 534260 · village code 588784

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 4,363 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 2,464 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population
4,363
Male / female
2,212 / 2,151
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
972
Children aged 0–6
405
Literacy rate
76.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,613 / 26
Working population
2,337
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
81.0%
Households
1,267

Village facilities, 2020

This village spans 2 gram panchayats and was surveyed once by each. The figures below are from Agarthipalem panchayat's return.

Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 1 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
60
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
20
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes

Farming

Farm households
370
Non-farm households
375
Share of households farming, 2020
50%
Net sown area
186 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
186 / 186 / 142
Main irrigation source
Canals

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Agarthipalem panchayat, Palacole 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
₹12.57 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹5.05 lakh
Received directly
₹415
Spent
₹7.13 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹10.50 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹10.58 lakh · received ₹2.02 lakh · spent ₹3.28 lakh · left ₹9.32 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹2.00 lakh · received ₹3.03 lakh · spent ₹3.85 lakh · left ₹1.17 lakh

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

Location

16.4865, 81.6826 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

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