Potha Kamuru
Darsi block · Prakasam
district, Andhra Pradesh · PIN 523252
· village code 590833
Population 2011
5,724
Census of India
Population 2020
4,167
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-27.2%
-1,557 people · -3.5% a year
Households
1,035
-23.9% vs 1,361 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
5,724
Male / female
3,028 / 2,696
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
890
Children aged 0–6
716
Literacy rate
44.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,200 / 462
Working population
3,135
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
87.2%
Households
1,361
Village facilities, 2020
This village spans 3 gram panchayats and was
surveyed once by each. The figures below are from
Botlapalem panchayat's return.
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
185
Teachers
12
Students per teacher
15
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
755
Non-farm households
200
Share of households farming, 2020
79%
Net sown area
2,000 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
2,000 / 350 / 0
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Botlapalem panchayat, Darsi 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
₹7.93 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹17.90 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹25.59 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹23,816
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹2.43 lakh · received ₹7.17 lakh · spent ₹9.50 lakh · left ₹9,013
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹5.50 lakh · received ₹10.73 lakh · spent ₹16.09 lakh · left ₹14,803
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
15.7297, 79.7618 —
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