Kakarla

Ardhaveedu block · Prakasam district, Andhra Pradesh · PIN 523333 · village code 590872

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 4,625 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 2,454 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population

4,625

Male / female

2,298 / 2,327

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

1,013

Children aged 0–6

536

Literacy rate

52.0%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

804 / 8

Working population

2,659

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

90.9%

Households

1,240

Village facilities, 2020

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

Primary school

Yes

Middle school nearest 10 km away

High school

Yes

Piped tap water

50 to 100% habitations covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Bus

Electricity

>12 hrs

Bank nearest 10 km away

Primary health centre nearest 10 km away

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

150

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

385

Non-farm households

158

Share of households farming, 2020

71%

Net sown area

960 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

960 / 700 / 58

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Kakarla panchayat, Ardhaveedu 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

₹9.74 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹15.67 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹16.33 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹9.07 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹4.40 lakh · received ₹6.27 lakh · spent ₹5.81 lakh · left ₹4.86 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹5.34 lakh · received ₹9.39 lakh · spent ₹10.52 lakh · left ₹4.21 lakh

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

Location

15.4414, 79.1265 — view on OpenStreetMap

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