Pentrala

Lingasamudram block · Prakasam district, Andhra Pradesh · PIN 523114 · village code 591566

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 1,018 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 2,761 — more than 2.5 times higher, which no village grows in nine years. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population

1,018

Male / female

520 / 498

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

958

Children aged 0–6

119

Literacy rate

51.1%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

356 / 135

Working population

528

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

71.8%

Households

275

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school nearest 2 km away

Piped tap water

100% habitations covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Bus

Electricity

8-12 Hrs

Bank nearest 1 km away

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

120

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

248

Non-farm households

Share of households farming, 2020

79%

Net sown area

500 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

500 / 270 / 0

Main irrigation source

Canals

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Pentrala panchayat, Lingasamudram 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

₹4.74 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹12.90 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹14.25 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹3.40 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹16,399 · received ₹5.17 lakh · spent ₹5.21 lakh · left ₹12,430

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹4.58 lakh · received ₹7.74 lakh · spent ₹9.04 lakh · left ₹3.28 lakh

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

Location

15.0811, 79.7186 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

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