Penakacherla
Garladinne block · Anantapur
district, Andhra Pradesh · PIN 515731
· village code 594978
Population 2011
4,792
Census of India
Population 2020
5,012
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+4.6%
220 people · 0.5% a year
Households
1,123
+1.8% vs 1,103 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
4,792
Male / female
2,567 / 2,225
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
867
Children aged 0–6
505
Literacy rate
56.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
929 / 187
Working population
2,421
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
77.2%
Households
1,103
Village facilities, 2020
This village spans 2 gram panchayats and was
surveyed once by each. The figures below are from
Penakacherla panchayat's return.
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
135
Teachers
7
Students per teacher
19
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
1,003
Non-farm households
113
Share of households farming, 2020
90%
Net sown area
800 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
800 / 200 / 160
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Penakacherla panchayat, Garladinne 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
₹15.63 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹15.30 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹19.54 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹11.40 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹4.78 lakh · received ₹6.13 lakh · spent ₹6.90 lakh · left ₹4.01 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹10.86 lakh · received ₹9.17 lakh · spent ₹12.64 lakh · left ₹7.39 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
14.8649, 77.4757 —
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