Kotala

Thamballapalle block · Chittoor district, Andhra Pradesh · PIN 317418 · village code 595617

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 3,212 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 1,617 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population

3,212

Male / female

1,646 / 1,566

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

951

Children aged 0–6

315

Literacy rate

49.0%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

243 / 545

Working population

1,994

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

92.7%

Households

806

Village facilities, 2020

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

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school nearest 2 km away

Piped tap water

<50% habitation covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Auto

Electricity

>12 hrs

Bank nearest 10 km away

Primary health centre

Sub Centre

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

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

218

Non-farm households

201

Share of households farming, 2020

52%

Net sown area

320 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

320 / 20 / 20

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Kotala panchayat, Thamballapalle 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

₹4,730

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹7.33 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹6.91 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹47,081

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹2,170 · received ₹2.94 lakh · spent ₹2.49 lakh · left ₹47,081

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹2,560 · received ₹4.40 lakh · spent ₹4.42 lakh · left ₹0

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

Location

13.5495, 78.5094 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

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