Pothapalu
Madanapalle block · Chittoor
district, Andhra Pradesh · PIN 517319
· village code 596141
Population 2011
5,872
Census of India
Population 2020
5,922
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+0.8%
50 people · 0.1% a year
Households
1,388
+0.9% vs 1,375 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
5,872
Male / female
2,818 / 3,054
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,084
Children aged 0–6
576
Literacy rate
63.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,219 / 8
Working population
2,736
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
69.7%
Households
1,375
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation 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
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
139
Teachers
7
Students per teacher
20
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
1,178
Non-farm households
197
Share of households farming, 2020
86%
Net sown area
614 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
614 / 55 / 9
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Pothapolu panchayat, Madanapalle 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
₹36.33 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹15.38 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹21.34 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹30.38 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹12.58 lakh · received ₹6.16 lakh · spent ₹6.96 lakh · left ₹11.78 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹23.75 lakh · received ₹9.22 lakh · spent ₹14.38 lakh · left ₹18.59 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
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