Karuru @ Krishnagiri
Pitchatur block · Chittoor
district, Andhra Pradesh · PIN 517589
· village code 596303
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 3,395 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 1,762 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
3,395
Male / female
1,670 / 1,725
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,033
Children aged 0–6
337
Literacy rate
50.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,088 / 128
Working population
1,736
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
90.6%
Households
958
Village facilities, 2020
This village spans 3 gram panchayats and was
surveyed once by each. The figures below are from
Karuru panchayat's return.
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
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
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
77
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
13
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
269
Non-farm households
236
Share of households farming, 2020
53%
Net sown area
202 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
104 / 202 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Karuru panchayat, Pitchatur 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
₹10.02 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹7.16 lakh
Received directly
₹290
Spent
₹10.66 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹6.53 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹5.76 lakh · received ₹2.87 lakh · spent ₹4.98 lakh · left ₹3.65 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹4.26 lakh · received ₹4.29 lakh · spent ₹5.67 lakh · left ₹2.88 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
13.3542, 79.7983 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Chittoor district ·
School
staffing across Chittoor ·
…and across Andhra Pradesh