# Gadekal Village, Vidapanakal, Anantapur (Andhra Pradesh)

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Village · Vidapanakal, Anantapur 

# Gadekal

Gadekal is a village in Vidapanakal sub-district of Anantapur district, Andhra Pradesh, PIN code **515842**. The 2011 Census counted **5,470 people in 1,175 households**, the 5th largest of 14 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 53.5%.

- 5,470people (2011)
- 1,175households
- 61.0%literacy
- 515842PIN code

## Gadekal PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Gadekal is 515842.** Gadekal falls in Vidapanakal sub-district, Anantapur district, Andhra Pradesh.

- PIN code515842
- Gram panchayatGadekal
- Community development blockVidapanakal
- Census village code594708

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Gadekal from nearby towns?

- Vidapanakal (sub-district HQ)10 km by road
- Anantapur (district HQ)98 km by road
- Guntakal (nearest town)18 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Gadekal?

20 services counted by the Census are inside Gadekal; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Mobile health clinicIn village · 1
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●National highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●ATMIn village
- ●Commercial bankIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Videpanakal
- ○Degree college10+ km · Gunatakal
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Videpanakal
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)10 h summer · 20 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Gadekal known for?

The main crops are **ground nut, red gram and jowar**. About 90% of the 2,976 hectares of village land is sown, and 685 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Gadekal

Of every 100 households in Gadekal in 2011, 95 had electricity, 27 a toilet at home and 13 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gadekal · ■ Vidapanakal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****95%**

**91%

Toilet within the home ****27%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****63%**

**80%

Tap water ****92%**

**62%

Drinking water within premises ****24%**

**12%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****13%**

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****86%**

**87%

Use banking services ****69%**

**61%

Television ****62%**

**55%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**54%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**9%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**0%

None of these assets ****20%**

**23%

Own their home ****92%**

**94%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Gadekal?

■ Gadekal · ■ Vidapanakal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.0%**

**53.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****944**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****840**

**931

Working population ****58.3%**

**56.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.5% for men and 50.0% for women. 61% of men and 55% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 535 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 1,773 (56%) · **■** Household industry 27 (1%) · **■** Other work 257 (8%) · **■** Marginal 595 (19%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Vidapanakal

- Palthur9,270 people
- Vidapanakal8,763 people
- Havaligi7,408 people
- Velpumadugu5,822 people
- Donekal2,540 people
- Karakamukkala2,523 people
- Poliki2,330 people
- Undabanda2,285 people

[All 14 villages in Vidapanakal](https://wherepedia.org/india/andhra-pradesh/anantapur/vidapanakal/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Gadekal?515842
- How far is Gadekal from Anantapur?98 km by road
- What is the population of Gadekal?5,470 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gadekal in?Anantapur district (Vidapanakal sub-district), Andhra Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Gadekal?61.0% (Census 2011)