# Basavapuram Village, Mahanandi, Kurnool (Andhra Pradesh)

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Village · Mahanandi, Kurnool 

# Basavapuram

Basavapuram is a village in Mahanandi sub-district of Kurnool district, Andhra Pradesh, PIN code **518502**. The 2011 Census counted **471 people in 119 households**, the 9th largest of 9 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 40.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 59.7%.

- 471people (2011)
- 119households
- 40.3%literacy
- 518502PIN code

## Basavapuram PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Basavapuram is 518502.** Basavapuram falls in Mahanandi sub-district, Kurnool district, Andhra Pradesh.

- PIN code518502
- Gram panchayatGajulapalle
- Community development blockMahanandi
- Census village code594328

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

## How far is Basavapuram from nearby towns?

- Mahanandi (sub-district HQ)30 km by road
- Kurnool (district HQ)93 km by road
- Nandyal (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 Basavapuram?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Basavapuram; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Nandyal
- ○Degree college10+ km · Nandyal
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Nandyal
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)8 h summer · 12 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 Basavapuram known for?

The main crops are **red gram, jowar and paddy**. About 39% of the 389 hectares of village land is sown, and 108 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 Basavapuram

Of every 100 households in Basavapuram in 2011, 80 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Basavapuram · ■ Mahanandi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****80%**

**95%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**32%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**65%

Tap water ****80%**

**56%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**18%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**11%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**87%

Use banking services ****22%**

**55%

Television ****31%**

**61%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**56%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**10%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****18%**

**19%

Own their home ****90%**

**84%

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 Basavapuram?

■ Basavapuram · ■ Mahanandi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****40.3%**

**59.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****987**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1226**

**936

Working population ****58.4%**

**54.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 51.9% for men and 28.1% for women. 62% of men and 54% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 2 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 200 (73%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 60 (22%) · **■** Marginal 11 (4%)

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 Mahanandi

- Bukkapuram4,129 people
- Nandipalle2,852 people
- Thammadapalle2,206 people
- Maseedupuram2,101 people

[All 9 villages in Mahanandi](https://wherepedia.org/india/andhra-pradesh/kurnool/mahanandi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Basavapuram?518502
- How far is Basavapuram from Kurnool?93 km by road
- What is the population of Basavapuram?471 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basavapuram in?Kurnool district (Mahanandi sub-district), Andhra Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Basavapuram?40.3% (Census 2011)