# Kandula Puram Village, Cumbum, Prakasam (Andhra Pradesh)

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Village · Cumbum, Prakasam 

# Kandula Puram

Kandula Puram is a village in Cumbum sub-district of Prakasam district, Andhra Pradesh, PIN code **523333**. The 2011 Census counted **10,766 people in 2,445 households**, the 1st largest of 13 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.5%.

- 10,766people (2011)
- 2,445households
- 81.6%literacy
- 523333PIN code

## Kandula Puram PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Kandula Puram is 523333.** Kandula Puram falls in Cumbum sub-district, Prakasam district, Andhra Pradesh.

- PIN code523333
- Gram panchayatKandula Puram
- Community development blockCumbum
- Census village code590890

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

## How far is Kandula Puram from nearby towns?

- Cumbum (sub-district HQ)2 km by road
- Ongole (district HQ)110 km by road
- Markapur (nearest town)30 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 Kandula Puram?

17 services counted by the Census are inside Kandula Puram; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt · 4 private
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Internet / Common Service CentreIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●ATMIn village
- ●Commercial bankIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Cumbum
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Cumbum
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Kandulapuram
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)17 h summer · 17 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 Kandula Puram known for?

The main crops are **bajra, cotton and bengal gram**. About 52% of the 962 hectares of village land is sown, and 87 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 Kandula Puram

Of every 100 households in Kandula Puram in 2011, 95 had electricity, 68 a toilet at home and 62 cooked with LPG; 76 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kandula Puram · ■ Cumbum rural average

Electricity for lighting ****95%**

**88%

Toilet within the home ****68%**

**41%

No toilet (open defecation) ****32%**

**52%

Tap water ****99%**

**91%

Drinking water within premises ****54%**

**26%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****62%**

**34%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****37%**

**65%

Use banking services ****69%**

**63%

Television ****73%**

**52%

Mobile phone ****76%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****18%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**0%

None of these assets ****11%**

**26%

Own their home ****61%**

**82%

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 Kandula Puram?

■ Kandula Puram · ■ Cumbum rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.6%**

**70.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1100**

**1048

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****919**

**913

Working population ****32.7%**

**45.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.6% for men and 73.6% for women. 47% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 281 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 818 (23%) · **■** Household industry 64 (2%) · **■** Other work 1,869 (53%) · **■** Marginal 491 (14%)

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 Cumbum

- Thurimella5,402 people
- Ravipadu3,478 people
- China Cumbum2,620 people
- Yerrabalem2,464 people

[All 15 villages in Cumbum](https://wherepedia.org/india/andhra-pradesh/prakasam/cumbum/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kandula Puram?523333
- How far is Kandula Puram from Ongole?110 km by road
- What is the population of Kandula Puram?10,766 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kandula Puram in?Prakasam district (Cumbum sub-district), Andhra Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Kandula Puram?81.6% (Census 2011)
