# Kancharagunta Village, Kandukur, Prakasam (Andhra Pradesh)

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Village · Kandukur, Prakasam 

# Kancharagunta

Kancharagunta is a village in Kandukur sub-district of Prakasam district, Andhra Pradesh, PIN code **523105**. The 2011 Census counted **805 people in 181 households**, the 16th largest of 18 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 47.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 56.7%.

- 805people (2011)
- 181households
- 47.7%literacy
- 523105PIN code

## Kancharagunta PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Kancharagunta is 523105.** Kancharagunta falls in Kandukur sub-district, Prakasam district, Andhra Pradesh.

- PIN code523105
- Gram panchayatKancharagunta
- Community development blockKandukur
- Census village code591537

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

## How far is Kancharagunta from nearby towns?

- Kandukur (sub-district HQ)4 km by road
- Ongole (district HQ)52 km by road
- Kandukur (nearest town)4 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 Kancharagunta?

8 services counted by the Census are inside Kancharagunta; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Kandukur
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Kandukur
- ○ITI / vocational schoolunder 5 km · Kandukur
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water and hand pumps
- 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 Kancharagunta known for?

The main crops are **black gram, tobacco and bengal gram**. About 92% of the 236 hectares of village land is sown.

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

## Homes and amenities in Kancharagunta

Of every 100 households in Kancharagunta in 2011, 97 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 68 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kancharagunta · ■ Kandukur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****97%**

**90%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**72%

Tap water ****87%**

**61%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**28%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**32%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**67%

Use banking services ****43%**

**55%

Television ****42%**

**51%

Mobile phone ****68%**

**58%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**14%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****21%**

**22%

Own their home ****97%**

**95%

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 Kancharagunta?

■ Kancharagunta · ■ Kandukur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****47.7%**

**56.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****988**

**976

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1368**

**942

Working population ****53.0%**

**52.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 59.9% for men and 34.8% for women. 58% of men and 48% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 64 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 309 (72%) · **■** Other work 33 (8%) · **■** Marginal 21 (5%)

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 Kandukur

- Vikkiralapeta1,493 people
- G.Meka Padu1,237 people
- Pandalapadu1,173 people
- Anantha Sagaram1,115 people
- Donda Padu477 people
- Madanagopalapuram409 people

[All 19 villages in Kandukur](https://wherepedia.org/india/andhra-pradesh/prakasam/kandukur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kancharagunta?523105
- How far is Kancharagunta from Ongole?52 km by road
- What is the population of Kancharagunta?805 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kancharagunta in?Prakasam district (Kandukur sub-district), Andhra Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Kancharagunta?47.7% (Census 2011)