# Kalagatla Village, Kanigiri, Prakasam (Andhra Pradesh)

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Village · Kanigiri, Prakasam 

# Kalagatla

Kalagatla is a village in Kanigiri sub-district of Prakasam district, Andhra Pradesh, PIN code **523230**. The 2011 Census counted **430 people in 98 households**, the 28th largest of 33 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 54.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 57.4%.

- 430people (2011)
- 98households
- 54.5%literacy
- 523230PIN code

## Kalagatla PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Kalagatla is 523230.** Kalagatla falls in Kanigiri sub-district, Prakasam district, Andhra Pradesh.

- PIN code523230
- Gram panchayatPolavaram
- Community development blockKanigiri
- Census village code591271

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

## How far is Kalagatla from nearby towns?

- Kanigiri (sub-district HQ)7 km by road
- Ongole (district HQ)87 km by road
- Kandukur (nearest town)56 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 Kalagatla?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●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 school5–10 km · Kanigiri
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Machavaram
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Kanigiri
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water and hand pumps
- Electricity (2011)17 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 Kalagatla known for?

The main crops are **red gram, paddy and bajra**. About 43% of the 669 hectares of village land is sown, and 66 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 Kalagatla

Of every 100 households in Kalagatla in 2011, 97 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 86 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kalagatla · ■ Kanigiri rural average

Electricity for lighting ****97%**

**85%

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

**11%

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

**89%

Tap water ****100%**

**26%

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

**10%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**11%

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

**88%

Use banking services ****96%**

**50%

Television ****57%**

**37%

Mobile phone ****86%**

**56%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**9%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****3%**

**30%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Kalagatla?

■ Kalagatla · ■ Kanigiri rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****54.5%**

**57.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1000**

**934

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1278**

**900

Working population ****49.1%**

**54.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 65.5% for men and 43.2% for women. 50% of men and 48% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 10 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 76 (36%) · **■** Other work 10 (5%) · **■** Marginal 115 (55%)

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 Kanigiri

- Polavaram540 people
- Krishna Puram490 people
- Ganuga Penta488 people
- Vijaya Gopala Puram468 people
- Viswanadha Puram382 people
- Balavenkata Puram357 people
- Nimma Maheswarapuram336 people
- Rachagundlapadu168 people

[All 39 villages in Kanigiri](https://wherepedia.org/india/andhra-pradesh/prakasam/kanigiri/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kalagatla?523230
- How far is Kalagatla from Ongole?87 km by road
- What is the population of Kalagatla?430 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kalagatla in?Prakasam district (Kanigiri sub-district), Andhra Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Kalagatla?54.5% (Census 2011)