# Vemula Kota Village, Markapur, Prakasam (Andhra Pradesh)

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Village · Markapur, Prakasam 

# Vemula Kota

Vemula Kota is a village in Markapur sub-district of Prakasam district, Andhra Pradesh, PIN code **523329**. The 2011 Census counted **5,540 people in 1,431 households**, the 2nd largest of 21 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 57.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 57.1%.

- 5,540people (2011)
- 1,431households
- 57.2%literacy
- 523329PIN code

## Vemula Kota PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Vemula Kota is 523329.** Vemula Kota falls in Markapur sub-district, Prakasam district, Andhra Pradesh.

- PIN code523329
- Gram panchayatVemula Kota
- Community development blockMarkapur
- Census village code590852

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

## How far is Vemula Kota from nearby towns?

- Markapur (sub-district HQ)4 km by road
- Ongole (district HQ)98 km by road
- Markapur (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 Vemula Kota?

15 services counted by the Census are inside Vemula Kota; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 8 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Veterinary hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●State highwayIn 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 · Markapur
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Markapur
- ○ITI / vocational schoolunder 5 km · Markapur
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)10 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 Vemula Kota known for?

The main crops are **cotton, paddy and sun flower**. About 24% of the 2,049 hectares of village land is sown, and 224 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 Vemula Kota

Of every 100 households in Vemula Kota in 2011, 84 had electricity, 25 a toilet at home and 17 cooked with LPG; 54 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Vemula Kota · ■ Markapur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****84%**

**83%

Toilet within the home ****25%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****65%**

**78%

Tap water ****88%**

**75%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**9%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****17%**

**17%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****81%**

**82%

Use banking services ****29%**

**54%

Television ****47%**

**42%

Mobile phone ****54%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**6%

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

**0%

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

**31%

Own their home ****87%**

**91%

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 Vemula Kota?

■ Vemula Kota · ■ Markapur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****57.2%**

**57.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****936**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****867**

**927

Working population ****50.1%**

**54.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.9% for men and 42.8% for women. 54% of men and 46% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 350 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 894 (32%) · **■** Household industry 26 (1%) · **■** Other work 970 (35%) · **■** Marginal 536 (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 Markapur

- Rayavaram6,422 people
- Peda Yachavaram4,610 people
- Gajjala Konda4,567 people
- Chintakunta4,450 people
- Idupur4,364 people

[All 23 villages in Markapur](https://wherepedia.org/india/andhra-pradesh/prakasam/markapur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Vemula Kota?523329
- How far is Vemula Kota from Ongole?98 km by road
- What is the population of Vemula Kota?5,540 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Vemula Kota in?Prakasam district (Markapur sub-district), Andhra Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Vemula Kota?57.2% (Census 2011)
