# Ramalinga Puram Village, Veligandla, Prakasam (Andhra Pradesh) > Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/andhra-pradesh/prakasam/veligandla/ramalinga-puram/ Village · Veligandla, Prakasam # Ramalinga Puram Ramalinga Puram is a village in Veligandla sub-district of Prakasam district, Andhra Pradesh, PIN code **523224**. The 2011 Census counted **988 people in 234 households**, the 16th largest of 21 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 54.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 59.6%. - 988people (2011) - 234households - 54.9%literacy - 523224PIN code ## Ramalinga Puram PIN code and other codes **The PIN code of Ramalinga Puram is 523224.** Ramalinga Puram falls in Veligandla sub-district, Prakasam district, Andhra Pradesh. - PIN code523224 - Gram panchayatRamalinga Puram - Community development blockVeligandla - Census village code591243 Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## How far is Ramalinga Puram from nearby towns? - Veligandla (sub-district HQ)3 km by road - Ongole (district HQ)104 km by road - Kandukur (nearest town)74 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 Ramalinga Puram? 10 services counted by the Census are inside Ramalinga Puram; the rest show the distance to the nearest one. ### In the village - ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt - ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt - ●Mobile phone coverageIn village - ●Public bus serviceIn 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 school10+ km · Kanigiri - ○Degree college10+ km · Machavaram - ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Kanigiri - ○Primary health centreunder 5 km - ○Allopathic hospital10+ km - ○Dispensary10+ km - ○Post officeunder 5 km - ○Railway station10+ km - ○ATM10+ km - ○Commercial bankunder 5 km - ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km - ○Public library10+ km ### Water and power - Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes - Electricity (2011)15 h summer · 22 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 Ramalinga Puram known for? The main crops are **red gram, tobacco and sun flower**. About 33% of the 1,309 hectares of village land is sown, and 137 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 Ramalinga Puram Of every 100 households in Ramalinga Puram in 2011, 88 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 58 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car. ■ Ramalinga Puram · ■ Veligandla rural average Electricity for lighting ****88%** **81% Toilet within the home ****12%** **11% No toilet (open defecation) ****88%** **89% Tap water ****0%** **17% Drinking water within premises ****13%** **10% Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%** **9% Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%** **90% Use banking services ****54%** **54% Television ****43%** **33% Mobile phone ****58%** **48% Computer with internet ****0%** **0% Two-wheeler ****5%** **6% Car / jeep / van ****0%** **0% None of these assets ****32%** **36% Own their home ****95%** **96% 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 Ramalinga Puram? ■ Ramalinga Puram · ■ Veligandla rural average Literacy (age 7+) ****54.9%** **59.6% Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****882** **924 Child sex ratio (0–6) ****731** **911 Working population ****56.4%** **53.4% ### Women and men Literacy is 69.1% for men and 39.1% for women. 62% of men and 50% of women work. ### Who works, and at what ****** **■** Cultivators 114 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 293 (53%) · **■** Other work 150 (27%) 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 Veligandla - Nagireddy Palle1,316 people - Marapagunta1,120 people - Kankanam Padu Agraharam1,087 people - Panduva1,040 people - Chodavaram776 people - Ganesuni Palle771 people - Jangam Narasaya Palle450 people - Ballavaram354 people [All 26 villages in Veligandla](https://wherepedia.org/india/andhra-pradesh/prakasam/veligandla/villages/) ## Quick answers - What is the PIN code of Ramalinga Puram?523224 - How far is Ramalinga Puram from Ongole?104 km by road - What is the population of Ramalinga Puram?988 (Census 2011) - Which district is Ramalinga Puram in?Prakasam district (Veligandla sub-district), Andhra Pradesh - What is the literacy rate of Ramalinga Puram?54.9% (Census 2011)