# Kotha Peta Village, Vetapalem, Prakasam (Andhra Pradesh)

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Village · Vetapalem, Prakasam 

# Kotha Peta

Kotha Peta is a village in Vetapalem sub-district of Prakasam district, Andhra Pradesh, PIN code **523157**. The 2011 Census counted **16,931 people in 4,622 households**, the 1st largest of 4 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 67.5%.

- 16,931people (2011)
- 4,622households
- 73.6%literacy
- 523157PIN code

## Kotha Peta PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Kotha Peta is 523157.** Kotha Peta falls in Vetapalem sub-district, Prakasam district, Andhra Pradesh.

- PIN code523157
- Gram panchayatKotha Peta, Papayapalem, Akkayapalem
- Community development blockVetapalem
- Census village code591021

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

## How far is Kotha Peta from nearby towns?

- Vetapalem (sub-district HQ)10 km by road
- Ongole (district HQ)58 km by road
- Chirala (nearest town)2 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 Kotha Peta?

29 services counted by the Census are inside Kotha Peta; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 12 govt · 8 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 5 govt · 8 private
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 7 private
- ●Senior secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Degree collegeIn village · 1 govt
- ●Engineering collegeIn village · 1 private
- ●Management instituteIn village · 1 private
- ●PolytechnicIn village · 1 private
- ●ITI / vocational schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 2
- ●DispensaryIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Veterinary hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Internet / Common Service CentreIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn 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
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water and hand pumps
- Electricity (2011)20 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 Kotha Peta known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 55% of the 3,031 hectares of village land is sown, and 870 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 Kotha Peta

Of every 100 households in Kotha Peta in 2011, 94 had electricity, 57 a toilet at home and 45 cooked with LPG; 66 had a mobile phone, 19 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kotha Peta · ■ Vetapalem rural average

Electricity for lighting ****94%**

**92%

Toilet within the home ****57%**

**49%

No toilet (open defecation) ****43%**

**51%

Tap water ****5%**

**18%

Drinking water within premises ****31%**

**31%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****45%**

**38%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****48%**

**56%

Use banking services ****54%**

**50%

Television ****71%**

**67%

Mobile phone ****66%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****19%**

**14%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****14%**

**18%

Own their home ****75%**

**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 Kotha Peta?

■ Kotha Peta · ■ Vetapalem rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.6%**

**67.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****981**

**997

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****926**

**975

Working population ****45.8%**

**50.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.7% for men and 66.5% for women. 59% of men and 33% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 490 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 2,009 (26%) · **■** Household industry 844 (11%) · **■** Other work 2,645 (34%) · **■** Marginal 1,762 (23%)

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 Vetapalem

- Pandilla Palle7,243 people
- Nayani Palle6,019 people
- Pullari Palem2,791 people

[All 4 villages in Vetapalem](https://wherepedia.org/india/andhra-pradesh/prakasam/vetapalem/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kotha Peta?523157
- How far is Kotha Peta from Ongole?58 km by road
- What is the population of Kotha Peta?16,931 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kotha Peta in?Prakasam district (Vetapalem sub-district), Andhra Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Kotha Peta?73.6% (Census 2011)
