Village · Dagadarthi, Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore
# Thurimerla

Thurimerla is a village in Dagadarthi sub-district of Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore district, Andhra Pradesh, PIN code 524365. The 2011 Census counted 2,581 people in 706 households, the 5th largest of 22 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 63.4%.
- 2,581 people (2011)
- 706 households
- 62.9% literacy
- 524365 PIN code

## Thurimerla PIN code and other codes

The PIN code of Thurimerla is 524365. Thurimerla falls in Dagadarthi sub-district, Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore district, Andhra Pradesh.
- PIN code 524365
- Gram panchayat Thurimerla
- Community development block Dagadarthi
- Census village code 591868

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## How far is Thurimerla from nearby towns?
- Dagadarthi (sub-district HQ) 10 km by road
- Nellore (district HQ) 28 km by road
- Nellore (nearest town) 28 km by road

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## What facilities are there in Thurimerla?

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

### In the village
- ● Primary school In village · 4 govt
- ● Middle school In village · 1 govt
- ● Primary health centre In village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ● Health sub-centre In village · 1
- ● Mobile health clinic In village · 1
- ● Post office In village
- ● Mobile phone coverage In village
- ● Public bus service In village
- ● Pucca (black-topped) road In village
- ● All-weather road In village
- ● Ration (PDS) shop In village
- ● Weekly haat In village
- ● Anganwadi centre In village
- ● ASHA health worker In village
- ● Polling station In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Senior secondary school 10+ km · Buchireddipalem
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Buchireddipalem
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Nellore
- ○ Allopathic hospital 10+ km
- ○ Dispensary 10+ km
- ○ Railway station 10+ km
- ○ ATM 10+ km
- ○ Commercial bank 5–10 km
- ○ Mandi / regular market 10+ km
- ○ Public library 10+ km

### Water and power
- Drinking water treated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011) 10 h summer · 16 h winter

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Thurimerla known for?

The main crops are paddy. About 47% of the 1,040 hectares of village land is sown, and 489 hectares are irrigated.

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## Homes and amenities in Thurimerla

Of every 100 households in Thurimerla in 2011, 88 had electricity, 23 a toilet at home and 9 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Thurimerla · ■ Dagadarthi rural average
- Electricity for lighting 88% 90%
- Toilet within the home 23% 17%
- No toilet (open defecation) 77% 83%
- Tap water 72% 60%
- Drinking water within premises 10% 24%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 9% 12%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 90% 86%
- Use banking services 65% 51%
- Television 63% 60%
- Mobile phone 46% 45%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 10% 11%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 0%
- None of these assets 26% 25%
- Own their home 97% 96%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Thurimerla?

■ Thurimerla · ■ Dagadarthi rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 62.9% 63.4%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 998 983
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 928 927
- Working population 50.3% 51.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.7% for men and 58.0% for women. 62% of men and 39% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 322 (25%) · ■ Farm labourers 492 (38%) · ■ Household industry 4 (0%) · ■ Other work 130 (10%) · ■ Marginal 351 (27%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Dagadarthi
- Dagadarthi 5,524 people
- Pedaputhedu 4,275 people
- Chennuru 4,156 people
- Damavaram 2,817 people
- Manubolupadu 1,993 people
- Ulavapalle 1,901 people
- Bodagudipadu 1,812 people
- Kothapalle Kowrugunta 1,636 people

All 22 villages in Dagadarthi

## Quick answers
- What is the PIN code of Thurimerla? 524365
- How far is Thurimerla from Nellore? 28 km by road
- What is the population of Thurimerla? 2,581 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Thurimerla in? Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore district (Dagadarthi sub-district), Andhra Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Thurimerla? 62.9% (Census 2011)

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