# Kistupuram Village, Palasa, Srikakulam (Andhra Pradesh)

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Village · Palasa, Srikakulam 

# Kistupuram

Kistupuram is a village in Palasa sub-district of Srikakulam district, Andhra Pradesh, PIN code **532222**. The 2011 Census counted **618 people in 152 households**, the 23rd largest of 51 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 62.5%.

- 618people (2011)
- 152households
- 75.5%literacy
- 532222PIN code

## Kistupuram PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Kistupuram is 532222.** Kistupuram falls in Palasa sub-district, Srikakulam district, Andhra Pradesh.

- PIN code532222
- Gram panchayatLaxmipuram
- Community development blockPalasa
- Census village code580296

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

## How far is Kistupuram from nearby towns?

- Palasa (sub-district HQ)8 km by road
- Srikakulam (district HQ)90 km by road
- Palasa Kasibugga (nearest town)8 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 Kistupuram?

11 services counted by the Census are inside Kistupuram; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile health clinicIn village · 1
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private 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 school5–10 km · Palasa
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Palasa
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Palasa
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)15 h summer · 18 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 Kistupuram known for?

The main crops are **paddy and jowar**. About 65% of the 51 hectares of village land is sown, and 33 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 Kistupuram

Of every 100 households in Kistupuram in 2011, 94 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 89 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kistupuram · ■ Palasa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****94%**

**89%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**85%

Tap water ****0%**

**21%

Drinking water within premises ****14%**

**21%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**16%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**84%

Use banking services ****22%**

**45%

Television ****80%**

**42%

Mobile phone ****89%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****10%**

**31%

Own their home ****99%**

**92%

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 Kistupuram?

■ Kistupuram · ■ Palasa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.5%**

**62.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1026**

**1024

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1061**

**1005

Working population ****51.1%**

**50.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.6% for men and 62.6% for women. 59% of men and 44% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 14 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 6 (2%) · **■** Other work 55 (17%) · **■** Marginal 241 (76%)

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 Palasa

- Rajagopalapuram676 people
- Ganguvada655 people
- Mamidimettu655 people
- Sunnadevi640 people
- Amalakudia603 people
- Peddanarayanapuram592 people
- Kantragada552 people
- Veerabhadrapuram546 people

[All 54 villages in Palasa](https://wherepedia.org/india/andhra-pradesh/srikakulam/palasa/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kistupuram?532222
- How far is Kistupuram from Srikakulam?90 km by road
- What is the population of Kistupuram?618 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kistupuram in?Srikakulam district (Palasa sub-district), Andhra Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Kistupuram?75.5% (Census 2011)
