# Sasanam Village, Palasa, Srikakulam (Andhra Pradesh) > Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/andhra-pradesh/srikakulam/palasa/sasanam/ Village · Palasa, Srikakulam # Sasanam Sasanam is a village in Palasa sub-district of Srikakulam district, Andhra Pradesh, PIN code **532221**. The 2011 Census counted **1,225 people in 317 households**, the 10th largest of 51 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 62.5%. - 1,225people (2011) - 317households - 65.8%literacy - 532221PIN code ## Sasanam PIN code and other codes **The PIN code of Sasanam is 532221.** Sasanam falls in Palasa sub-district, Srikakulam district, Andhra Pradesh. - PIN code532221 - Gram panchayatLoddabhadra - Community development blockPalasa - Census village code580261 Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## How far is Sasanam from nearby towns? - Palasa (sub-district HQ)1 km by road - Srikakulam (district HQ)90 km by road - Palasa Kasibugga (nearest town)1 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 Sasanam? 9 services counted by the Census are inside Sasanam; the rest show the distance to the nearest one. ### In the village - ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt - ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt - ●Mobile health clinicIn village · 1 - ●Mobile phone coverageIn village - ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village - ●All-weather roadIn village - ●Anganwadi centreIn village - ●ASHA health workerIn village - ●Polling stationIn village ### Nearest outside - ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Palasa - ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Palasa - ○ITI / vocational schoolunder 5 km · Palasa - ○Primary health centreunder 5 km - ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km - ○Dispensaryunder 5 km - ○Post officeunder 5 km - ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km - ○Railway stationunder 5 km - ○ATMunder 5 km - ○Commercial bankunder 5 km - ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km - ○Mandi / regular market10+ km - ○Public libraryunder 5 km ### Water and power - Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes - 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 Sasanam known for? The main crops are **paddy and jowar**. About 62% of the 76 hectares of village land is sown, and 47 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 Sasanam Of every 100 households in Sasanam in 2011, 97 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 41 cooked with LPG; 63 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 1 a car. ■ Sasanam · ■ Palasa rural average Electricity for lighting ****97%** **89% Toilet within the home ****8%** **14% No toilet (open defecation) ****80%** **85% Tap water ****0%** **21% Drinking water within premises ****9%** **21% Cooking with LPG / PNG ****41%** **16% Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****58%** **84% Use banking services ****43%** **45% Television ****60%** **42% Mobile phone ****63%** **45% Computer with internet ****0%** **0% Two-wheeler ****9%** **7% Car / jeep / van ****1%** **1% None of these assets ****10%** **31% Own their home ****86%** **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 Sasanam? ■ Sasanam · ■ Palasa rural average Literacy (age 7+) ****65.8%** **62.5% Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1025** **1024 Child sex ratio (0–6) ****754** **1005 Working population ****62.0%** **50.9% ### Women and men Literacy is 79.8% for men and 52.5% for women. 68% of men and 56% of women work. ### Who works, and at what ********** **■** Cultivators 19 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 58 (8%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 181 (24%) · **■** Marginal 499 (66%) 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 - Tarlakota1,642 people - Pandasasanam1,481 people - Pedanchala1,363 people - Lothuru1,326 people - Sunnada1,117 people - Laxmipuram1,012 people - Loddabhadra997 people - Kedaripuram946 people [All 54 villages in Palasa](https://wherepedia.org/india/andhra-pradesh/srikakulam/palasa/villages/) ## Quick answers - What is the PIN code of Sasanam?532221 - How far is Sasanam from Srikakulam?90 km by road - What is the population of Sasanam?1,225 (Census 2011) - Which district is Sasanam in?Srikakulam district (Palasa sub-district), Andhra Pradesh - What is the literacy rate of Sasanam?65.8% (Census 2011)