# Baruvapeta Village, Sompeta, Srikakulam (Andhra Pradesh)

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Village · Sompeta, Srikakulam 

# Baruvapeta

Baruvapeta is a village in Sompeta sub-district of Srikakulam district, Andhra Pradesh, PIN code **532264**. The 2011 Census counted **4,939 people in 1,290 households**, the 2nd largest of 34 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.7%.

- 4,939people (2011)
- 1,290households
- 68.5%literacy
- 532264PIN code

## Baruvapeta PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Baruvapeta is 532264.** Baruvapeta falls in Sompeta sub-district, Srikakulam district, Andhra Pradesh.

- PIN code532264
- Gram panchayatBaruva
- Community development blockSompeta
- Census village code580502

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

## How far is Baruvapeta from nearby towns?

- Sompeta (sub-district HQ)9 km by road
- Srikakulam (district HQ)130 km by road
- Ichchapuram (nearest town)14 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 Baruvapeta?

25 services counted by the Census are inside Baruvapeta; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 2 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 4 govt · 1 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Senior secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Degree collegeIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Veterinary hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●ATMIn village
- ●Commercial bankIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Palasa
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Railway station5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, hand pumps 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 Baruvapeta known for?

The main crops are **paddy, green gram and black gram**. Products made here include coconut ropes. About 52% of the 1,398 hectares of village land is sown, and 422 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 Baruvapeta

Of every 100 households in Baruvapeta in 2011, 88 had electricity, 36 a toilet at home and 35 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Baruvapeta · ■ Sompeta rural average

Electricity for lighting ****88%**

**84%

Toilet within the home ****36%**

**22%

No toilet (open defecation) ****64%**

**78%

Tap water ****12%**

**23%

Drinking water within premises ****20%**

**9%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****35%**

**17%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****64%**

**82%

Use banking services ****62%**

**48%

Television ****52%**

**37%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****28%**

**35%

Own their home ****80%**

**88%

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 Baruvapeta?

■ Baruvapeta · ■ Sompeta rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.5%**

**63.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1128**

**1060

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****926**

**946

Working population ****40.5%**

**44.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.7% for men and 58.7% for women. 52% of men and 30% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 85 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 175 (9%) · **■** Household industry 29 (1%) · **■** Other work 777 (39%) · **■** Marginal 932 (47%)

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 Sompeta

- Baruva5,795 people
- Korlam3,531 people
- Rushikudda3,530 people
- Mamidipalle3,137 people
- Uppalam2,954 people

[All 34 villages in Sompeta](https://wherepedia.org/india/andhra-pradesh/srikakulam/sompeta/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Baruvapeta?532264
- How far is Baruvapeta from Srikakulam?130 km by road
- What is the population of Baruvapeta?4,939 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Baruvapeta in?Srikakulam district (Sompeta sub-district), Andhra Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Baruvapeta?68.5% (Census 2011)
