# Pekeru Village, Anandapuram, Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh)

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Village · Anandapuram, Visakhapatnam 

# Pekeru

Pekeru is a village in Anandapuram sub-district of Visakhapatnam district, Andhra Pradesh, PIN code **531219**. The 2011 Census counted **988 people in 277 households**, the 20th largest of 32 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 32.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 54.7%.

- 988people (2011)
- 277households
- 32.9%literacy
- 531219PIN code

## Pekeru PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Pekeru is 531219.** Pekeru falls in Anandapuram sub-district, Visakhapatnam district, Andhra Pradesh.

- PIN code531219
- Gram panchayatPekeru
- Community development blockAnandapuram
- Census village code586075

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

## How far is Pekeru from nearby towns?

- Anandapuram (sub-district HQ)19 km by road
- Visakhapatnam (district HQ)45 km by road
- Vizianagaram (nearest town)20 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 Pekeru?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Pekeru; 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
- ●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 · Padmanabham
- ○Degree college10+ km · Bheemunipatnam
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Pendurthi
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)7 h summer · 7 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 Pekeru known for?

About 80% of the 550 hectares of village land is sown, and 23 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 Pekeru

Of every 100 households in Pekeru in 2011, 90 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 11 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Pekeru · ■ Anandapuram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****90%**

**92%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**78%

Tap water ****0%**

**44%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**12%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**21%

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

**77%

Use banking services ****29%**

**34%

Television ****27%**

**53%

Mobile phone ****11%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**12%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****61%**

**28%

Own their home ****88%**

**86%

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 Pekeru?

■ Pekeru · ■ Anandapuram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****32.9%**

**54.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1033**

**978

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****829**

**937

Working population ****59.6%**

**48.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 39.3% for men and 26.9% for women. 63% of men and 57% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 32 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 53 (9%) · **■** Other work 25 (4%) · **■** Marginal 479 (81%)

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 Anandapuram

- Chandaka1,190 people
- Pandalapaka1,115 people
- Sirlapalem1,053 people
- Bheemannadorapalem1,047 people
- Ramavaram986 people
- Dabbanda982 people
- Kanamam890 people
- Mukundapuram811 people

[All 32 villages in Anandapuram](https://wherepedia.org/india/andhra-pradesh/visakhapatnam/anandapuram/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Pekeru?531219
- How far is Pekeru from Visakhapatnam?45 km by road
- What is the population of Pekeru?988 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pekeru in?Visakhapatnam district (Anandapuram sub-district), Andhra Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Pekeru?32.9% (Census 2011)