# Chompi Village, Araku Valley, Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh)

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Village · Araku Valley, Visakhapatnam 

# Chompi

Chompi is a village in Araku Valley sub-district of Visakhapatnam district, Andhra Pradesh, PIN code **531149**. The 2011 Census counted **1,051 people in 233 households**, the 9th largest of 163 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 54.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 49.4%.

- 1,051people (2011)
- 233households
- 54.5%literacy
- 531149PIN code

## Chompi PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Chompi is 531149.** Chompi falls in Araku Valley sub-district, Visakhapatnam district, Andhra Pradesh.

- PIN code531149
- Gram panchayatChompi
- Community development blockAraku Valley
- Census village code584028

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

## How far is Chompi from nearby towns?

- Araku Valley (sub-district HQ)3 km by road
- Visakhapatnam (district HQ)112 km by road
- Visakhapatnam (nearest town)112 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 Chompi?

8 services counted by the Census are inside Chompi; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile health clinicIn village · 1
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Araku Valley
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Araku Valley
- ○ITI / vocational schoolunder 5 km · Araku Valley
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ 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 marketunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, covered wells and hand pumps
- Electricity (2011)12 h summer · 24 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 Chompi known for?

The main crops are **paddy and ragi**. About 33% of the 538 hectares of village land is sown, and 37 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 Chompi

Of every 100 households in Chompi in 2011, 86 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chompi · ■ Araku Valley rural average

Electricity for lighting ****86%**

**65%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**89%

Tap water ****0%**

**18%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**6%

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

**5%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****79%**

**42%

Television ****30%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**19%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****38%**

**64%

Own their home ****98%**

**94%

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 Chompi?

■ Chompi · ■ Araku Valley rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****54.5%**

**49.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1094**

**1120

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****810**

**1053

Working population ****57.1%**

**54.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.9% for men and 41.8% for women. 55% of men and 59% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 258 (43%) · **■** Farm labourers 9 (2%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 16 (3%) · **■** Marginal 313 (52%)

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 Araku Valley

- Kothaballuguda1,321 people
- Gannela1,239 people
- Madaguda1,213 people
- Baski1,083 people
- Sarabhaguda1,008 people
- Panirangini973 people
- Varra955 people
- Gugguda938 people

[All 169 villages in Araku Valley](https://wherepedia.org/india/andhra-pradesh/visakhapatnam/araku-valley/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Chompi?531149
- How far is Chompi from Visakhapatnam?112 km by road
- What is the population of Chompi?1,051 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chompi in?Visakhapatnam district (Araku Valley sub-district), Andhra Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Chompi?54.5% (Census 2011)
