# Padmapuram Village, Araku Valley – PIN Code & Facilities

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Village · Araku Valley, Visakhapatnam 

# Padmapuram

Padmapuram is a village in Araku Valley sub-district of Visakhapatnam district, Andhra Pradesh, PIN code **531149**. The 2011 Census counted **2,022 people in 472 households**, the 2nd largest of 163 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 49.4%.

- 2,022people (2011)
- 472households
- 59.7%literacy
- 531149PIN code

## Padmapuram PIN code and other codes

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

- PIN code531149
- Gram panchayatPadma Puram
- Community development blockAraku Valley
- Census village code584024

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

## How far is Padmapuram from nearby towns?

- Araku Valley (sub-district HQ)2 km by road
- Visakhapatnam (district HQ)115 km by road
- Visakhapatnam (nearest town)115 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 Padmapuram?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Padmapuram; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt · 1 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Secondary 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

### 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
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- 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 Padmapuram known for?

About 53% of the 748 hectares of village land is sown, and 24 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 Padmapuram

Of every 100 households in Padmapuram in 2011, 67 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 13 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Padmapuram · ■ Araku Valley rural average

Electricity for lighting ****67%**

**65%

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

**7%

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

**89%

Tap water ****7%**

**18%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****13%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****87%**

**93%

Use banking services ****28%**

**42%

Television ****22%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**19%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****62%**

**64%

Own their home ****91%**

**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 Padmapuram?

■ Padmapuram · ■ Araku Valley rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.7%**

**49.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****956**

**1120

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1239**

**1053

Working population ****46.8%**

**54.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.2% for men and 41.7% for women. 45% of men and 48% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 493 (52%) · **■** Farm labourers 17 (2%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 393 (42%) · **■** Marginal 38 (4%)

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

- Yandapallivalasa3,850 people
- Chinalabudu1,600 people
- Mala Singaram1,462 people
- Kothaballuguda1,321 people
- Gannela1,239 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 Padmapuram?531149
- How far is Padmapuram from Visakhapatnam?115 km by road
- What is the population of Padmapuram?2,022 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Padmapuram in?Visakhapatnam district (Araku Valley sub-district), Andhra Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Padmapuram?59.7% (Census 2011)
