Village · Peda Bayalu, Visakhapatnam
# Vellapalem

Vellapalem is a village in Peda Bayalu sub-district of Visakhapatnam district, Andhra Pradesh, PIN code 531040. The 2011 Census counted 244 people in 82 households, the 52nd largest of 268 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 39.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 39.0%.
- 244 people (2011)
- 82 households
- 39.8% literacy
- 531040 PIN code

## Vellapalem PIN code and other codes

The PIN code of Vellapalem is 531040. Vellapalem falls in Peda Bayalu sub-district, Visakhapatnam district, Andhra Pradesh.
- PIN code 531040
- Gram panchayat Seekari
- Community development block Peda Bayalu
- Census village code 583692

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## How far is Vellapalem from nearby towns?
- Peda Bayalu (sub-district HQ) 6 km by road
- Visakhapatnam (district HQ) 200 km by road
- Anakapalle (nearest town) 133 km by road

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## What facilities are there in Vellapalem?

5 services counted by the Census are inside Vellapalem; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village
- ● Primary school In village · 1 govt
- ● Mobile health clinic In village · 1
- ● All-weather road In village
- ● Anganwadi centre In village
- ● ASHA health worker In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Senior secondary school 10+ km · Peda Bayalu
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Paderu
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Araku Valley
- ○ Primary health centre 5–10 km
- ○ Allopathic hospital 10+ km
- ○ Dispensary 10+ km
- ○ Post office 5–10 km
- ○ Public bus service under 5 km
- ○ Railway station 10+ km
- ○ ATM 10+ km
- ○ Commercial bank 5–10 km
- ○ Ration (PDS) shop under 5 km
- ○ Mandi / regular market 10+ km
- ○ Public library 5–10 km

### Water and power
- Drinking water covered wells, hand pumps and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011) 12 h summer · 12 h winter

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## Homes and amenities in Vellapalem

Of every 100 households in Vellapalem in 2011, 62 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 5 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Vellapalem · ■ Peda Bayalu rural average
- Electricity for lighting 62% 68%
- Toilet within the home 0% 3%
- No toilet (open defecation) 100% 93%
- Tap water 0% 9%
- Drinking water within premises 0% 1%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 1% 4%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 99% 94%
- Use banking services 9% 18%
- Television 10% 12%
- Mobile phone 5% 9%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 3% 2%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 0%
- None of these assets 84% 72%
- Own their home 91% 96%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Vellapalem?

■ Vellapalem · ■ Peda Bayalu rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 39.8% 39.0%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 1140 1032
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1000 1022
- Working population 56.6% 60.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 55.0% for men and 26.7% for women. 64% of men and 50% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 100 (72%) · ■ Farm labourers 5 (4%) · ■ Other work 6 (4%) · ■ Marginal 27 (20%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Peda Bayalu
- Puruguduputtu @ Vanuguputtu 248 people
- Karjuraguda 247 people
- Kappada 245 people
- Sarigaguda 244 people
- Kenduguda 243 people
- Nanubaru 241 people
- Gallelu 239 people
- Kallabu 238 people

All 271 villages in Peda Bayalu

## Quick answers
- What is the PIN code of Vellapalem? 531040
- How far is Vellapalem from Visakhapatnam? 200 km by road
- What is the population of Vellapalem? 244 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Vellapalem in? Visakhapatnam district (Peda Bayalu sub-district), Andhra Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Vellapalem? 39.8% (Census 2011)

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