# Pedapenki Village, Balijipeta, Vizianagaram (Andhra Pradesh)

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Village · Balijipeta, Vizianagaram 

# Pedapenki

Pedapenki is a village in Balijipeta sub-district of Vizianagaram district, Andhra Pradesh, PIN code **535557**. The 2011 Census counted **5,932 people in 1,612 households**, the 2nd largest of 31 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 47.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 50.8%.

- 5,932people (2011)
- 1,612households
- 47.3%literacy
- 535557PIN code

## Pedapenki PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Pedapenki is 535557.** Pedapenki falls in Balijipeta sub-district, Vizianagaram district, Andhra Pradesh.

- PIN code535557
- Gram panchayatPedapenki
- Community development blockBalijipeta
- Census village code582300

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

## How far is Pedapenki from nearby towns?

- Balijipeta (sub-district HQ)5 km by road
- Vizianagaram (district HQ)85 km by road
- Bobbili (nearest town)22 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 Pedapenki?

14 services counted by the Census are inside Pedapenki; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 4 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Veterinary hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Balijipeta
- ○Degree college10+ km · Bobbili
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Vengapuram
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)12 h summer · 15 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 Pedapenki known for?

The main crops are **paddy and leaf plate, beans**. Products made here include bamboo articles. About 69% of the 1,659 hectares of village land is sown, and 841 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 Pedapenki

Of every 100 households in Pedapenki in 2011, 94 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 11 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Pedapenki · ■ Balijipeta rural average

Electricity for lighting ****94%**

**92%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**8%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**90%

Tap water ****91%**

**59%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**5%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****11%**

**12%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****88%**

**87%

Use banking services ****20%**

**45%

Television ****37%**

**40%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****46%**

**41%

Own their home ****94%**

**93%

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 Pedapenki?

■ Pedapenki · ■ Balijipeta rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****47.3%**

**50.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1045**

**1023

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**921

Working population ****49.2%**

**55.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 59.2% for men and 35.9% for women. 61% of men and 38% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 902 (31%) · **■** Farm labourers 846 (29%) · **■** Household industry 64 (2%) · **■** Other work 648 (22%) · **■** Marginal 461 (16%)

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 Balijipeta

- Palagara6,926 people
- Galavilli4,787 people
- Narayanapuram4,490 people
- Gangada3,183 people
- Arasada3,019 people

[All 34 villages in Balijipeta](https://wherepedia.org/india/andhra-pradesh/vizianagaram/balijipeta/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Pedapenki?535557
- How far is Pedapenki from Vizianagaram?85 km by road
- What is the population of Pedapenki?5,932 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pedapenki in?Vizianagaram district (Balijipeta sub-district), Andhra Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Pedapenki?47.3% (Census 2011)
