# Gangupenta Village, Amrabad, Mahbubnagar (Telangana)

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Village · Amrabad, Mahbubnagar 

# Gangupenta

Gangupenta is a village in Amrabad sub-district of Mahbubnagar district, Telangana. The 2011 Census counted **698 people in 159 households**, the 12th largest of 14 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 44.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 54.8%.

- 698people (2011)
- 159households
- 44.6%literacy
- 861females per 1,000 males

## Gangupenta PIN code and other codes

Gangupenta falls in Amrabad sub-district, Mahbubnagar district, Telangana.

- Gram panchayatIppalapalle
- Community development blockAmrabad
- Census village code575627

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

## How far is Gangupenta from nearby towns?

- Amrabad (sub-district HQ)50 km by road
- Mahbubnagar (district HQ)160 km by road
- Wanaparthy (nearest town)93 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 Gangupenta?

4 services counted by the Census are inside Gangupenta; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary school10+ km · Amrabad
- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Amrabad
- ○Degree college10+ km · Amrabad
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Nagarkurnool
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)10 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 Gangupenta known for?

The main crops are **jowar, paddy and bajra**. About 3% of the 6,853 hectares of village land is sown.

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

## Homes and amenities in Gangupenta

Of every 100 households in Gangupenta in 2011, 81 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gangupenta · ■ Amrabad rural average

Electricity for lighting ****81%**

**82%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**84%

Tap water ****0%**

**41%

Drinking water within premises ****29%**

**24%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**95%

Use banking services ****7%**

**44%

Television ****22%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****56%**

**52%

Own their home ****100%**

**96%

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 Gangupenta?

■ Gangupenta · ■ Amrabad rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****44.6%**

**54.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****861**

**1017

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****588**

**896

Working population ****53.7%**

**54.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 55.7% for men and 32.5% for women. 50% of men and 58% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 99 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 156 (42%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 30 (8%) · **■** Marginal 85 (23%)

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 Amrabad

- Ippalapalle1,776 people
- Udimilla1,706 people
- Maredugu1,300 people
- Macharam1,072 people
- Uppununthala678 people
- Maddimadugu579 people

[All 15 villages in Amrabad](https://wherepedia.org/india/telangana/mahbubnagar/amrabad/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Gangupenta from Mahbubnagar?160 km by road
- What is the population of Gangupenta?698 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gangupenta in?Mahbubnagar district (Amrabad sub-district), Telangana
- What is the literacy rate of Gangupenta?44.6% (Census 2011)