# Balakistapur Village, Atmakur, Mahbubnagar (Telangana)

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Village · Atmakur, Mahbubnagar 

# Balakistapur

Balakistapur is a village in Atmakur sub-district of Mahbubnagar district, Telangana. The 2011 Census counted **1,296 people in 251 households**, the 17th largest of 24 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 40.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 45.2%.

- 1,296people (2011)
- 251households
- 40.2%literacy
- 923females per 1,000 males

## Balakistapur PIN code and other codes

Balakistapur falls in Atmakur sub-district, Mahbubnagar district, Telangana.

- Gram panchayatGopanpeta
- Community development blockAtmakur
- Census village code575977

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

## How far is Balakistapur from nearby towns?

- Atmakur (sub-district HQ)4 km by road
- Mahbubnagar (district HQ)69 km by road
- Wanaparthy (nearest town)30 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 Balakistapur?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Atmakur
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Atmakur
- ○ITI / vocational schoolunder 5 km · Atmakur
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated 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 Balakistapur known for?

The main crops are **paddy and jowar**. About 33% of the 393 hectares of village land is sown, and 32 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 Balakistapur

Of every 100 households in Balakistapur in 2011, 97 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 70 had a mobile phone, 30 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Balakistapur · ■ Atmakur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****97%**

**92%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**13%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**83%

Tap water ****47%**

**86%

Drinking water within premises ****13%**

**24%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**91%

Use banking services ****58%**

**52%

Television ****62%**

**46%

Mobile phone ****70%**

**60%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****30%**

**12%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****18%**

**22%

Own their home ****93%**

**92%

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 Balakistapur?

■ Balakistapur · ■ Atmakur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****40.2%**

**45.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****923**

**995

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****774**

**922

Working population ****54.0%**

**55.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 51.0% for men and 28.9% for women. 53% of men and 55% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 133 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 358 (51%) · **■** Household industry 28 (4%) · **■** Other work 135 (19%) · **■** Marginal 46 (7%)

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 Atmakur

- Khanapur1,597 people
- Kathepalle1,415 people
- Devarapalle1,362 people
- Pamireddipalle1,313 people
- Guntipalle1,223 people
- Medepalle1,183 people
- Somsagar1,145 people
- Singampeta1,109 people

[All 25 villages in Atmakur](https://wherepedia.org/india/telangana/mahbubnagar/atmakur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Balakistapur from Mahbubnagar?69 km by road
- What is the population of Balakistapur?1,296 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balakistapur in?Mahbubnagar district (Atmakur sub-district), Telangana
- What is the literacy rate of Balakistapur?40.2% (Census 2011)