About Penakacherla Village

Penakacherla is a large village in Garladinne tehsil, in the district of Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,792, made up of 2,567 males and 2,225 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 867 females per 1000 males. The village covers 3284 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 515731, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Penakacherla Overview

Census 2011 figures for Penakacherla village
Description	Value
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Anantapur
Tehsil	Garladinne
Pincode	515731
Area (hectares)	3284 hectares
Population	4,792
Male Population	2,567
Female Population	2,225
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	867
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Penakacherla compares

By the 2011 count Penakacherla is the 4th largest of the 18 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 2,988 residents. Its 3284 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 959.

Getting to Penakacherla

Penakacherla is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Penakacherla as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Penakacherla from other places

Penakacherla lies about 72 km from Anantapur, and the nearest railway station is Malkapuram, about 15 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Penakacherla
Tehsil headquarters	Garladinne	9.0 km
Nearest railway station	Malkapuram	15 km
Nearest town	Dhone	19 km
District headquarters	Anantapur	72 km

Villages closest to Penakacherla

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Garladinne tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Penakacherla

As per the Census of India 2011, Penakacherla village had a population of 4,792. That makes it the 4th largest of the 18 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,988 residents.

Penakacherla village has 2,567 males and 2,225 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Penakacherla has about 867 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 959.

The pincode recorded for Penakacherla is 515731. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Penakacherla covers 3284 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Penakacherla falls under Garladinne tehsil of Anantapur district in Andhra Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Penakacherla is Malkapuram, about 15 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Penakacherla.

Penakacherla is about 72 km from Anantapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Penakacherla is in Garladinne tehsil of Anantapur district. Garladinne is about 9.0 km away. Malkapuram is about 15 km away. Dhone is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.