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About Turakapalle Village

Turakapalle is a mid sized village in Gooty tehsil, in the district of Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,371, made up of 662 males and 709 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,071 females per 1000 males. The village covers 536 hectares hectares.

Turakapalle Overview

Census 2011 figures for Turakapalle village
Description Value
State Andhra Pradesh
District Anantapur
Tehsil Gooty
Area (hectares) 536 hectares
Population 1,371
Male Population 662
Female Population 709
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,071
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Turakapalle compares

By the 2011 count Turakapalle is the 12th largest of the 22 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,829 residents. Its 536 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1008.

Getting to Turakapalle

Turakapalle is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Turakapalle as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Turakapalle from other places

Turakapalle lies about 46 km from Anantapur, and the nearest railway station is Turkapalli, about under 2 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 Turakapalle
Nearest railway station Turkapalli under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Gooty 2.9 km
District headquarters Anantapur 46 km

Villages closest to Turakapalle

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

Common questions about Turakapalle

As per the Census of India 2011, Turakapalle village had a population of 1,371. That makes it the 12th largest of the 22 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,829 residents.

Turakapalle village has 662 males and 709 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Turakapalle has about 1071 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1008.

Turakapalle covers 536 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Turakapalle falls under Gooty tehsil of Anantapur district in Andhra Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Turakapalle is Turkapalli, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Turakapalle.

Turakapalle is about 46 km from Anantapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Turakapalle is in Gooty tehsil of Anantapur district. Turkapalli is about under 2 km away. Gooty is about 2.9 km away. Anantapur is about 46 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gooty (2.9 km), Kothapeta (4.0 km) and Kojjepalle (5.0 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Turakapalle today is likely to be higher.

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