About Yerragunta Village

Yerragunta is a mid sized village in Raptadu tehsil, in the district of Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,113, made up of 556 males and 557 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,002 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2200 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 515522, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Yerragunta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Yerragunta village
Description	Value
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Anantapur
Tehsil	Raptadu
Pincode	515522
Area (hectares)	2200 hectares
Population	1,113
Male Population	556
Female Population	557
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,002
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Yerragunta compares

By the 2011 count Yerragunta is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,900 residents. Its 2200 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Yerragunta

Yerragunta is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Yerragunta 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 Yerragunta from other places

Yerragunta lies about 18 km from Anantapur, and the nearest railway station is Zangalapalli, about 12 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 Yerragunta
Tehsil headquarters	Raptadu	11 km
Nearest railway station	Zangalapalli	12 km
Nearest town	Kakkalapalle	13 km
District headquarters	Anantapur	18 km

Villages closest to Yerragunta

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Yerragunta village had a population of 1,113. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,900 residents.

Yerragunta village has 556 males and 557 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Yerragunta has about 1002 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 947.

The pincode recorded for Yerragunta is 515522. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Yerragunta covers 2200 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Yerragunta falls under Raptadu tehsil of Anantapur district in Andhra Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Yerragunta is Zangalapalli, about 12 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 Yerragunta.

Yerragunta is about 18 km from Anantapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Yerragunta is in Raptadu tehsil of Anantapur district. Raptadu is about 11 km away. Zangalapalli is about 12 km away. Kakkalapalle is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.