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About Yerrakotapalle Village

Yerrakotapalle is a large village in Kalakada tehsil, in the district of Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,461, made up of 1,689 males and 1,772 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,049 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2056 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 517235, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Yerrakotapalle Overview

Census 2011 figures for Yerrakotapalle village
Description Value
State Andhra Pradesh
District Chittoor
Tehsil Kalakada
Pincode 517235
Area (hectares) 2056 hectares
Population 3,461
Male Population 1,689
Female Population 1,772
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,049
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Yerrakotapalle compares

By the 2011 count Yerrakotapalle is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 2,145 residents. Its 2056 hectares work out to about 1.7 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 984.

Getting to Yerrakotapalle

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

Yerrakotapalle lies about 75 km from Chittoor, and the nearest railway station is Kalikiri, about 18 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 Yerrakotapalle
Tehsil headquarters Kalakada 5.8 km
Nearest railway station Kalikiri 18 km
Nearest town Pīleru 26 km
District headquarters Chittoor 75 km

Villages closest to Yerrakotapalle

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Yerrakotapalle village had a population of 3,461. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,145 residents.

Yerrakotapalle village has 1,689 males and 1,772 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Yerrakotapalle has about 1049 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 984.

The pincode recorded for Yerrakotapalle is 517235. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Yerrakotapalle covers 2056 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Yerrakotapalle falls under Kalakada tehsil of Chittoor district in Andhra Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Yerrakotapalle is Kalikiri, about 18 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 Yerrakotapalle.

Yerrakotapalle is about 75 km from Chittoor in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Yerrakotapalle is in Kalakada tehsil of Chittoor district. Kalakada is about 5.8 km away. Kalikiri is about 18 km away. Pīleru is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ratiguntapalle (1.6 km), Gangapuram (1.8 km) and Devalapalle (3.0 km).

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

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