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About Erragunta Village

Erragunta is a small village in Renigunta tehsil, in the district of Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 175, made up of 113 males and 62 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 549 females per 1000 males. The village covers 119 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 517520, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Erragunta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Erragunta village
Description Value
State Andhra Pradesh
District Chittoor
Tehsil Renigunta
Pincode 517520
Area (hectares) 119 hectares
Population 175
Male Population 113
Female Population 62
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 549
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Erragunta compares

By the 2011 count Erragunta is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,659 residents. Its 119 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 973.

Getting to Erragunta

The census records public bus service for Erragunta as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Erragunta from other places

Erragunta lies about 40 km from Chittoor, and the nearest railway station is Mungilipattu, about 17 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 Erragunta
Nearest railway station Mungilipattu 17 km
Nearest town Avilala 18 km
Tehsil headquarters Renigunta 27 km
District headquarters Chittoor 40 km

Villages closest to Erragunta

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Erragunta village had a population of 175. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,659 residents.

Erragunta village has 113 males and 62 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Erragunta has about 549 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 973.

The pincode recorded for Erragunta is 517520. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Erragunta covers 119 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.

Erragunta falls under Renigunta tehsil of Chittoor district in Andhra Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Erragunta is Mungilipattu, about 17 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Erragunta.

Erragunta is about 40 km from Chittoor in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Erragunta is in Renigunta tehsil of Chittoor district. Mungilipattu is about 17 km away. Avilala is about 18 km away. Renigunta is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Erramareddipalem (4.5 km), Balupalle (8.2 km) and Molagamudi (20 km).

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

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