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About Panakam Village

Panakam is a mid sized village in Tirupati Rural tehsil, in the district of Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,114, made up of 563 males and 551 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 979 females per 1000 males. The village covers 214 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 517503, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Panakam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Panakam village
Description Value
State Andhra Pradesh
District Chittoor
Tehsil Tirupati Rural
Pincode 517503
Area (hectares) 214 hectares
Population 1,114
Male Population 563
Female Population 551
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 979
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Panakam compares

By the 2011 count Panakam is the 17th largest of the 25 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,019 residents. Its 214 hectares work out to about 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1053.

Getting to Panakam

Panakam is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Panakam as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Panakam from other places

Panakam lies about 34 km from Chittoor, and the nearest railway station is Panapakam, 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 Panakam
Nearest railway station Panapakam under 2 km
Nearest town Pākāla 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Tirupati Rural 34 km
District headquarters Chittoor 34 km

Villages closest to Panakam

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Tirupati Rural 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 Panakam

As per the Census of India 2011, Panakam village had a population of 1,114. That makes it the 17th largest of the 25 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,019 residents.

Panakam village has 563 males and 551 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Panakam has about 979 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1053.

The pincode recorded for Panakam is 517503. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Panakam covers 214 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Panakam falls under Tirupati Rural tehsil of Chittoor district in Andhra Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Panakam is Panapakam, about under 2 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 5 - 10 km distance for Panakam.

Panakam is about 34 km from Chittoor in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Panakam is in Tirupati Rural tehsil of Chittoor district. Panapakam is about under 2 km away. Pākāla is about 12 km away. Tirupati Rural is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Thanapalle (10 km), Kupu Chandra Peta (21 km) and Kothur (23 km).

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

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