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About Penumalla Village

Penumalla is a large village in Kajuluru tehsil, in the district of East Godavari, Andhra Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,517, made up of 1,248 males and 1,269 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,017 females per 1000 males. The village covers 579 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 533262, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Penumalla Overview

Census 2011 figures for Penumalla village
Description Value
State Andhra Pradesh
District East Godavari
Tehsil Kajuluru
Pincode 533262
Area (hectares) 579 hectares
Population 2,517
Male Population 1,248
Female Population 1,269
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,017
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Penumalla compares

By the 2011 count Penumalla is the 11th largest of the 20 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 3,545 residents. Its 579 hectares work out to about 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 977.

Getting to Penumalla

Penumalla is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Penumalla 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Penumalla from other places

Penumalla lies about 21 km from East Godavari, and the nearest railway station is Velangi, about 7.3 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 Penumalla
Tehsil headquarters Kajuluru 5.7 km
Nearest railway station Velangi 7.3 km
Nearest town Rāmachandrapuram 10 km
District headquarters East Godavari 21 km

Villages closest to Penumalla

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Penumalla village had a population of 2,517. That makes it the 11th largest of the 20 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,545 residents.

Penumalla village has 1,248 males and 1,269 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Penumalla has about 1017 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 977.

The pincode recorded for Penumalla is 533262. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Penumalla covers 579 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Penumalla falls under Kajuluru tehsil of East Godavari district in Andhra Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Penumalla is Velangi, about 7.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Penumalla.

Penumalla is about 21 km from East Godavari in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Penumalla is in Kajuluru tehsil of East Godavari district. Kajuluru is about 5.7 km away. Velangi is about 7.3 km away. Rāmachandrapuram is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Tanumalla (under 2 km), Jagannathagiri (1.9 km) and Andrangi (1.9 km).

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

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