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About Garapadu Village

Garapadu is a large village in Pedakurapadu tehsil, in the district of Guntur, Andhra Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,549, made up of 1,257 males and 1,292 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,028 females per 1000 males. The village covers 960 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 522436, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Garapadu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garapadu village
Description Value
State Andhra Pradesh
District Guntur
Tehsil Pedakurapadu
Pincode 522436
Area (hectares) 960 hectares
Population 2,549
Male Population 1,257
Female Population 1,292
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,028
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Garapadu compares

By the 2011 count Garapadu is the 7th largest of the 14 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 3,574 residents. Its 960 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1001.

Getting to Garapadu

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

Garapadu lies about 35 km from Guntur. 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 Garapadu
Tehsil headquarters Pedakurapadu 6.4 km
Nearest town Sattenapalle 14 km
District headquarters Guntur 35 km

Villages closest to Garapadu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Garapadu village had a population of 2,549. That makes it the 7th largest of the 14 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,574 residents.

Garapadu village has 1,257 males and 1,292 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garapadu has about 1028 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1001.

The pincode recorded for Garapadu is 522436. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Garapadu covers 960 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Garapadu falls under Pedakurapadu tehsil of Guntur district in Andhra Pradesh.

The census record for Garapadu notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Garapadu.

Garapadu is about 35 km from Guntur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Garapadu is in Pedakurapadu tehsil of Guntur district. Pedakurapadu is about 6.4 km away. Sattenapalle is about 14 km away. Guntur is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Hussainnagaram (2.7 km), Lagadapadu (3.3 km) and Ramapuram (4.6 km).

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

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