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About Yekollu Village

Yekollu is a large village in Doravarisatram tehsil, in the district of Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore, Andhra Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,548, made up of 1,956 males and 1,592 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 814 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2096 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 524123, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Yekollu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Yekollu village
Description Value
State Andhra Pradesh
District Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore
Tehsil Doravarisatram
Pincode 524123
Area (hectares) 2096 hectares
Population 3,548
Male Population 1,956
Female Population 1,592
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 814
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Yekollu compares

By the 2011 count Yekollu is the largest village in the tehsil by population, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 877 residents. Its 2096 hectares work out to about 1.7 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 1012.

Getting to Yekollu

The census records public bus service for Yekollu 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Yekollu from other places

Yekollu lies about 84 km from Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore, and the nearest railway station is Doravarichatram, 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 Yekollu
Tehsil headquarters Doravarisatram under 2 km
Nearest railway station Doravarichatram under 2 km
Nearest town Vinnamāla 11 km
District headquarters Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore 84 km

Villages closest to Yekollu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Yekollu village had a population of 3,548. That makes it the largest village in the tehsil by population, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 877 residents.

Yekollu village has 1,956 males and 1,592 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Yekollu has about 814 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1012.

The pincode recorded for Yekollu is 524123. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Yekollu covers 2096 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.

Yekollu falls under Doravarisatram tehsil of Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore district in Andhra Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Yekollu is Doravarichatram, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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

Yekollu is about 84 km from Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Yekollu is in Doravarisatram tehsil of Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore district. Doravarisatram is about under 2 km away. Doravarichatram is about under 2 km away. Vinnamāla is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Surapu Agraharam (2.5 km), Nelapattu (3.0 km) and Akkarapaka (3.4 km).

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

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