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About Challagirigala Village

Challagirigala is a small village in Kondapuram tehsil, in the district of Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore, Andhra Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 399, made up of 197 males and 202 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,025 females per 1000 males. The village covers 965 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 524239, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Challagirigala Overview

Census 2011 figures for Challagirigala village
Description Value
State Andhra Pradesh
District Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore
Tehsil Kondapuram
Pincode 524239
Area (hectares) 965 hectares
Population 399
Male Population 197
Female Population 202
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,025
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Challagirigala compares

By the 2011 count Challagirigala is the 44th largest of the 56 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,448 residents. Its 965 hectares work out to about 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 991.

Getting to Challagirigala

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

Challagirigala lies about 58 km from Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore, and the nearest railway station is Kavali, about 49 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 Challagirigala
Tehsil headquarters Kondapuram 16 km
Nearest town Pāmūru 19 km
Nearest railway station Kavali 49 km
District headquarters Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore 58 km

Villages closest to Challagirigala

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Challagirigala village had a population of 399. That makes it the 44th largest of the 56 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,448 residents.

Challagirigala village has 197 males and 202 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Challagirigala has about 1025 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 991.

The pincode recorded for Challagirigala is 524239. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Challagirigala covers 965 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Challagirigala falls under Kondapuram tehsil of Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore district in Andhra Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Challagirigala is Kavali, about 49 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 10+ km distance for Challagirigala.

Challagirigala is about 58 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.

Challagirigala is in Kondapuram tehsil of Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore district. Kondapuram is about 16 km away. Pāmūru is about 19 km away. Kavali is about 49 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Yerrabotlapalle (2.7 km), Garimenapenta (2.8 km) and Gangapuram (4.6 km).

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

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