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About Papayya Santha Palem Village

Papayya Santha Palem is a mid sized village in Anakapalle tehsil, in the district of Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 960, made up of 467 males and 493 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,056 females per 1000 males. The village covers 488 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 531021, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Papayya Santha Palem Overview

Census 2011 figures for Papayya Santha Palem village
Description Value
State Andhra Pradesh
District Visakhapatnam
Tehsil Anakapalle
Pincode 531021
Area (hectares) 488 hectares
Population 960
Male Population 467
Female Population 493
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,056
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Papayya Santha Palem compares

By the 2011 count Papayya Santha Palem is the 26th largest of the 31 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 3,078 residents. Its 488 hectares work out to about 2.0 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 1017.

Getting to Papayya Santha Palem

Papayya Santha Palem is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Papayya Santha Palem as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Papayya Santha Palem from other places

Papayya Santha Palem lies about 28 km from Visakhapatnam, and the nearest railway station is Thadi, about 8.4 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 Papayya Santha Palem
Nearest railway station Thadi 8.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Anakapalle 12 km
District headquarters Visakhapatnam 28 km

Villages closest to Papayya Santha Palem

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Anakapalle 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 Papayya Santha Palem

As per the Census of India 2011, Papayya Santha Palem village had a population of 960. That makes it the 26th largest of the 31 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,078 residents.

Papayya Santha Palem village has 467 males and 493 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Papayya Santha Palem has about 1056 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1017.

The pincode recorded for Papayya Santha Palem is 531021. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Papayya Santha Palem covers 488 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Papayya Santha Palem falls under Anakapalle tehsil of Visakhapatnam district in Andhra Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Papayya Santha Palem is Thadi, about 8.4 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Papayya Santha Palem.

Papayya Santha Palem is about 28 km from Visakhapatnam in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Papayya Santha Palem is in Anakapalle tehsil of Visakhapatnam district. Thadi is about 8.4 km away. Anakapalle is about 12 km away. Visakhapatnam is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Valluru (7.6 km), Rajupalem (7.8 km) and Maredupudi (9.7 km).

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

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