About Porlu Village

Porlu is a small village in Ananthagiri tehsil, in the district of Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 58, made up of 27 males and 31 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,148 females per 1000 males. The village covers 47 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 531145, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Porlu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Porlu village
Description	Value
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Visakhapatnam
Tehsil	Ananthagiri
Pincode	531145
Area (hectares)	47 hectares
Population	58
Male Population	27
Female Population	31
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,148
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Porlu compares

By the 2011 count Porlu is the 184th largest of the 253 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 178 residents. Its 47 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1093.

Getting to Porlu

Porlu is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Porlu as Available within 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 Porlu from other places

Porlu lies about 14 km from Visakhapatnam, and the nearest railway station is Simhachalam North, about 2.9 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 Porlu
Nearest town	Vepagunta	2.2 km
Nearest railway station	Simhachalam North	2.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ananthagiri	14 km
District headquarters	Visakhapatnam	14 km

Villages closest to Porlu

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

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Common questions about Porlu

As per the Census of India 2011, Porlu village had a population of 58. That makes it the 184th largest of the 253 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 178 residents.

Porlu village has 27 males and 31 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Porlu has about 1148 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1093.

The pincode recorded for Porlu is 531145. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Porlu covers 47 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Porlu falls under Ananthagiri tehsil of Visakhapatnam district in Andhra Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Porlu is Simhachalam North, about 2.9 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Porlu.

Porlu is about 14 km from Visakhapatnam in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Porlu is in Ananthagiri tehsil of Visakhapatnam district. Vepagunta is about 2.2 km away. Simhachalam North is about 2.9 km away. Ananthagiri is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.