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About Chompi Village

Chompi is a mid sized village in Araku Valley tehsil, in the district of Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,051, made up of 502 males and 549 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,094 females per 1000 males. The village covers 538 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 531149, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chompi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chompi village
Description Value
State Andhra Pradesh
District Visakhapatnam
Tehsil Araku Valley
Pincode 531149
Area (hectares) 538 hectares
Population 1,051
Male Population 502
Female Population 549
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,094
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Chompi compares

By the 2011 count Chompi is the 9th largest of the 151 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 309 residents. Its 538 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, much in line with the tehsil average of 1096.

Getting to Chompi

The census records public bus service for Chompi 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chompi from other places

Chompi lies about 80 km from Visakhapatnam, and the nearest railway station is Araku, about 2.1 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 Chompi
Tehsil headquarters Araku Valley 1.8 km
Nearest railway station Araku 2.1 km
Nearest town Sālūr 42 km
District headquarters Visakhapatnam 80 km

Villages closest to Chompi

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Araku Valley 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 Chompi

As per the Census of India 2011, Chompi village had a population of 1,051. That makes it the 9th largest of the 151 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 309 residents.

Chompi village has 502 males and 549 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chompi has about 1094 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1096.

The pincode recorded for Chompi is 531149. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chompi covers 538 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.

Chompi falls under Araku Valley tehsil of Visakhapatnam district in Andhra Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chompi is Araku, about 2.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

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

Chompi is about 80 km from Visakhapatnam in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chompi is in Araku Valley tehsil of Visakhapatnam district. Araku Valley is about 1.8 km away. Araku is about 2.1 km away. Sālūr is about 42 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kantabamsuguda (under 2 km), Pappuduvalasa (2.0 km) and Kappalagondi (2.5 km).

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

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