About Gatapadu Village

Gatapadu is a small village in Araku Valley tehsil, in the district of Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 137, made up of 67 males and 70 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,045 females per 1000 males. The village covers 137 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 531049, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gatapadu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gatapadu village
Description	Value
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Visakhapatnam
Tehsil	Araku Valley
Pincode	531049
Area (hectares)	137 hectares
Population	137
Male Population	67
Female Population	70
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,045
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 Gatapadu compares

By the 2011 count Gatapadu is the 86th largest of the 151 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 309 residents. Its 137 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1096.

Getting to Gatapadu

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

Gatapadu lies about 71 km from Visakhapatnam, and the nearest railway station is Borra Guhalu, about 4.7 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 Gatapadu
Nearest railway station	Borra Guhalu	4.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Araku Valley	17 km
Nearest town	Sālūr	29 km
District headquarters	Visakhapatnam	71 km

Villages closest to Gatapadu

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.

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Common questions about Gatapadu

As per the Census of India 2011, Gatapadu village had a population of 137. That makes it the 86th largest of the 151 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 309 residents.

Gatapadu village has 67 males and 70 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gatapadu has about 1045 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1096.

The pincode recorded for Gatapadu is 531049. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gatapadu covers 137 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Gatapadu is Borra Guhalu, about 4.7 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 Gatapadu.

Gatapadu is about 71 km from Visakhapatnam in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gatapadu is in Araku Valley tehsil of Visakhapatnam district. Borra Guhalu is about 4.7 km away. Araku Valley is about 17 km away. Sālūr is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.