About Pedagaruvu Village

Pedagaruvu is a small village in Araku Valley tehsil, in the district of Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 28, made up of 15 males and 13 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 867 females per 1000 males. The village covers 71 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 531049, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pedagaruvu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pedagaruvu village
Description	Value
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Visakhapatnam
Tehsil	Araku Valley
Pincode	531049
Area (hectares)	71 hectares
Population	28
Male Population	15
Female Population	13
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	867
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 Pedagaruvu compares

By the 2011 count Pedagaruvu is the 143rd largest of the 151 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 309 residents. Its 71 hectares work out to about 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1096.

Getting to Pedagaruvu

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

Pedagaruvu lies about 77 km from Visakhapatnam, and the nearest railway station is Borra Guhalu, about 12 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 Pedagaruvu
Nearest railway station	Borra Guhalu	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Araku Valley	20 km
Nearest town	Sālūr	22 km
District headquarters	Visakhapatnam	77 km

Villages closest to Pedagaruvu

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 Pedagaruvu

As per the Census of India 2011, Pedagaruvu village had a population of 28. That makes it the 143rd largest of the 151 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 309 residents.

Pedagaruvu village has 15 males and 13 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pedagaruvu has about 867 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1096.

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

Pedagaruvu covers 71 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.

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

The nearest railway station to Pedagaruvu is Borra Guhalu, about 12 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 Pedagaruvu.

Pedagaruvu is about 77 km from Visakhapatnam in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pedagaruvu is in Araku Valley tehsil of Visakhapatnam district. Borra Guhalu is about 12 km away. Araku Valley is about 20 km away. Sālūr is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.