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About Rega Village

Rega is a small village in Araku Valley tehsil, in the district of Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 269, made up of 142 males and 127 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 894 females per 1000 males. The village covers 78 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 531149, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rega Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rega village
Description Value
State Andhra Pradesh
District Visakhapatnam
Tehsil Araku Valley
Pincode 531149
Area (hectares) 78 hectares
Population 269
Male Population 142
Female Population 127
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 894
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Rega compares

By the 2011 count Rega is the 46th largest of the 151 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 309 residents. Its 78 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1096.

Getting to Rega

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

How far is Rega from other places

Rega lies about 71 km from Visakhapatnam, and the nearest railway station is Karakavalsa, about under 2 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 Rega
Nearest railway station Karakavalsa under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Araku Valley 12 km
Nearest town Sālūr 34 km
District headquarters Visakhapatnam 71 km

Villages closest to Rega

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 Rega

As per the Census of India 2011, Rega village had a population of 269. That makes it the 46th largest of the 151 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 309 residents.

Rega village has 142 males and 127 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rega has about 894 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 Rega is 531149. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Rega covers 78 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Rega is Karakavalsa, about under 2 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 10+ km distance for Rega.

Rega 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.

Rega is in Araku Valley tehsil of Visakhapatnam district. Karakavalsa is about under 2 km away. Araku Valley is about 12 km away. Sālūr is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Piribanda (under 2 km), Boyiguda (under 2 km) and Koliyaguda (under 2 km).

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

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