About Rapa Village

Rapa is a small village in Hukumpeta tehsil, in the district of Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 397, made up of 190 males and 207 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,089 females per 1000 males. The village covers 215 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 531077, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rapa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rapa village
Description	Value
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Visakhapatnam
Tehsil	Hukumpeta
Pincode	531077
Area (hectares)	215 hectares
Population	397
Male Population	190
Female Population	207
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,089
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Rapa compares

By the 2011 count Rapa is the 39th largest of the 162 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 313 residents. Its 215 hectares work out to about 1.8 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 1135.

Getting to Rapa

Rapa is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Rapa as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Rapa from other places

Rapa lies about 69 km from Visakhapatnam, and the nearest railway station is Araku Valley, about 22 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 Rapa
Tehsil headquarters	Hukumpeta	14 km
Nearest railway station	Araku Valley	22 km
Nearest town	Chodavaram	36 km
District headquarters	Visakhapatnam	69 km

Villages closest to Rapa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Rapa village had a population of 397. That makes it the 39th largest of the 162 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 313 residents.

Rapa village has 190 males and 207 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rapa has about 1089 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1135.

The pincode recorded for Rapa is 531077. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Rapa covers 215 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Rapa falls under Hukumpeta tehsil of Visakhapatnam district in Andhra Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Rapa is Araku Valley, about 22 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Rapa.

Rapa is about 69 km from Visakhapatnam in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rapa is in Hukumpeta tehsil of Visakhapatnam district. Hukumpeta is about 14 km away. Araku Valley is about 22 km away. Chodavaram is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.