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About Yerragonda Village

Yerragonda is a mid sized village in Koyyuru tehsil, in the district of Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 513, made up of 256 males and 257 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,004 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2829 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 531087, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Yerragonda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Yerragonda village
Description Value
State Andhra Pradesh
District Visakhapatnam
Tehsil Koyyuru
Pincode 531087
Area (hectares) 2829 hectares
Population 513
Male Population 256
Female Population 257
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,004
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 Yerragonda compares

By the 2011 count Yerragonda is the 27th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 375 residents. Its 2829 hectares work out to about 0.2 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 1102.

Getting to Yerragonda

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

Yerragonda lies about 145 km from Visakhapatnam, and the nearest railway station is Ravikampadu, about 65 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 Yerragonda
Tehsil headquarters Koyyuru 28 km
Nearest town Rampachodavaram 30 km
Nearest railway station Ravikampadu 65 km
District headquarters Visakhapatnam 145 km

Villages closest to Yerragonda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Yerragonda village had a population of 513. That makes it the 27th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 375 residents.

Yerragonda village has 256 males and 257 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Yerragonda has about 1004 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1102.

The pincode recorded for Yerragonda is 531087. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Yerragonda covers 2829 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Yerragonda falls under Koyyuru tehsil of Visakhapatnam district in Andhra Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Yerragonda is Ravikampadu, about 65 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 Yerragonda.

Yerragonda is about 145 km from Visakhapatnam in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Yerragonda is in Koyyuru tehsil of Visakhapatnam district. Koyyuru is about 28 km away. Rampachodavaram is about 30 km away. Ravikampadu is about 65 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ulligunta (6.5 km), Nakkalapadu (11 km) and Pakalajeedi (13 km).

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

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