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About Yerakannapalem Village

Yerakannapalem is a mid sized village in Narsipatnam tehsil, in the district of Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,909, made up of 924 males and 985 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,066 females per 1000 males. The village covers 333 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 531117, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Yerakannapalem Overview

Census 2011 figures for Yerakannapalem village
Description Value
State Andhra Pradesh
District Visakhapatnam
Tehsil Narsipatnam
Pincode 531117
Area (hectares) 333 hectares
Population 1,909
Male Population 924
Female Population 985
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,066
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 Yerakannapalem compares

By the 2011 count Yerakannapalem is the 7th largest of the 11 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 4,098 residents. Its 333 hectares work out to about 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1046.

Getting to Yerakannapalem

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

Yerakannapalem lies about 77 km from Visakhapatnam, and the nearest railway station is Narsipatnam Road, about 19 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 Yerakannapalem
Tehsil headquarters Narsipatnam 9.2 km
Nearest town Narsīpatnam 9.2 km
Nearest railway station Narsipatnam Road 19 km
District headquarters Visakhapatnam 77 km

Villages closest to Yerakannapalem

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Yerakannapalem village had a population of 1,909. That makes it the 7th largest of the 11 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 4,098 residents.

Yerakannapalem village has 924 males and 985 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Yerakannapalem has about 1066 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1046.

The pincode recorded for Yerakannapalem is 531117. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Yerakannapalem covers 333 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Yerakannapalem falls under Narsipatnam tehsil of Visakhapatnam district in Andhra Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Yerakannapalem is Narsipatnam Road, about 19 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 Yerakannapalem.

Yerakannapalem 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.

Yerakannapalem is in Narsipatnam tehsil of Visakhapatnam district. Narsipatnam is about 9.2 km away. Narsīpatnam is about 9.2 km away. Narsipatnam Road is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Amalapuram (2.0 km), Vemulapudi (2.8 km) and Duggada (4.4 km).

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

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