About Penta Village

Penta is a mid sized village in Padmanabham tehsil, in the district of Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 898, made up of 427 males and 471 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,103 females per 1000 males. The village covers 641 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 531219, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Penta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Penta village
Description	Value
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Visakhapatnam
Tehsil	Padmanabham
Pincode	531219
Area (hectares)	641 hectares
Population	898
Male Population	427
Female Population	471
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,103
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Penta compares

By the 2011 count Penta is the 20th largest of the 24 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,170 residents. Its 641 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1002.

Getting to Penta

Penta is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Penta as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Penta from other places

Penta lies about 26 km from Visakhapatnam, and the nearest railway station is Alamanda, about 5.6 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 Penta
Nearest railway station	Alamanda	5.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Padmanabham	6.4 km
Nearest town	Bhīmunipatnam	20 km
District headquarters	Visakhapatnam	26 km

Villages closest to Penta

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Penta village had a population of 898. That makes it the 20th largest of the 24 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,170 residents.

Penta village has 427 males and 471 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Penta has about 1103 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1002.

The pincode recorded for Penta is 531219. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Penta covers 641 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Penta falls under Padmanabham tehsil of Visakhapatnam district in Andhra Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Penta is Alamanda, about 5.6 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 5 - 10 km distance for Penta.

Penta is about 26 km from Visakhapatnam in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Penta is in Padmanabham tehsil of Visakhapatnam district. Alamanda is about 5.6 km away. Padmanabham is about 6.4 km away. Bhīmunipatnam is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.