About Penta Village

Penta is a large village in Bobbili tehsil, in the district of Vizianagaram, Andhra Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,525, made up of 1,738 males and 1,787 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,028 females per 1000 males. The village covers 621 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 535573, 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	Vizianagaram
Tehsil	Bobbili
Pincode	535573
Area (hectares)	621 hectares
Population	3,525
Male Population	1,738
Female Population	1,787
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,028
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Penta compares

By the 2011 count Penta is the 7th largest of the 36 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,785 residents. Its 621 hectares work out to about 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1033.

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 5 - 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 46 km from Vizianagaram, and the nearest railway station is Bobbili Junction, about 5.9 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
Tehsil headquarters	Bobbili	5.3 km
Nearest railway station	Bobbili Junction	5.9 km
District headquarters	Vizianagaram	46 km

Villages closest to Penta

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bobbili 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 3,525. That makes it the 7th largest of the 36 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,785 residents.

Penta village has 1,738 males and 1,787 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Penta has about 1028 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1033.

The pincode recorded for Penta is 535573. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Penta covers 621 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Penta falls under Bobbili tehsil of Vizianagaram district in Andhra Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Penta is Bobbili Junction, about 5.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 46 km from Vizianagaram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Penta is in Bobbili tehsil of Vizianagaram district. Bobbili is about 5.3 km away. Bobbili Junction is about 5.9 km away. Vizianagaram is about 46 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.