District Kadapa PIN 516359 Population 2,929 (2011) | Time zone IST (UTC+5:30) Telephone code 08564 Area code 08564 | |
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Arakatavemula is a village located in Rajupalem Mandal of YSR District, Andhra Pradesh, India. Surrounding villages for Arakatavemula village are Parlapdu (West), Kummara palle (North),Pottipadu(South) and Somapuram (East).
Contents
- Map of Arakatavemula Andhra Pradesh 516359
- Demographics
- Education
- Religion
- Economy
- Transport
- Temples
- References
Map of Arakatavemula, Andhra Pradesh 516359
Demographics
Arakatavemula village has population of 2929 out of that 1463 are males and 1466 are females as per Census 2011. In this village population of children with age 0-6 is 369 which makes up 12.60% of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Arakatavemula village is 1002 which is higher than Andhra Pradesh state average of 993. It has higher literacy rate compared to Andhra Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Arakatavemula village was 68.59% compared to 67.02% of Andhra Pradesh. In Arakatavemula Male literacy stands at 80.43% while female literacy rate was 57.35%.
Education
Arakatvemula Village having Mandal Parishath Primary School (Class 1 to 5) and Zilla Parishat High School (Class 6 to 10) which is established in 1960. After SSC(10th) usually maximum number of students will prefer to study in Proddatur town because so many Jr. Colleges and Degree Colleges are present with very good infrastructure and education facilities, more over Transportation facilities from Arakatavemula to Proddatur are very decent.
Religion
Most of the population in this village belongs to Hindu religion, very few Muslim families are present. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 13.18% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.41% of total population in Arakatavemula village.
Economy
The people in this village are mainly dependent on Agriculture with a major cultivation of Cotton, Bengal gram(Chickpea)and Black gram. Most part of the land in this village consists Black cotton soil. In Arakatavemula village out of total population, 1779 were engaged in work activities, 502 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 861 were Agricultural laborer.
Transport
Arakatavemula Village having good accessibility of Road and Rail. Chagala marri(12 km), Jammalamadugu(19 km) and Proddatur (21 km) are nearest towns to the Arakatavemula. Sufficient number of buses and Three Wheelers are available from the above-mentioned towns. Yerraguntla Railway station is the nearest railway station located at a distance of 32 km from Arakatavemula.
Temples
Famous temples in this village are Sri Venugopala Gopala Swamy temple,Sivalayam temple which is having a history of 300 to 400 years,Gangamma temple,SriRama Temple and Sri Raja Rajeswari Temple located near to Parlpadu Village.