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Penasam Population - Vizianagaram, Andhra Pradesh

Penasam is a medium size village located in Gantyada Mandal of Vizianagaram district, Andhra Pradesh with total 460 families residing. The Penasam village has population of 1800 of which 885 are males while 915 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Penasam village population of children with age 0-6 is 199 which makes up 11.06 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Penasam village is 1034 which is higher than Andhra Pradesh state average of 993. Child Sex Ratio for the Penasam as per census is 990, higher than Andhra Pradesh average of 939.

Penasam village has lower literacy rate compared to Andhra Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Penasam village was 55.72 % compared to 67.02 % of Andhra Pradesh. In Penasam Male literacy stands at 65.73 % while female literacy rate was 46.08 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Penasam village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Penasam village.

Penasam Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 460 - -
Population 1,800 885 915
Child (0-6) 199 100 99
Schedule Caste 51 22 29
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 55.72 % 65.73 % 46.08 %
Total Workers 990 517 473
Main Worker 947 - -
Marginal Worker 43 24 19

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 2.83 % of total population in Penasam village. The village Penasam currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Penasam village out of total population, 990 were engaged in work activities. 95.66 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 4.34 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 990 workers engaged in Main Work, 248 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 642 were Agricultural labourer.