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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
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- LGD code
- 587294
- Pincode
- 533430
- Post office
- Dharamavaram
- Population
- 388
- Households
- 102
- Literacy rate
- 47.2%
- Sex ratio
- 960 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 94
- Distance to district centre
- 20 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 18 km
- Distance to Amaravati
- 185 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 390 km
- Nearest railway station
- Mallavaram · 23 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Venkata Durga Hospital · 7 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Vanthada compares
By population, Vanthada ranks #24 of 40 villages in Prathipadu mandal.
Literacy rate
%
47.2%
−3.3% vs mandal average
- Vanthada
- 47.2%
- Prathipadu mandal
- 50.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
960
−42 vs mandal average
- Vanthada
- 960
- Prathipadu mandal
- 1,002
Household size
people per home
3.8
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Vanthada
- 3.8
- Prathipadu mandal
- 3.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Vanthada at a glance
Vanthada is a village of 388 people in 102 households (Census 2011) in Prathipadu mandal, Kakinada district, Andhra Pradesh, the 24th-largest of 40 villages in Prathipadu mandal. Literacy is 47%, 3 points below the mandal average of 51% and the sex ratio is 960 women per 1,000 men. It lies 20 km from the Kakinada district centre, 7 km from Lingamparthi, the nearest town, 23 km from Mallavaram railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 533430, served by Dharamavaram post office; the LGD village code is 587294. The nearest hospital or health centre is Venkata Durga Hospital, 7 km away. The village votes in Jaggampeta assembly constituency, represented by MLA Jyothula Nehru. The population is estimated at 423 in 2026, up 9% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Gokavaram →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vanthada · this village | 388 | 47% | — |
| Doddivaka · Addateegala | 78 | 40% | 2.6 km NW |
| Sarampetapadu · Addateegala | 194 | 52% | 3.6 km NW |
| Peda Sankarlapudi · Prathipadu | 3,110 | 47% | 4 km SE |
| Girijanapuram · Prathipadu | 38 | 5% | 4 km NE |
| East Lakshmipuram · Yeleswaram | 1,749 | 57% | 4.1 km NW |
| Kimmuru · Addateegala | 887 | 44% | 4.4 km NW |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Vanthada
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 16
- Power hours (winter)
- 18
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- No
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- PEDDAPURAM
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 45
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 65
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 25
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- GOKAVARAM
- Total area (ha)
- 106
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Vanthada
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Vanthada
- LGD code
- 587294
- Pincode
- 533430
- Post office
- Dharamavaram
- Population (Census 2011)
- 388
- Population (projected 2026)
- 423
- Households
- 102
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 960
- Literacy rate
- 47.2%
- Coordinates
- 17.32832°N, 82.16286°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kakinada
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Jaggampeta
- Member of Parliament
- Tangella Uday Srinivas
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Jyothula Nehru
- Block / Mandal
- Prathipadu
Getting there
How to reach Vanthada
Distance to cities · straight line
- Amaravati185 kmcapital
- Hyderabad390 km
- Chennai514 km
- Bengaluru689 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationMallavaram23 km
- Bus stopRavutpalem Bus Stop5 km
- Hospital / PHCVenkata Durga Hospital7 km
- ATM / bankBank of India17 km
- Petrol pumpHP10 km
- CollegeVSR Degree College8 km
- Police stationJaggampeta Police Station20 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 533430
- DharmavaramPrathipadu mandal11,120 pop
- VommangiPrathipadu mandal7,611 pop
- RachapallePrathipadu mandal5,542 pop
- UttarakanchiPrathipadu mandal4,084 pop
- PeddipalemPrathipadu mandal4,011 pop
- PothuluruPrathipadu mandal3,322 pop
- GajjanapudiPrathipadu mandal2,904 pop
- LampakalovaPrathipadu mandal2,723 pop
- SarabhavaramPrathipadu mandal2,421 pop
Villages near Vanthada
Other villages in Prathipadu mandal
View all 39+ →- Prathipadu
- Dharmavaram
- Vommangi
- Rachapalle
- Yeluru
- Uttarakanchi
- Peddipalem
- Pothuluru
- Peda Sankarlapudi
- Gajjanapudi
- Chintaluru
- China Sankarlapudi
- Lampakalova
- Sarabhavaram
- U. Jagannadhapuram
- Vakapalle
- Vemulapalem
- Venkatanagaram
- Kothuru
- Bavuruvaka
- Pandavulapalem
- Gokavaram
- Podurupaka
- Bapannadhara
- P. Jagannadhapuram
- Thotapalle
- Mettu Chintha
- Buradakota
- Kondapalle
- Doparthi
- Thaduvai
- Uligogila
- K. Mirthivada
- Girijanapuram
- Yerakampalem
- Arilla Dhara
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-07
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)