Bukkapatnam is a village in

Sri Sathya Sai district Sri Sathya Sai district is a district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Its headquarters is at Puttaparthi. It was formed on 4 April 2022 from parts of the erstwhile Anantapur district. Etymology This district is named after Indian Gur ...

of the

Indian state India is a federal union comprising 28 states and 8 union territories, for a total of 36 subnational entities. The states and union territories are further subdivided into 800 districts and smaller administrative divisions by the respe ...

Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh (ISO 15919, ISO: , , AP) is a States and union territories of India, state on the East Coast of India, east coast of southern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, seventh-largest state and th ...

. It is the headquarters of Bukkapatnam

mandal A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluk, or taluka () is a local unit of administrative division in India and Pakistan. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administrative c ...

in Puttaparthi revenue division

Geography

Bukkapatnam is located at . It has an average elevation of 508 metres (1669 ft). Bukkapatnam is located near

Puttaparthi Puttaparthi (IAST: ''Puṭṭaparthy'') is a municipality and district headquarters of Sri Sathya Sai district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located in Puttaparthi mandal of Puttaparthi revenue division. The original name of Put ...

. Bukkapatnam has an area of 351.17 km², and a population of 37,635. The highest mountain of the Mallappakonda district is four miles to north of Bukkapatnam it is tall.

Demographics

census A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of stati ...

, the village had a population of 12,196. The total population constitutes 6,081 males and 6,115 females —a sex ratio of 1006 females per 1000 males. 1,269 children are in the age group of 0–6 years, of which 655 are boys and 614 are girls —a ratio of 937 per 1000. The average literacy rate stands at 74.03% with 6,996 literates, significantly higher than the state average of 67.41%.

References

Villages in Sri Sathya Sai district Mandal headquarters in Sri Sathya Sai district {{AndhraPradesh-geo-stub