Marteru is a village in

Penumantra Penumantra is a village in West Godavari district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The village is the site of the headquarters of Penumantra Mandal. Demographics Census of India The decennial census of India has been conducted 15 t ...

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 ...

West Godavari district The West Godavari district is a coastal district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh with an administrative headquarters in Bhimavaram. As of the 2011 Census of India, the district has an area of and a population of 1,779,935. It is bounded ...

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 ...

, India. The village is famous for rice research center, established by the Government of India to conduct research on paddy crops. The center developed many new varieties of rice seeds. The nearest railway station is Chinta Parru Halt (CTPR) located at a distance of 10.51 Km.

Demographics

Census of India The decennial census of India has been conducted 15 times, as of 2011. While it has been undertaken every 10 years, beginning in 1872 under Viceroy Lord Mayo, the first complete census was taken in 1872. Post 1949, it has been conducted by the R ...

, Marteru had a population of 7527. The total population constitute, 3710 males and 3817 females with a sex ratio of 1029 females per 1000 males. 650 children are in the age group of 0–6 years, with sex ratio of 879. The average literacy rate stands at 86.77%.

References

Villages in West Godavari district {{WestGodavari-geo-stub