Marteru

Maruteru
village
Country  India
State Andhra Pradesh
District West Godavari district
Talukas Penumantra Mandal
Languages
  Official Telugu
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN 534122
Telephone code 08819
Vehicle registration AP
Nearest city Palakollu
Lok Sabha constituency Narasapur
Vidhan Sabha constituency Achanta

Marteru is a village in Penumantra Mandal, West Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh, India. The village is famous for the rice research center, established by the Government of India to conduct research on paddy crops. The center developed many new varieties of rice seeds.

Demographics

As of 2011 Census of India, 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%.[1]

References

  1. "Marteru Population Census". Retrieved 19 May 2017.


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