| Puritipenta | |
| Native Name Lang: | Te |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Map Alt: | Dynamic map |
| Pushpin Map: | India Andhra Pradesh |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Andhra Pradesh, India |
| Coordinates: | 18.2777°N 83.2945°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Type3: | Mandal |
| Subdivision Name1: | Andhra Pradesh |
| Subdivision Name2: | Vizianagaram |
| Subdivision Name3: | Gajapathinagaram |
| Government Type: | Panchayat raj |
| Governing Body: | Gram panchayat |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Population Total: | 8,039 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code: | 535270 |
| Registration Plate: | AP-35 |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Telugu |
Puritipenta is located in Gajapathinagaram Mandal/Tehsil of Vizianagaram District in Andhra Pradesh State, India.
In this village population of children with age 0-6 is 836 which makes up 10.40% of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of this village is 1038 which is higher than the state average of 993. Child Sex Ratio for this village as per census is 926, lower than the state average of 939.This village has higher literacy rate compared to the state literacy rate . In 2011, literacy rate of this village was 77.59% compared to 67.02% of the State . In this village Male literacy stands at 85.19% while female literacy rate was 70.37%.
In this village out of total population, 2911 were engaged in work activities. 92.41% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 7.59% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 2911 workers engaged in Main Work, 286 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 625 were Agricultural labourer.
Census of India, assigned the following codes to identify each village uniquely. Census codes for this village are as follows:
| Level | Code | |
|---|---|---|
| State | 28 | |
| District | 543 | |
| Mandal | 04825 | |
| Village | 582741 |
| Total No. of Houses | 2,030 | - | - | |
| Population | 8,039 | 3,945 | 4,094 | |
| Child (0-6) | 836 | 434 | 402 | |
| Schedule Caste | 668 | 330 | 338 | |
| Schedule Tribe | 206 | 106 | 100 | |
| Literacy | 77.59 % | 85.19 % | 70.37 % | |
| Total Workers | 2,911 | 2,083 | 828 | |
| Main Worker | 2,690 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marginal Worker | 221 | 68 | 153 |
Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 8.31% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 2.56% of total population in this village.
As per constitution of India and Panchayati Raaj Act, this village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Mr. Mandala Suresh[2] was the First Sarpanch of this Village. He was elected as Sarpanch in 2014 elections, Present Sarpanch of this Village is Sontyana Vijaya Laxmi.