Vellala Cheruvu

Santhamaguluru block · Prakasam district, Andhra Pradesh · PIN 523302 · village code 590668

Population 2011

5,485

Census of India

Population 2020

3,930

Mission Antyodaya survey

Change

-28.4%

-1,555 people · -3.6% a year

Households

1,151

-22.6% vs 1,487 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population

5,485

Male / female

2,778 / 2,707

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

974

Children aged 0–6

559

Literacy rate

46.2%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

1,174 / 204

Working population

3,082

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

90.7%

Households

1,487

Village facilities, 2020

This village spans 2 gram panchayats and was surveyed once by each. The figures below are from Vellalacheruvu panchayat's return.

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school

Yes

Piped tap water

100% habitations covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Bus

Electricity

>12 hrs

Bank

Yes

Primary health centre nearest 5 km away

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

Yes

Common service centre

Separately located

The village primary school

These figures sit inside a single merged column of the Mission Antyodaya file and are not published anywhere in readable form.

Students

194

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Yes

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

982

Non-farm households

130

Share of households farming, 2020

88%

Net sown area

1,600 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

1,600 / 1,600 / 300

Main irrigation source

Canals

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Vellalacheruvu panchayat, Santhamaguluru zila parishad. These are the panchayat's own accounts, not this village's: where a panchayat holds several villages, the money covers all of them, and where a village spans several panchayats only this one's return appears.

Opening balance

₹12.82 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹15.72 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹26.93 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹1.61 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹3.84 lakh · received ₹6.30 lakh · spent ₹9.94 lakh · left ₹19,173

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹8.98 lakh · received ₹9.42 lakh · spent ₹16.99 lakh · left ₹1.42 lakh

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

Location

16.1244, 79.9649 — view on OpenStreetMap

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