Cherukuru
Ponnaluru block · Prakasam
district, Andhra Pradesh · PIN 523109
· village code 591409
Population 2011
7,275
Census of India
Population 2020
8,224
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+13.0%
949 people · 1.4% a year
Households
1,925
+10.1% vs 1,748 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
7,275
Male / female
3,732 / 3,543
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
949
Children aged 0–6
742
Literacy rate
49.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,822 / 221
Working population
4,314
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
88.0%
Households
1,748
Village facilities, 2020
This village spans 5 gram panchayats and was
surveyed once by each. The figures below are from
Cherukur panchayat's return.
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
1-4 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
180
Teachers
63
Students per teacher
3
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
No
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
410
Non-farm households
285
Share of households farming, 2020
59%
Net sown area
1,350 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
1,350 / 190 / 500
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Cherukur panchayat, Ponnaluru 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
₹8.02 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹11.89 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹12.50 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹7.42 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹4.60 lakh · received ₹4.76 lakh · spent ₹5.22 lakh · left ₹4.14 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹3.42 lakh · received ₹7.13 lakh · spent ₹7.28 lakh · left ₹3.28 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
15.2613, 79.7492 —
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