Charala
Chowdepalle block · Chittoor
district, Andhra Pradesh · PIN 517257
· village code 596524
Population 2011
2,437
Census of India
Population 2020
2,459
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+0.9%
22 people · 0.1% a year
Households
658
+2.8% vs 640 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,437
Male / female
1,218 / 1,219
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,001
Children aged 0–6
258
Literacy rate
63.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
650 / 1
Working population
1,402
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
88.3%
Households
640
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 10 km away
No
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
No CSC
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
122
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
20
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
600
Non-farm households
48
Share of households farming, 2020
93%
Net sown area
927 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
927 / 282 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Charala panchayat, Chowdepalle 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
₹17.17 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹10.18 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹14.93 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹12.41 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹8.44 lakh · received ₹4.08 lakh · spent ₹6.06 lakh · left ₹6.45 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹8.73 lakh · received ₹6.10 lakh · spent ₹8.87 lakh · left ₹5.96 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
13.4414, 78.6962 —
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