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| Panchayats = Allavaripalem, Arepalli, Arumbaka, Balusulapalem, Cherukupalli, Gudavalli, Gullapalli, Kanagala, Kavuru, kunchavaripalem, Nadimpalli, Ponnapalli, Rajavolu, Rambhotlapalem, Thummalapalem, Thurupalem
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== Demographics ==
== Demographics ==
Cherukupalli mandal consist 16 panchayats and 61 habitations.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://indiawater.gov.in/imisreports/Reports/BasicInformation/rpt_RWS_AbstractData_P.aspx?Rep=0&RP=Y&APP=IMIS|title=Abstract Data|website=indiawater.gov.in|access-date=2016-08-02}}</ref> According to 2011 census by Govt of India, Cherukupalli mandal has a population of 60,385 persons
Cherukupalli mandal consist 16 panchayats and 61 habitations.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://indiawater.gov.in/imisreports/Reports/BasicInformation/rpt_RWS_AbstractData_P.aspx?Rep=0&RP=Y&APP=IMIS|title=Abstract Data|website=indiawater.gov.in|access-date=2016-08-02}}</ref> According to 2011 census by Govt of India, Cherukupalli mandal has a population of 60,385 persons
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Cherukupalli Mandal Parishad has 17 MPTC (Mandal Parishad Territorial Constituencies) seats under it. In the local government elections held in 2014, Pitlu Srinivasa Reddy<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://zpguntur.org/zptcmembers.html|title=An Official Website of ZILLA PRAJA PARISHAD-GUNTUR|website=zpguntur.org|access-date=2016-08-01}}</ref> won from Cherukupalli ZPTC (ZIlla Parishad Territorial Constituency) and Smt. Mokhamatam Parvathy<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://zpguntur.org/mpps.html|title=An Official Website of ZILLA PRAJA PARISHAD-GUNTUR|website=zpguntur.org|access-date=2016-08-01}}</ref> was elected as Cherukupalli MPP (Mandal Parishad President).
Cherukupalli Mandal Parishad has 17 MPTC (Mandal Parishad Territorial Constituencies) seats under it. In the local government elections held in 2014, Pitlu Srinivasa Reddy<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://zpguntur.org/zptcmembers.html|title=An Official Website of ZILLA PRAJA PARISHAD-GUNTUR|website=zpguntur.org|access-date=2016-08-01}}</ref> won from Cherukupalli ZPTC (ZIlla Parishad Territorial Constituency) and Smt. Mokhamatam Parvathy<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://zpguntur.org/mpps.html|title=An Official Website of ZILLA PRAJA PARISHAD-GUNTUR|website=zpguntur.org|access-date=2016-08-01}}</ref> was elected as Cherukupalli MPP (Mandal Parishad President).


The mandal has 16 Gram Panchayats operating under it.
The mandal has 16 Gram Panchayats operating under it<ref name=":0" />.
{| class="wikitable"
|S.No.
|Name of Panchayat
|No. of Villages
|No. of Habitations
|-
|1
|Allavaripalem
|1
|4
|-
|2
|Arepalli
|1
|9
|-
|3
|Arumbaka
|1
|6
|-
|4
|Balusupalem
|1
|8
|-
|5
|Cherukupalli
|1
|1
|-
|6
|Gudavalli
|1
|1
|-
|7
|Gullapalli
|1
|2
|-
|8
|Kanagala
|1
|1
|-
|9
|Kaavuru
|1
|2
|-
|10
|Kunchalavarupalem
|1
|1
|-
|11
|Nadimpalli
|1
|5
|-
|12
|Ponnapalli
|1
|1
|-
|13
|Rajavolu
|1
|3
|-
|14
|Rambhotlapalem
|1
|4
|-
|15
|Thummalapalem
|1
|7
|-
|16
|Thuruppalem
|1
|6
|}


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 07:21, 2 August 2016

Cherukupalli Mandal
చెరుకుపల్లి
Mandal
CountryIndia
StateAndhra Pradesh
DistrictGuntur
MandalCherukupalli
Elevation
[1]
9 m (30 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total60,000
Languages
 • OfficialTelugu
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
522 309
Telephone code+91–8648

Cherukupalli is an administrative mandal and village panchayat under Tenali Revenue Division in Guntur District of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The administrative seat of this mandal is located at Cherukupalli village. Cherukupalle Mandal is bounded by by Nagaram Mandal towards South , Amruthalur Mandal towards North , Pittalavanipalem Mandal towards South , Bhattiprolu Mandal towards East . Ponnur, Repalle , Tenali , Bapatla are the nearby Cities to Cherukupalli.

It is located along National Highway 214A (India). Arumbaka minor panchayat is the main village and Cherukupalli is still written as Arumbaka Sivaru Cherukupalli (Cherukupalli H/o Arumbaka) in Revenue and Census records.[2]

History

The near by Bhattiprolu village (10 kms from Cherukupalli head quarters) has a Buddhist Stupa of 2000 years old suggesting the possibility of human habitations in this place 2000 years ago.

During freedom struggle, Gandhiji visited the mandal in 1937. An ashramam to his memory was established in Gudavalli village and functions till date. Sri Gollapudi Sita Rama Shastri (Swami Sitaram) established Vinaya Ashramam in Kavuru Village. During Quit India movement, he led a group of people who set fire to Sub Registrar office at Cherukupalli.[3] He also undertook fast unto death for creation of seperate Andhra state from his ashram at Kavuru, but gave up his 35 day fast under the advice from Vinobha Bhave.[4]

On May 29, 1975 a group of naxalites attacked Cherukupalli police station and decamped with police weapons - a first in the state's history.[5] This gave jolt to the police, who until then considered naxalites were confined only to the forests.

Demographics

Cherukupalli mandal consist 16 panchayats and 61 habitations.[6] According to 2011 census by Govt of India, Cherukupalli mandal has a population of 60,385 persons

No Name of the Village (As per 2011 census) Population[7] No. of Households Literacy Rate (%)
1 Arepalli 5,538 1,659 68.87
2 Arumbaka 19,104 5,449 74.10
3 Balusulapalem 2,569 794 66.45
4 Gudavalli 4,022 1,186 71.50
5 Kanagala 7,192 2,081 68.77
6 Kavuru 6,270 1,840 62.76
7 Nadimpalli 2,653 808 64.28
8 Ponnapalli 3,267 980 50.77
9 Rajavolu 3,755 1,161 65.05
10 Rambhotlapalem 6.015 1,628 52.23

Economy

The major occupation of people is agriculture. Paddy is mainly grown in Kharif season. Black gram, Green Gram, Maize are grown in Rabi season. Some families practise jasmine and vegetable cultivation on small scale. The Krishna West Side Channel from Prakasam Barrage, Vijayawada meets the irrigation needs of the people.The N.G. Ranga Krishi Vignan Kendra, Vinayashramam, Kavuru is agriculture knowledge dissemination centre in near by locality

No major industries are located in this mandal. Ten rice mills and a few saw mills operate in the mandal. Weaving activity is practised on small scale in Rajavolu village. A rural BPO used to operate in Kavuru village and later got closed down.

Education

The mandal has some of the oldest and famous govt schools like Muniwamy Nadiu ZP school, Gudavalli established in 1944, Cherukupalli ZPH school, Kavuru ZPH school. A Govt BC Boys welfare hostel is located at Gullapalli. Apart from this various private schools like Rosebuds, Vanaja Chandra, St. Joseph etc provide education in English medium.

The mandal also has 3 junior colleges

  1. Narjuna Jr College
  2. Cherukupalli Jr College
  3. Sivani Jr College, Gullapalli

2 Degree colleges

  1. Sivani Degree College, Gullapalli
  2. SMPA Degree College, Arumbaka

1 Engineering College

  1. Hmks And Mgs College Of Engineering, Kanagala

Health

Cherukuaplli is hud of hospitals for people in near by mandals. Apart from Govt hospitals at Cherukupalli and Kanagala, the mandals has various private hospitals like

  1. LV Prasad Eye Institute, Gudavalli
  2. Mannem Satya Narayana Hospital, Gullapalli
  3. Rama Chandra Nursing Home (Prasad Doctor Hospital), Gullapalli
  4. Evuri Subbarao Memorial Nursing Home, Gullapalli
  5. Appa Rao Hospital
  6. Srinivasa Baby Care Centre, Gullapalli
  7. Khadar Khan Hospital, Cherukupalli

Specialists from Tenali and Vijayawada have their own hospitals or have tie ups with some of the hospitals for providing special care to the people in near by areas.

The mandal has Govt veterinary hospitals at Cherukupalli and Gudavalli.

Entertainment

Major entertainment is through movie theatres all of which are located in and around mandal head quarters.

  1. Balaji Theatre
  2. Bhaskar Theatre
  3. Jai Hind Theatre

Financial Institutions

The mandal is well served by Nationalised banks like State Bank of India, State Bank of Hyderabad, Andhra Bank, Bank of India. Some of the private sector banks are in process of consolidating in the mandal.

Fairs and Festivals

The Maha Siva Ratri Jatara of Bala Koteswara Swamy temple in near by Govada village is biggest crowd puller. Every village has their own local gods/ goddesses whose jataras/ possessions are carried out annually.

There is also a local vegitables market (fair) held directly by farmers on every Wednesday in Gudavalli, Thursday in Gullapalli and on every Saturday in Cherukupalli.

Transport

Cherukupalli is approximately 48.4 kilometers of distance from its main city, Guntur and 25 km from revenue division, Tenali. Cherukupalli is very near to Ponnur which is 19 kilometers of distance, and 87 km of distance from its State capital, Amaravathi.

By Air

The nearest airport is at Gannavaram which is at 60 km from this place. From there one has to come to Vijayawada to catch a bus to reach this mandal.

By Train

No railway line passes through this mandal. The nearest railway station is at Bhattiprolu, 10 km from mandal headquarters which is on Guntur-Repalle railway line. The Delta fast passenger is popular train for travel to Hyderabad. Ponnur, Tenali and Guntur are major railway stations near to this mandal.

By Bus

The mandal is located along NH214A national highway. It is also connected to Tenali, Nizampatnam via state highway. This town is focal point for travel to nearby mandals like Nizampatnam, Amartaluru, Bhattiprolu, etc and also to bigger cities like Vijayawada, Hyderabad etc.

APSRTC operates frequent buses from Tenali and Ponnur for every half an hour. Some buses from Guntur, Repalle, Bapatla, Chirala also serves this mandal. Autos also carry passengers frequently from ponnur to the mandal and also from head quarters to near by villages.

For long distance travel, APSRTC has bus services going to Hyderabad every night passing through this mandal. Morning Travels (Private travels) also has a daily service to Hyderabad from Gudavalli village.

Government and politics

Cherukupalli mandal comes under Baptla Parliamentary constituency. At present it is represented by Malyadri Sriram (TDP). Similarly it falls under Repalle assembly constituency which is being represented by Anagani Satya Prasad (TDP).

Cherukupalli Mandal Parishad has 17 MPTC (Mandal Parishad Territorial Constituencies) seats under it. In the local government elections held in 2014, Pitlu Srinivasa Reddy[8] won from Cherukupalli ZPTC (ZIlla Parishad Territorial Constituency) and Smt. Mokhamatam Parvathy[9] was elected as Cherukupalli MPP (Mandal Parishad President).

The mandal has 16 Gram Panchayats operating under it[6].

S.No. Name of Panchayat No. of Villages No. of Habitations
1 Allavaripalem 1 4
2 Arepalli 1 9
3 Arumbaka 1 6
4 Balusupalem 1 8
5 Cherukupalli 1 1
6 Gudavalli 1 1
7 Gullapalli 1 2
8 Kanagala 1 1
9 Kaavuru 1 2
10 Kunchalavarupalem 1 1
11 Nadimpalli 1 5
12 Ponnapalli 1 1
13 Rajavolu 1 3
14 Rambhotlapalem 1 4
15 Thummalapalem 1 7
16 Thuruppalem 1 6

References

  1. ^ "Elevation for Pedakurapadu". Veloroutes. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  2. ^ Census India states Cherukupalle H/O Arumbaka as the mandal name, which is same as mandal headquarter name Cherukupalle with H/O Arumbaka extension, the main village Arumbaka is the Head Office
  3. ^ http://tera-3.ul.cs.cmu.edu/NASD/4a7f1db4-5792-415c-be79-266f41eef20a/upgrade-archive-06-14-2007/data/upload-allbooks/disk%203/Jan%20N/ENGLISH/Mahatma_Gandhis_Leadership_And_Quit_India_Movement_In_Coastal_Andhra/HTML/00000105.htm
  4. ^ "Struggle for Andhra State - History of AP - Official AP State Government Portal | AP State Portal". www.ap.gov.in. Retrieved 2016-08-02.
  5. ^ "Former Naxal leaders passes away - Times of India". Retrieved 2016-08-02.
  6. ^ a b "Abstract Data". indiawater.gov.in. Retrieved 2016-08-02.
  7. ^ "Villages & Towns in Cherukupalle H.O. Arumbaka Mandal of Guntur, Andhra Pradesh". www.census2011.co.in. Retrieved 2016-08-01.
  8. ^ "An Official Website of ZILLA PRAJA PARISHAD-GUNTUR". zpguntur.org. Retrieved 2016-08-01.
  9. ^ "An Official Website of ZILLA PRAJA PARISHAD-GUNTUR". zpguntur.org. Retrieved 2016-08-01.

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