Cherukupalle mandal


Cherukupalli mandal is one of the fifty seven mandals in Guntur district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is under the administration of Tenali revenue division of the district. The village of Cherukupalle is the administrative seat of the mandal.

History

This area may be under Kingdom of Prataliputra

Geography

The mandal is bounded by Nagaram mandal towards south, Amruthalur mandal towards north, Pittalavanipalem mandal towards south, Bhattiprolu mandal towards east.
Climate
The mandal receives rainfall from South-West monsoon in the months of June-Sept. The average annual rainfall is 875 mm.
The average monthly rainfall in mandal is as follows
MonthJanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember
Average rainfall 13.18.43.76.462.785.7127.9138.3157.0143.0102.226.6

Demographics

, the mandal had a population of 60,385. The total population constitute, 29,852 males and 30,533 females —a sex ratio of 1024 females per 1000 males. 5,371 children are in the age group of 0–6 years, of which 2,748 are boys and 2,623
are girls. The average literacy rate stands at 66.88% with 36,795 literates.

Government and politics

Administration

The mandal consist 10 revenue villages, 16 panchayats and 49 hamlets.
The area used to be part of Tenali Taluka and later came under newly formed Repalle Taluka from 1909. Again in 1981–82 this mandal came under Pallapatla taluka after bifurcation of Repalle Taluka. Cherukupalli mandal came into existence from 25-5-1985 as per govt. decision to form new administrative units called mandals.
The settlements in the mandal are listed below:
†−Mandal headquarters

Politics

Cherukupalli mandal falls under Baptla Parliamentary constituency, represented by Nandhigama Suresh of YSRCP. It in turn is a part of Repalle assembly constituency, represented by Anagani Satya Prasad from tdp. The mandal administration is under the Cherukupalli Mandal Parishad, a local self-government, established under AP Panchayati Raj act, 1994. The present Mandal Parishad president is M.Parvathi of TDP. In the local government elections held in 2014, Pitlu Srinivasa Reddy won from Cherukupalli ZPTC.
The list of Mandal Parishad members elected in 2014 elections are as below.
S.No.ConstituencyReservationMPTC MemberPolitical Party
1ArepalliURMathi Vijaya LakshmiYSRCP
2ArumbakaSCVemu MohanbabuTelugu Desam Party
3BalusulapalemURYarramsetty Venkata Srinivasa RaoTelugu Desam Party
4Cherukupalli-1SCNaidu PadmaTelugu Desam Party
5Cherukupalli-2URMokhamatam ParvathiTelugu Desam Party
6GudavalliURGaddipati Venkateswara RaoTelugu Desam Party
7Gullapalli-1STSavanam PadmaTelugu Desam Party
8Gullapalli-2BCYaragalla AmareswariTelugu Desam Party
9Kanagala-1URAbdul AhadYSRCP
10Kanagala-2URDhoopam SamrajyamTelugu Desam Party
11KavuruBCYalavarthi Tirumala RaniTelugu Desam Party
12NadimpalliURUppala SwethaTelugu Desam Party
13PonnapalliBCPuli Vijaya LakshmiYSRCP
14RajavoluURDontuboina SamrajyamYSRCP
15RambhotlapalemBCJanni Sambasiva RaoYSRCP
16ThurpupalemURPushadapu Venkata Srinivasa RaoYSRCP
17TummalapalemURAkkala Venkata Krishna ReddyYSRCP

The below table lists all the presidents elected for mandal parishad.
Election YearsMandal Parishad PresidentPolitical Party
2001Pushadapu Siva Ganga ParvathyCONGRESS INC
2006Chennu Koteswara RaoINC
2014M.ParvathiTelugu Desam Party

Economy

Mother Teressa Swachanda Seva Samstha at Cherukupalle and Sharon International Ministries at Kurrapalem, Gullapalli village are the only two NGOs in the mandal are cleared to receive foreign donations under Foreign Contribution Regulation Act.
Three Primary Agricultural Credit Co-operative Societies are active in the mandal at Kavuru, Gudavalli, Nadimpalli. Milk Producers MACS ; Mutually Aided Coop.Thrift Village Societies in all the villages the mandal; Cherukupalli Santhi Sree Mandal Women MATC Federation Ltd; Pagadavaripalem Mahila TMACPS; Pittukotireddypalem Mahila TMACPS are some of the other.

Education

66 Anganwadi Centres operate in the mandal providing nutrition and pre-school education. The mandal has some of the oldest and famous govt schools like Sri Jagannadha Aided upper primary school,Kanagala established in 1929,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 1 SC boys hostel and 1 SC girls hostel also operate in the mandal. Kavuru govt junior college, Nagarjuna Junior College at Cherukupalle and Cherukupalle Junior College are the notable junior colleges in the mandal.