# Cheekurai Village, Peddapalle, Karimnagar (Telangana) > Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/telangana/karimnagar/peddapalle/cheekurai/ Village · Peddapalle, Karimnagar # Cheekurai Cheekurai is a village in Peddapalle sub-district of Karimnagar district, Telangana. The 2011 Census counted **1,519 people in 411 households**, the 20th largest of 21 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 57.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 58.5%. - 1,519people (2011) - 411households - 57.8%literacy - 1,033females per 1,000 males ## Cheekurai PIN code and other codes Cheekurai falls in Peddapalle sub-district, Karimnagar district, Telangana. - Gram panchayatCheekurai - Community development blockPeddapalle - Census village code571993 Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## How far is Cheekurai from nearby towns? - Peddapalle (sub-district HQ)3 km by road - Karimnagar (district HQ)43 km by road - Ramagundam (nearest town)36 km by road Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## What facilities are there in Cheekurai? 10 services counted by the Census are inside Cheekurai; the rest show the distance to the nearest one. ### In the village - ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt - ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt - ●Mobile phone coverageIn village - ●Public bus serviceIn village - ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village - ●All-weather roadIn village - ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village - ●Anganwadi centreIn village - ●ASHA health workerIn village - ●Polling stationIn village ### Nearest outside - ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Peddapalle - ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Peddapalle - ○ITI / vocational schoolunder 5 km · Peddapalle - ○Primary health centreunder 5 km - ○Allopathic hospital10+ km - ○Dispensary10+ km - ○Post officeunder 5 km - ○Railway stationunder 5 km - ○ATMunder 5 km - ○Commercial bankunder 5 km - ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km - ○Public libraryunder 5 km ### Water and power - Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water, covered wells, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds - Electricity (2011)13 h summer · 15 h winter Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed. ## What is Cheekurai known for? The main crops are **paddy, cotton and chillies**. About 72% of the 528 hectares of village land is sown, and 250 hectares are irrigated. Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## Homes and amenities in Cheekurai Of every 100 households in Cheekurai in 2011, 95 had electricity, 33 a toilet at home and 35 cooked with LPG; 57 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 0 a car. ■ Cheekurai · ■ Peddapalle rural average Electricity for lighting ****95%** **92% Toilet within the home ****33%** **25% No toilet (open defecation) ****67%** **75% Tap water ****50%** **34% Drinking water within premises ****39%** **53% Cooking with LPG / PNG ****35%** **29% Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****63%** **70% Use banking services ****44%** **42% Television ****52%** **53% Mobile phone ****57%** **60% Computer with internet ****0%** **0% Two-wheeler ****14%** **13% Car / jeep / van ****0%** **0% None of these assets ****24%** **22% Own their home ****92%** **91% Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## What is the population of Cheekurai? ■ Cheekurai · ■ Peddapalle rural average Literacy (age 7+) ****57.8%** **58.5% Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1033** **1012 Child sex ratio (0–6) ****952** **945 Working population ****50.0%** **51.4% ### Women and men Literacy is 65.5% for men and 50.4% for women. 53% of men and 47% of women work. ### Who works, and at what ********** **■** Cultivators 143 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 163 (21%) · **■** Household industry 16 (2%) · **■** Other work 171 (22%) · **■** Marginal 267 (35%) Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## Other villages of similar size in Peddapalle - Brahmanpalle1,909 people - Mulasala1,890 people - Nittur1,871 people - Sabitham1,579 people - Nimmanapalle870 people [All 22 villages in Peddapalle](https://wherepedia.org/india/telangana/karimnagar/peddapalle/villages/) ## Quick answers - How far is Cheekurai from Karimnagar?43 km by road - What is the population of Cheekurai?1,519 (Census 2011) - Which district is Cheekurai in?Karimnagar district (Peddapalle sub-district), Telangana - What is the literacy rate of Cheekurai?57.8% (Census 2011)