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Tension at Jurala Project as Telangana Farmers Demand Water Release
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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Bandeboina Suhasini
Contact: 99****8837
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- LGD code
- 578878
- Pincode
- 507133
- Post office
- Charla
- Population
- 273
- Households
- 63
- Literacy rate
- 25.3%
- Sex ratio
- 857 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 181
Census 2011 · in context
How Chalamala compares
By population, Chalamala ranks #43 of 74 villages in Cherla mandal.
Literacy rate
%
25.3%
−26.8% vs mandal average
- Chalamala
- 25.3%
- Cherla mandal
- 52.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
857
−172 vs mandal average
- Chalamala
- 857
- Cherla mandal
- 1,029
Household size
people per home
4.3
+0.4 vs mandal average
- Chalamala
- 4.3
- Cherla mandal
- 3.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chalamala at a glance
Chalamala is a village of 273 people in 63 households (Census 2011) in Cherla mandal, Bhadradri Kothagudem district, Telangana, the 43rd-largest of 74 villages in Cherla mandal. Literacy is 25%, 27 points below the mandal average of 52% and the sex ratio is 857 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 507133, served by Charla post office; the LGD village code is 578878. The sarpanch is Bandeboina Suhasini. The population is estimated at 322 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Pedamidisileru →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chalamala · this village | 273 | 25% | — |
| Bathinapalli · Cherla | 770 | 21% | — |
| Peddamidisileru Chalk -I · Cherla | 675 | 60% | — |
| Peddamidisileru Chalk -Iii · Cherla | 586 | 51% | — |
| Peddamidisileru (Z) · Cherla | 444 | 58% | — |
| Uyyalamadugu (G) · Cherla | 151 | 36% | — |
| M.Puliboinapalli (Z) · Cherla | 39 | 44% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Chalamala
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 12
- Power hours (winter)
- 14
- Primary school
- 0
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- No
- ASHA worker
- No
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- MANUGURU
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 22
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 184
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 64
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- PEDAMIDISILERU
- Total area (ha)
- 15
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Chalamala
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Chalamala
- LGD code
- 578878
- Pincode
- 507133
- Post office
- Charla
- Population (Census 2011)
- 273
- Population (projected 2026)
- 322
- Households
- 63
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 857
- Literacy rate
- 25.3%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Mahabubabad
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Pinapaka
- Member of Parliament
- Balram Naik
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Bandeboina Suhasini
- Block / Mandal
- Cherla
- Nearest bank
- Canara Bank (17.0 km)
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 507133
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Chalamala
Other villages in Cherla mandal
View all 60+ →- Cherla(G)
- R. Kothagudem (G)
- Cherla (Z)
- Ricepeta (G)
- Kaliveru (Z)
- Lingapuram(Z)
- Tegada (Z)
- China Midisileru (G)
- Kurnapalli (G)
- Tippapuram
- Devarapalli
- Kudunuru (G)
- Kothapalli(Z)
- Gompalli (Z)
- Gommugudem (Z)
- Mogallapalli (Z)
- Singasamudram
- Bathinapalli
- Peddamidisileru Chalk -I
- Koyyuru (Z)
- C. Kathigudem
- Keshavapuram (G)
- Peddamidisileru Chalk -Iii
- Jangalapalli (G)
- Kudunuru (Z)
- Cheemalapadu
- Tegada (G)
- Dosillapalli
- Puligundala
- Chintakunta (Z)
- Peddamidisileru (Z)
- Gommupuliboinapalli (Z)
- Chintaguppa
- Bodanalli (Z)
- Upparigudem(G)
- Mamidigudem (Z)
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-20
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)