Chejerla

Chejerla
—  village  —
Chejerla Location of Chejerla in Andhra Pradesh and India
Coordinates	14°31′00″N 79°34′00″E / 14.5167°N 79.5667°E / 14.5167; 79.5667Coordinates: 14°31′00″N 79°34′00″E / 14.5167°N 79.5667°E / 14.5167; 79.5667
Country	India
State	Andhra Pradesh
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)
Area • Elevation	• 48 metres (157 ft)

Chejerla is a village and a Mandal in Nellore district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India. A local divine temple of the Lord ChennaKesava with unique old-age back history and The Sankranti festival is best celebrated by thousands of devotees.

Location

Chejerla is 55 km from Nellore. Somasila is 18 km from Chejerla.^{[citation needed]}

Demographics

As of 2001 India census^[1], Chejerla had a population of 4,456. Males constitute 49% of the population and females 51%. Chejerla has an average literacy rate of 67%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 75%, and female literacy is 58%.

Schools and colleges

• GLOBAL WISDOM INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, Started in Chejerla by MUNTA. JAGADESH BABU, who is well settled in USA. this is the only one Private School Recognised by Govt of Andhra Pradesh 1st class to 10th class English Medium and Telugu Medium. phone: [phone].

• CVSR Memorial College: This is the first junior college started in chejarla by Chundi Timma Reddy,who is well settled in USA.

• Govt Jr. College: It is newly started.

• Z.P High School: This is one of oldest school in that area. From this school, lot of engineers, doctors and Teachers are well settled. Most of them are out side of India.

• CVSR School: This is donated by Timma Reddy. Now it is maintained by M. Sudhakar Reddy, Madapalli^[2]

Geography

Chejerla is located at 14°31′00″N 79°34′00″E / 14.5167°N 79.5667°E / 14.5167; 79.5667.^[3] It has an average elevation of 48 meters (160 feet).

References

1. ^ Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census
2. ^ "List of Sub-Districts". Census of India. http://www.censusindia.gov.in/. Retrieved 2007-03-26. 
3. ^ Falling Rain Genomics.Chejerla