About Cheriyanad Village

Cheriyanad is one of the larger villages in Chengannur tehsil, in the district of Alappuzha, Kerala. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 21,885, made up of 10,093 males and 11,792 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,168 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1304 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 690509, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

How Cheriyanad compares

By the 2011 count Cheriyanad is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 16,115 residents. Its 1304 hectares work out to about 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1169.

Getting to Cheriyanad

Cheriyanad is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Cheriyanad as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. The nearest villages by name are Ala, Chengannur, Ennakkad and Kurattissery. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.