Chenchu

CDE

vigorous

Alternate Names: Chenchucoolam, Chenchwar, Chensulu, Chenswar, Choncharu

Genealogy:

Dravidian
South-Central
Telugu

Demographics: 26,000 (2007).

Language Use: Also use Telugu [tel].

Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 43% among Scheduled Tribes in Kurnool District; 43% among Chenchu in Odisha (2001 census).

Writing System: Telugu

Nation of Origin: India

Other Comments: A Scheduled Tribe. Hindu.