Way of living

 










The district wise number of Villages and Chenchu   Population   is as follows:

 

S.NO       District                     No. of Mandals              No. of Villages         pop(2001)                                                                                                                                   

1.           Mahabub Nagar                    10                                   111                          10406

2            Prakasham                             07                                    72                          13321

3.           Kurnool                                 12                                    33                            7915

4.           Guntur                                   03                                    46                            6376

5.           Nalgonda                               05                                    17                            1069

6            Ranga Reddy                         07                                    33                            2700


Out of the 312 Chenchu habitations, 124 are found in the wild life sanctuary. These habitations are in the districts of Mahabub Nagar, Prakasham, Kurnool and Guntur. Out of these 124 habitations, 24 are in the core area

 Settlement Pattern: 

The houses of Chenchus are very simple, scattered and either conical or rectangular   in shape. Most of these families keep their goats and sheep in their houses or very close to them, where they cook, sleep and preserve their small quantity of grain.

Most of the Chenchu Habitations are relocated from the forest areas and pucca houses are constructed with inferior materials. The houses constructed in the nineties and later are already in dilapidated condition.

 All these houses are with single room, measuring 14 feet in length and 9 feet in width. Some of these houses are constructed in continuous blocks of 6 to 11 houses without providing space on all sides. 

These houses are more congested than the houses constructed in urban slums. The contractors are constructing these houses in continuous rows to reduce cost of construction by avoiding fourth wall in all the inside houses in a row.

Ceilings are weak and cracks have developed in some houses. Basements are not completed in many houses. Doors, windows and toilet rooms are not provided in almost all the houses.

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