The Cheyyeru is formed by the confluence of the rivers Bahuda and Puncha that originate in Andhra Pradesh.
[5][6] The Cheyyeru project comprising the 409 metre long Annamayya earthen dam that provides irrigation facilities to its catchment zone is on this river in the Rajampet mandal of Kadapa district.
[7][8][9] The Togurpet project, also in the Kadapa district, is also on the Cheyyeru and was completed during the Fourth Five-Year Plan period.
[10] Percolation tanks have been developed on the river at Nandalur to augment irrigation facilities in Kadapa.
Many members of the transgender community visit Attirala to pray for their rebirth as regular human beings and to atone for their sins.