What is "cheras"

Cheras usually refers to the Chera dynasty, an ancient Indian dynasty that ruled over parts of the present-day states of Kerala and Tamil Nadu.

Cheras may also refer to:

• Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, a suburb of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
• Cheras (federal constituency), represented in the Dewan Rakyat
• Poliklinik Cheras, a female governmental hospital in Kuala Lumpur
• Cheras, Selangor, a suburb that stretches from Kuala Lumpur to Kajang in Selangor, Malaysia
• Cheras LRT station, an at-grade rapid transit station situated near and named after the Kuala Lumpur township of Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
• Cheras Highway, a major highway in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Cheras is a federal constituency in the Federal Territories, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1995.

The federal constituency was created in the 1994 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.