 The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 1,391 people (2002 census).In Serbian, the village is known as Честерег or "Čestereg", in Hungarian as "Csősztelek", in German as "Tschesterek" or "Neuhatzfeld", and in Croatian as "Čestereg".The village was first mentioned in 1332 as "Cherezek".