Adilabad
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Adilabad is a town and a municipality
in Adilabad district
in the state of Andhra Pradesh
, India
. It has a population of 108,233 (agglomeration
2,58,233) (2006 census). It is the headquarters of the district of the same name.
. .
Historically, Adilabad has been home to a variety of cultures. Owing to its position at the border of central and southern India
, it has been ruled by North Indian dynasties like the Mughals and the Mauryas and South Indian dynasties like the Satavahana
s and the Chalukyas. The current culture of the district incorporates significant elements of the neighboring Marathi
culture
into the native Telugu
culture. However a multicultural society exists here with Bengali
, Malayali and Gujarati
people living in harmony.
Adilabad district also consists of many landscapes like Kuntala
Waterfalls, Sahyadri mountains,rivers like the Godavari, Penaganga, Pranahitha, etc. The district is also famous for the temple town Basara
, where the shrine of goddess Saraswathi exists. People from the entire nation visit this place. Basara is located about 1 km away from the river Godavari.
-Adilabad Section of Hyderabad (HYB) Division of South Central Railway
(SCR). After Divisional adjustments in 2003, which saw the bifurcation of Hyderabad Division, Adilabad now comes under Nanded
(NED) Division of SCR. It has direct train connectivity with Hyderabad, Nizamabad, Nanded
, Vijayawada
, Nellore
, Renigunta
, Tirupati, Patna
, Nagpur
, Nasik, Mumbai
CST, Warangal
, Khammam
, Tenali
, Ongole, Aurangabad
, Manmad
Gulbarga, Bidar
, Bijapur
, Sholapur etc.
National Highway 7 (the largest NH in India) passes through Adilabad making the road transport most easy. It is well connected to rest of India by road. Hyderabad is 280 km from here. Adilabad had an air strip which was destroyed by the Indian air force at the time of police action
in 1948. The nearest airport is Nagpur
but Hyderabad is most preferred.
, Adilabad had a population of 1,39,103. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Adilabad has an average literacy rate of 80.51%, higher than the national average of 74.04.5%; with 88.18% of the males and 72.73% of females literate. 14% of the population is under 6 years of age. Telugu
is the administrative language, and is also widely spoken. The other languages spoken are Urdu
and Marathi
. The town has a predominant Hindu
population with a considerable Muslim
population. It is one of the richest districts of Andhra Pradesh, containing 20% of state's wealth. About 75% of the district is covered with thick tropical moist deciduous forests, the second largest district in terms of forest coverage, next only to Khammam.
List of Elected Members:
. There are 181,966 registered voters in Adilabad constituency in 1999 elections.
List of Elected Members:
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
in Adilabad district
Adilabad district
Adilabad District is a district in Andhra Pradesh, India. The district headquarters is at Adilabad town. A famous Temple of the Goddess Saraswathi, the Hindu Goddess of Education, is located here in the town of Basara.-Origin of name:...
in the state of Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh , is one of the 28 states of India, situated on the southeastern coast of India. It is India's fourth largest state by area and fifth largest by population. Its capital and largest city by population is Hyderabad.The total GDP of Andhra Pradesh is $100 billion and is ranked third...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. It has a population of 108,233 (agglomeration
Agglomeration
In the study of human settlements, an urban agglomeration is an extended city or town area comprising the built-up area of a central place and any suburbs linked by continuous urban area. In France, INSEE the French Statistical Institute, translate it as "Unité urbaine" which means continuous...
2,58,233) (2006 census). It is the headquarters of the district of the same name.
History
Adilabad derives its name from the erstwhile ruler of Bijapur, Mohammed Adil ShahMohammed Adil Shah
Muhammad Adil Shah was the ruler of Bijapur, ascending the throne in 1627 at the comparatively young age of sixteen years. This was accomplished with the help of two Bijapuri nobles – Daulat Khan and Mirza Muhammad Amin Lari .Muhammad’s glorious reign of thirty years witnessed some momentous...
. .
Historically, Adilabad has been home to a variety of cultures. Owing to its position at the border of central and southern India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
, it has been ruled by North Indian dynasties like the Mughals and the Mauryas and South Indian dynasties like the Satavahana
Satavahana
The Sātavāhana Empire or Andhra Empire, was a royal Indian dynasty based from Dharanikota and Amaravati in Andhra Pradesh as well as Junnar and Prathisthan in Maharashtra. The territory of the empire covered much of India from 230 BCE onward...
s and the Chalukyas. The current culture of the district incorporates significant elements of the neighboring Marathi
Marathi people
The Marathi people or Maharashtrians are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group, that inhabit the Maharashtra region and state of western India. Their language Marathi is part of the southern group of Indo-Aryan languages...
culture
Culture
Culture is a term that has many different inter-related meanings. For example, in 1952, Alfred Kroeber and Clyde Kluckhohn compiled a list of 164 definitions of "culture" in Culture: A Critical Review of Concepts and Definitions...
into the native Telugu
Telugu people
The Telugu people or Telugu Prajalu are an ethnic group of India. They are the native speakers of the Telugu language, the most commonly spoken language in India after Hindi and Bengali...
culture. However a multicultural society exists here with Bengali
Bengali people
The Bengali people are an ethnic community native to the historic region of Bengal in South Asia. They speak Bengali , which is an Indo-Aryan language of the eastern Indian subcontinent, evolved from the Magadhi Prakrit and Sanskrit languages. In their native language, they are referred to as বাঙালী...
, Malayali and Gujarati
Gujarati people
Gujarati people , or Gujaratis are an ethnic group that is traditionally Gujarati-speaking and can trace their ancestry to the state of Gujarat in western India...
people living in harmony.
Geography
Adilabad has an average elevation of 264 metres (866 feet).Adilabad district also consists of many landscapes like Kuntala
Kuntala
Kuntala is a village and a Mandal in Adilabad district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India. Kuntala has the highest waterfalls in the Andhra Pradesh state with a height of 45 meters.-The waterfall:Main article: Kuntala Waterfall...
Waterfalls, Sahyadri mountains,rivers like the Godavari, Penaganga, Pranahitha, etc. The district is also famous for the temple town Basara
Basara
- Places :* Basar, Andhra Pradesh, a census town in Adilabad district in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India * Basra, a city in Iraq * Basara, Bangladesh, a village in Bangladesh...
, where the shrine of goddess Saraswathi exists. People from the entire nation visit this place. Basara is located about 1 km away from the river Godavari.
Colleges
- AMR institute of engg and technology
- Basara IIIT International College
- Aizza College of Engineering and Technology
- Rajiv gandhi institute of medical sciences
- Vidyarthi colleges
- Nalanda colleges
- Vivekananda Degree college, Echoda
- Govt Jr college, Echoda
Temples
- Basara
- Bugga Rajeswara Temple (Bpl)
- Hanuman Temple Kokasmannur,Echoda
- narayana swamy temple,jainad
Transport
Adilabad was a railway station on MudkhedMudkhed
Mudkhed is a city and a municipal council in Nanded District in the Indian state of Maharashtra.- Transport :Mudkhed in 2010 is the junction of three railway lines. A Broad gauge line goes to Parbhani, a Broad gauge line to be goes to Nagpur, and another broad gauge line goes to Secunderabad.-...
-Adilabad Section of Hyderabad (HYB) Division of South Central Railway
South Central Railway
The South Central Railway is one of the 16 railway zones in India. It is headquartered at Secunderabad and has the following divisions:# Secunderabad# Hyderabad# Guntakal # Vijayawada# Guntur# Nanded...
(SCR). After Divisional adjustments in 2003, which saw the bifurcation of Hyderabad Division, Adilabad now comes under Nanded
Nanded
Nanded is the second largest city in the Marathwada region of Maharashtra, India. It is also headquarters of Nanded district in the Marathwada Division of the state. It is an important holy place for the Sikh faith and is famous for the Hazur Sahib Gurudwara. It is the district headquarters once...
(NED) Division of SCR. It has direct train connectivity with Hyderabad, Nizamabad, Nanded
Nanded
Nanded is the second largest city in the Marathwada region of Maharashtra, India. It is also headquarters of Nanded district in the Marathwada Division of the state. It is an important holy place for the Sikh faith and is famous for the Hazur Sahib Gurudwara. It is the district headquarters once...
, Vijayawada
Vijayawada
Vijayawada is the third largest city in Andhra Pradesh, India, located on the banks of the Krishna River and bounded by the Indrakiladri Hills on the West and the Budameru River on the North. The city is located in the Krishna District, about from the state capital Hyderabad.Vijayawada literally...
, Nellore
Nellore
Nellore , is a city and headquarters of Potti Sri Ramulu Nellore District, formerly Nellore district.And in the state of Andhra Pradesh. Ancient name of Nellore was "Vikrama Simhapuri"....
, Renigunta
Renigunta
Renigunta is a suburban area of Tirupati, a major pilgrimage centre for Hindus. Renigunta was initially set up as a railway junction to decongest the traffic at Tirupati East railway station. Later in the 1970s, Tirupati Airport was set up. This Tirupati suburb is popularly known as the 'Dwaar' ...
, Tirupati, Patna
Patna
Paṭnā , is the capital of the Indian state of Bihar and the second largest city in Eastern India . Patna is one of the oldest continuously inhabited places in the world...
, Nagpur
Nagpur
Nāgpur is a city and winter capital of the state of Maharashtra, the largest city in central India and third largest city in Maharashtra after Mumbai and Pune...
, Nasik, Mumbai
Mumbai
Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
CST, Warangal
Warangal
Warangal is a city and a municipal corporation in Warangal district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Warangal is located northeast of the state capital of Hyderabad and is the administrative headquarters of Warangal District. This district is a combination of three cities: Warangal,...
, Khammam
Khammam
Khammam , is the headquarters of the Khammam District in Andhra Pradesh state of India and is located about east of state capital, Hyderabad...
, Tenali
Tenali
Tenali , is a town and a mandal in Guntur District of Andhra Pradesh, South India. It has a population of 149,839 . It is located 16 miles east of Guntur City. Three canals of the Krishna River flow through Tenali making it a part of the rice bowl of Andhra Pradesh. One of the canals is...
, Ongole, Aurangabad
Aurangabad, Bihar
Aurangabad is a city and a municipality in Aurangabad district in the state of Bihar, India. Aurangabad is the district headquarters of the Aurangabad district. It is situated on the Grand Trunk Road. The people of this region primarily speak Magahi. Due to lack of industrialization, people are...
, Manmad
Manmad
Manmad is one of the cities in Nasik district in the state of Maharashtra state in India. It is the third largest city in Nasik district, with a population of approximately 125,000...
Gulbarga, Bidar
Bidar
Bidar is a city in the Indian state of Karnataka. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the north-eastern part of Karnataka. It is the headquarters of the Bidar District....
, Bijapur
Bijapur, Karnataka
Bijapur Urdu:بیجاپور city is the district headquarters of Bijapur District of Karnataka state. Bijapur city is well known for its historical monuments of architectural importance built during the rule of Adil Shahi dynasty...
, Sholapur etc.
National Highway 7 (the largest NH in India) passes through Adilabad making the road transport most easy. It is well connected to rest of India by road. Hyderabad is 280 km from here. Adilabad had an air strip which was destroyed by the Indian air force at the time of police action
Police action
Police action in military/security studies and international relations is a euphemism for a military action undertaken without a formal declaration of war.Since World War II, formal declarations of war have been rare...
in 1948. The nearest airport is Nagpur
Nagpur
Nāgpur is a city and winter capital of the state of Maharashtra, the largest city in central India and third largest city in Maharashtra after Mumbai and Pune...
but Hyderabad is most preferred.
Demographics
India censusCensus
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
, Adilabad had a population of 1,39,103. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Adilabad has an average literacy rate of 80.51%, higher than the national average of 74.04.5%; with 88.18% of the males and 72.73% of females literate. 14% of the population is under 6 years of age. Telugu
Telugu language
Telugu is a Central Dravidian language primarily spoken in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India, where it is an official language. It is also spoken in the neighbouring states of Chattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Orissa and Tamil Nadu...
is the administrative language, and is also widely spoken. The other languages spoken are Urdu
Urdu
Urdu is a register of the Hindustani language that is identified with Muslims in South Asia. It belongs to the Indo-European family. Urdu is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan. It is also widely spoken in some regions of India, where it is one of the 22 scheduled languages and an...
and Marathi
Marathi language
Marathi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people of western and central India. It is the official language of the state of Maharashtra. There are over 68 million fluent speakers worldwide. Marathi has the fourth largest number of native speakers in India and is the fifteenth most...
. The town has a predominant Hindu
Hindu
Hindu refers to an identity associated with the philosophical, religious and cultural systems that are indigenous to the Indian subcontinent. As used in the Constitution of India, the word "Hindu" is also attributed to all persons professing any Indian religion...
population with a considerable Muslim
Muslim
A Muslim, also spelled Moslem, is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion based on the Quran, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad. "Muslim" is the Arabic term for "submitter" .Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable...
population. It is one of the richest districts of Andhra Pradesh, containing 20% of state's wealth. About 75% of the district is covered with thick tropical moist deciduous forests, the second largest district in terms of forest coverage, next only to Khammam.
Parliamentary Constituency
Adilabad is a Loksabha Constituency.List of Elected Members:
- 1952 - Gangi Reddy K
- 1957 - K. Ashanna
- 1962 - Narayan G Reddy
- 1967 and 1971 - P. Ganga Reddy
- 1977 and 1980 - G. Narsimha Reddy
- 1984 - C. Madhava Reddi
- 1989 - P. Narsa Reddy
- 1991 - Allola Indrakaran Reddy
- 1996, 1998 and 1999 - Dr. Samudrala Venugopal Chary
- 2004 - Madhusudhan Reddy TakkalaMadhusudhan Reddy TakkalaMadhusudhan Reddy Takkala is a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represents the Adilabad constituency of Andhra Pradesh and is a member of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi political party.-External links:*...
- 2008 - Allola Indrakaran Reddy
- 2009 - Ramesh RathodRamesh RathodRamesh Rathod is an Indian politician, belonging to Telugu Desam Party. In the 2009 election he was elected to the Lok Sabha from the Adilabad constituency of Andhra Pradesh.-References:...
Assembly Constituency
Adilabad is a Legislative assembly constituency in Andhra PradeshAndhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh , is one of the 28 states of India, situated on the southeastern coast of India. It is India's fourth largest state by area and fifth largest by population. Its capital and largest city by population is Hyderabad.The total GDP of Andhra Pradesh is $100 billion and is ranked third...
. There are 181,966 registered voters in Adilabad constituency in 1999 elections.
List of Elected Members:
- 1952 - Sirga Daji Shankar Rao (Communist Party of IndiaCommunist Party of IndiaThe Communist Party of India is a national political party in India. In the Indian communist movement, there are different views on exactly when the Indian communist party was founded. The date maintained as the foundation day by CPI is 26 December 1925...
) - 1957 - Rangnath Rao (PDF)
- 1962 - Vithal Rao - Independent
- 1967 - K. Ramkishtoo (Communist Party of IndiaCommunist Party of IndiaThe Communist Party of India is a national political party in India. In the Indian communist movement, there are different views on exactly when the Indian communist party was founded. The date maintained as the foundation day by CPI is 26 December 1925...
) - 1972 - Masood Ahmed - INC
- 1978 - Chilukuri Ramachandra Reddy (Independent)
- 1983 - Chilukuri Vaman Reddy TDP
- 1985 - Chilukuri Ramachandra Reddy INC
- 1989 - Chilukuri Ramachandra Reddy INC
- 1994 - Chilukuri Vaman Reddy TDP
- 1999 - Padala Bhumanna - TDP
- 2004 - Chilukuri Ramachandra Reddy - INC
- 2009 - Jogu Ramanna- TDP