Mandamarri
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Mandamarri is a town and a municipality
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 India
India
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n state
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 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...

.

Demographics

India census
Census
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, Mandamarri had a population of 66,176. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Mandamarri has an average literacy rate of 61%, higher than the national average of 59.5%. Male literacy is 70%, and female literacy is 52%. 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.

There are coal mines belonging to Singareni Collieries in this region. It is also referred to as Kalyani Khani.
Mandamarri is very accessible to Mancherial and Bellampalli.
There are 10 underground coal mines belonging to Singareni Collieries Company Limited
Singareni Collieries Company
The Singareni Collieries Company Limited or SCCL is a government-owned coal mining company in India. One of the public sector undertakings, the company is jointly owned by the Andhra Pradesh government and the Union Government . The Union Government's administration of the company is through the...

. Viz., KK1, KK2 , KK5, SMG 1, Kasipet UG, MK 4, RK 1A. The coal production from the M/S SCCL is catering to the needs of the National Thermal Power Corporation
National Thermal Power Corporation
NTPC Limited is the largest Indian state-owned energy service provider based in New Delhi, India. It is listed in Forbes Global 2000 for 2010 ranked it 341st in the world...

, Ramagundam, and many surrounding industrial buildings such as cement plants in Devapur, power plants in Maharashtra, paper mills in Sirpur Kagaznagar, and so on.

Religion

The town has a spiritual ambience around it as it is sprinkled with religious centres and temples all over: The CSI Church near First Zone, Carmel Church in Carmel High School, Mosque near Market. The Lord Venkateshwara Temple; the Shirdi Sai Temple, run by Sri Sathya Sai Seva Samithi; the Lord Hanuman Temple in the middle of the market; the Ramalayam, the Polamamba temple near Shirke (Pranahita Colony), famous for the annual Kalyanam; the newly famous Panchamukhanjaneya Temple and the Ayyappa Temple, buzz with religious fervour all through the year. Sri Santhoshimatha temple, a newly built Shivakeshava Temple in the Yapal area of the town, attracts huge number of devotees. In addition to these, the town also has many mosques and churches. The town is always full of religious activity, be it the Vinayak Chaturthi, Devi Navaratri, or other festivals. The Shirdi Sai Temple is well known for its religious services and activities all throughout the year.
The town is very famous for the main festival of the Telangana
Telangana
Telangana is a region in the present state of Andhra Pradesh, India and formerly was part of Hyderabad state which was ruled by Nizam. It is bordered with the states of Maharashtra on the north and north-west, Karnataka on the west, Chattisgarh on the north-east and Orissa to the east...

 region: Dasara. Also, there is always a big fireworks display in the town on the day of Diwali that lasts for hours.

Transportation

The town has a bus station in the middle of the busy market area, but it has direct and comfortable services to important destinations like Hyderabad, Karimnagar, Warangal, Nirmal, Nanded, Shiridi etc.

Since the town is geographically located between Mancherial and Bellampalli, it has a railway station which is a part of the New Delhi - Chennai route.

Education

Mandamarri has good academic base. It has well known schools like Singareni Collieries High School, Adharsha Vidhyanikethan High School, Carmel High School, Little Flowers, Mother Teressa, Arunodaya High School, Layola High School, Raghavendra High School and Pragathi High School.

Recreation

There is a new park constructed by Singareni Collieries
Singareni Collieries Company
The Singareni Collieries Company Limited or SCCL is a government-owned coal mining company in India. One of the public sector undertakings, the company is jointly owned by the Andhra Pradesh government and the Union Government . The Union Government's administration of the company is through the...

 that grabs the attention of many children.
There is also a swimming pool in Mandamarri which is constructed and maintained by Singareni Collieries. There are two recreation clubs in the town: Ellandu club and C.E.R club.
Recently a park was opened in Mandamarri which is spread across 25 acres (101,171.5 m²) which has facilities like boating, fountains, canteen, rabbits, rarely available star tortoise, aviary, aquarium, etc... This park is maintained by Singareni. There is a theatre in the town, named Sri Krishna Theatre, which is one of the oldest theatres in the district.

The municipality of Mandamarri since its formation in 1983 as there is a case pending in High Court
Andhra Pradesh High Court
The Andhra Pradesh High Court is the High Court of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It was set up on 5 July 1954 under the Andhra State Act, 1953.Its seat is in the administrative capital, Hyderabad and has a sanctioned judge strength of 39....

regarding the chairmanship of the municipality.
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