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Godavarikhani

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Country
  
India

District
  
Peddapalli

Area rank
  
5

Population
  
253,600 (2011)

State
  
Telangana

Founded by
  
British Empire

Area
  
15 km²

Area code
  
08728


Named for
  
River Godavari and Mines and power stations

Government body
  
Ramagundam Municipal Corporation

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Godavarikhani is a city in Peddapalli district of the Indian state of Telangana state. It is located on the banks of Godavari River and hence, the name Godavari Khani (Khani=mines). This city is popular for its coal mines, controlled mostly by SCCL. The main source of income for most of the inhabitants is the wage provided by SCCL.

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Map of Godavarikhani, Ramagundam, Telangana

Beautiful place in godavarikhani mathadi


Transport

Godavarikhani (GDK) TSRTC depot ply buses to surrounding villages and to various parts of the state.Its a good revenue region for TSRTC. This city has bus connectivity directly to many cities like Bengaluru, Guntur, Vishakhapatnam, Vijayawada, Hyderabad, Tirupathi, Warangal, Nizamabad, Karimnagar, kurnool, Bhadrachalam, khammam, kadapa, Bodhan, Rajahmundry, Narsampet, Manuguru, Mancherial, Hanmakonda, Thorrur, Bodhan, Bhupalpalle.There is direct connectivity of Four Lane Express Highway road from Hyderabad - Karimnagar - Ramagundam Highway which is called Rajeev Rahadari (SH-1). Its a tollpay road.

Rail

This city has railway station named Ramagundam railway station which is the on the Kazipet–Ballarshah section of Secunderabad division. This Railway station is junction and potential stoppage for trains which pass this route to New Delhi,Indore,Gorakhpur,Jabalpur,Patna,Lucknow,Korba, Mumbai,Bikaner,Jaipur,Ahmedabad,Darbanga,Dehradun,Gandhidham,Jammu tawi,Ranchi,Bilaspur,Bhopal,Ahmedabad,Jaipur,Mannargudi,Madurai,Mysore,Gandhidham,Bilaspur,Patna,Nagpur,Varanasi,Vaishnodevi Katra from stations of Secunderabad,Trivandrum,Chennai,Bangalore,Vijayawada,Madurai,Visakhapatnam.

Coal mines

Godavarikhani is the major region for Singareni and it has Three regions namely RG-1,RG-2& RG-3 and Adriyala longwall project. Godavarikhani has 4 opencasts and 14 underground mines . Mainly coal excavated from this city is supplied to various industries and NTPC Ramagundam for power generation.

References

Godavarikhani Wikipedia