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Map of Mancherial
Mancherial is a town in the Mancherial district (Old Adilabad District) of the Indian state of Telangana. It is both the district and administrative headquarters of Mancherial mandal in the Mancherial revenue division. It is located on the north banks of the Godavari River.
Contents
- Map of Mancherial
- Tourist attractions in india ooty warangal mancherial and hyderabad city surroundings
- Hyderabad to mancherial vijay
- History
- Demographics
- Politics
- Administrative divisions
- Places of Interest
- Transportation
- By road
- References
Tourist attractions in india ooty warangal mancherial and hyderabad city surroundings
Hyderabad to mancherial vijay
History
Historically, Mancherial has been the home of the Gondi people. It was a part of the Adilabad District, which had abundant forest resources but a poor communications infrastructure; moreover, it was an area of little economic and political importance. Gonds mainly depended on farming for livelihood. After the Singareni Collieries Company coal mines was established in the region, Mancherial became industrialised. During 1970s an Industrial training institute was opened in Mancherial.
Demographics
As of the 2011 census of India, Mancherial has a population of 1,69,891. Males constitute 51% of the total population and females 49%. Mancherial has an average literacy rate of 75.71%, higher than the national average: male literacy is 83.16%, and female literacy is 67.92%. In Mancherial, 8% of the population is under 6 years of age.
The majority of people in the area practice Hinduism, followed by Islam and Christianity. Telugu is the most widely-spoken language, followed by Urdu and Hindi.
Politics
Administrative divisions
There are 2 Villages in the Mancherial Mandal.
Places of Interest
Visiting places in and around Mancherial:
Transportation
Mancherial is well connected by road and rail from major parts of India. There is an unused airstrip at Basant Nagar Kesoram cement factory at Ramagundam which is about 25 km from Mancherial. It was used when the government of India was operating Vayudoot airlines, a subsidiary of Air India and Indian Airlines. After the closure of Vayudoot, it has not been in regular use.
By road
Mancherial is well connected by road from major parts of India. State run TSRTC buses runs to various towns/cities like, Adilabad, Godavarikhani, Karimnagar, Jagtial, Warangal, Nizamabad, Hyderabad, Guntur, Vijayawada, Nagpur, Shirdi, Mumbai, Nanded, Aurangabad and Chandrapur. It is connected with SH1,NH63 and Nagpur highway.
National Highway 16 (Nizamabad to Jagdalpur) passes through Mancherial. Rajeev Rahadari Hyderabad-Ramagundam-Asifabad road passes through Mancherial, which is the shortest route to reach Hyderabad via Godavarikhani, Karimnagar, Siddipet.
It is a good station to have stoppage due its urban population as well as proximity to other major towns like Mandamarri (14 km), Bellampally (21 km), Ramagundam,Godavarikhani (20 km)
Mancherial is one of the A category stations of Secunderabad division.