Elegaon

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Elegaon[map] is a village and GramPanchayat located in Bhainsa Revenue Mandal of Nirmal Revenue Division in the Adilabad District of Andhra Pradesh State in India.

As this village comes under the Telangana region of the state Andhra Pradesh (well known as under developed region of this state), is backward area. Most of the people are illiterate. This village has around 3500 people. It is not so far from the Bhainsa, its Revenue Mandal. Still it is underdeveloped state. The main reason is illiteracy and not well connected roads to neighboring villages.

?Elegaon Andhra Pradesh • India
Elegaon
Coordinates: 19°03′37″N 77°55′06″E / 19.060232, 77.918322
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Area • Elevation	• 363 m (1,191 ft)
District(s)	Adilabad
Population	3,000 (2001)
Language(s)	Telugu,Marathi
Codes • Pincode • Telephone	• 504102 • +08752

Coordinates: 19°03′37″N 77°55′06″E / 19.060232, 77.918322 Statistics of this village:

Population: 3500
Literate: 1500
Illiterate: 2000
Men: 1600
Women: 1900

No. of Wards: 10 (including 2 neighbor villages)

The other villages under the Elegaon GramPanchayat:
Badgaon
Sirala

Facilities available to Local People:

1. Veterinary Hospital
2. Post Office
3. Upper Primary School
4. Anganwadi
5. Road connected to (Bhainsa to Nizamabad) State Highway(3km).
6. Home water facility
7. Public water tanks
8. Cement street roads
9. Road connectivity to Umri (One near by village)
10. Water Canal from Sirala Project

Some more details:

No. of Hand Water Pumps : 10,
No. of Water Tanks : 10,
No. of Motors Used for Water Supply : 2
No. of Transformers : 4 big, 5-7 small,
No. of Houses : 1500

Agriculture:

This village has some of the best water resources for agriculture. One of the main crops harvested is Paddy. After that Cotton occupies the second slot. Though these crops are water-hungry and require more pesticides leads to high investment costs, still most of the people prefer to harvest it. The reason they have lack of experience in other cheaper crops and one mindedness. Some of the statistics of this village agriculture:

Major crops:

1. Rice
2. Cotton
3. Chilly
4. Mung(Pesara)
5. Blackgram(minumu)
6. Jowar(Jonna)
7. Corn (Mokka Jonna)
8. Groundnut
9. Pigeon pea(Thogari in local slang)
10. Soyabean