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?Gajwel Andhra Pradesh • India
Gajwel
Coordinates: 17°51′06″N 78°40′58″E / 17.8517, 78.6828
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Area • Elevation	• 568 m (1,864 ft)
District(s)	Medak

Coordinates: 17°51′06″N 78°40′58″E / 17.8517, 78.6828 Gajwel is a town, mandal, and Assembly constituency in the Medak district in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India.

1 Geography
2 Demography
3 Assembly Constituency
4 Economy
5 Education
6 Hospitals
7 Entertainment
8 Banking
9 Mosques
10 Temples
11 By

[edit] Geography

Gajwel is located at 17.8517° N 78.6828° E.^[1] It has an average elevation of 568 meters (1866 ft). Nearest Airport is Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Hyderabad (capital of Andhra Pradesh) 60km.

[edit] Demography

Gajwel mandal is spread across 52,659 acres (213 km²) of land. There are approximately 10,600 houses in the mandal. As per 1991 census, Gajwel mandal has a population of 55,320, 27,840 men and 27,480 women.

Villages in Gajwel Mandal:

1 GAJWEL

2 SERIPALLE

3 KOLGUR

4 AHMADIPUR

5 SINGATAM

6 BURUGUPALLE

7 DACHARAM

8 PEDCHED

9 BEJGAON

10 BAYYARAM

11 KYASARAM

12 RIMMANGUDA

13 KODAKONDLA

14 DATARPALLE

15 HAVAIGUDA

16 AKKARAM

17 SRIGIRIPALLE

18 PRAGNAPUR

19 MUTRAJPALLE

20 DILALPUR

21 JALIGAON

22 DHARMAREDDIPALLE

23 BANGLA VENKATAPUR

24 MAQTA MASANPALLE

25 KOMATIBANDA

26 SANGAPUR....

[edit] Assembly Constituency

Gajwel is one of the largest assembly constituencies of Medak district in Andhra Pradesh. Gajwel constituency consists of Daulatabad, Toopran, Wargal, Mulug, and Jagadevpur mandals. Hounarable state minister for heavy industries and sugar Smt.Dr.J.Geeta Reddy represents the assembly segment.

[edit] Economy

Agriculture is the primary source of income. There are no special minerals found in this region. There are about 13 reasonable size tanks which supply water to about 2,836 acres (11 km²) of land. There are about 147 ponds which supply water to about 2,852 acres (12 km²). There are about 1,685 wells and 2,346 bore-wells. Approximately 49,997 acres (202 km²) of land is suitable for irrigation. Corn is one of the major crops in this area, other crops are paddy, cotton, sugarcane etc., There is a dairy chilling factory in Gajwel,

[edit] Education

Gajwel mandal consists of 24 primary schools, 10 upper middle schools and 5 high schools along with several government and private junior and degree colleges. There are several higher educational institutions catering to the needs of local population. A private engineering (minority owned) college, Govt. Residential Polytechnic College, and a B-ed college are located near Gajwel town. Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya also caters to the population of Gajwel.

[edit] Hospitals

Gajwel town has government civil hospital of 100 beds capacity. There are several private medical practitioners along with nursing home facilities.

[edit] Entertainment

In Gajwel Town has four Theaters. Two 70 mm Theaters, Santosh 70 mm ,Yadagiri 70 mm. Two 35 mm, Sangeeth 35 mm, Balaji, 35 mm Like Theaters.

[edit] Banking

Several banks are located in the mandal which includes State Bank of India, State Bank of Hyderabad, Manjeera Grameena Bank, Co-operative Bank. ATM is also available at state Bank of Hyderabad.

[edit] Mosques

There are 6 mosques in the town. They are Madina Masjid, Jama Masjid, Mohammedia Masjid, Salaheen Masjid, Jalal Masjid, Ek Minar Masjid.

[edit] Temples

Many big temples exist in Gajwel. Main temples like the Ramalayam, Krishna Temple, Ayyappa Temple, Anjaneyswami temple, Siva temple,Venkateshwara Swamy Temple,Santhosh matha temples.