Mancherial
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| ?Mancherial Andhra Pradesh • India |
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| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| Area • Elevation |
• 142 m (466 ft) |
| District(s) | Adilabad |
| Population | 70,231 (2001) |
Coordinates: Mancherial is a town and a municipality in Adilabad district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.
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[edit] Geography
Mancherial is located at .[1] It has an average elevation of 142 meters (469 feet).
[edit] Demographics
As of 2001 India census,[2] Mancherial had a population of 70,231. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Mancherial has an average literacy rate of 65%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 72%, and female literacy is 57%. In Mancherial, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.
[edit] Features
- Mancherail is the second biggest city in Adilabad Dist(First is Adilabad).
- Mancherial is a commercial hub catering to the coal belt of Singareni collieries.
- A cement plant earlier the ACC ltd., and belonging to Shyam Sunder Agarwalis located here.
- It is located on the north bank of the Godavari river.
Hospitals and nursing homes in the town in both the private and Government sector cater to a wide area and diverse population, including miners, tribals and farmers from the surrounding areas. Visiting specialists from Hyderabad and Warangal serve the area well.
- it is on the main north south railway route from Delhi to madras. the major junctions up north are the wardha in maharashtra and kazipet to the south.
- it's proximity to the rich cement minerals and the coal mines fules the economy, which offsets the rampant poverty in the general adilabad area and the accompanying naxellite problem.
- it used to have a government-run high school and a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh-run Saraswathi Sishu Mandir schools (both taught in Telugu), apart from the RadhaKrishnan Secondary School and Carmel Convent High School (taught in English)urdu high school also runed by urdu education society. by name madeen tul uloom .mancherial have total 5 masjid (prayer hall)
main job resources are SINGARENI COLLORIES, it has the huge employement and ACC cement factory, and near by Sirpur Paper Mill.
it has 6 Cinema Theatres and 3 theatres are located in CCC Colony., and Venkateswara temple and Saibaba temples are famous here, Hanuman temple also.
It has all the major bank branches like SBI, SBH, HDFC, ICICI, AXIS, Andhra Bank.
In and around 5 kilometre distance form Mancherial, Shirkey Colony, Nagarjuna and New Nagarjuna quarters located. These quarters are provided by government to facilitate Singareni employees.Two good and neatly maintained parks are surrounded by these colonies. A swimming pool, Church and Geeta Dhyana Mandiram in C.C.C area.
[edit] Languages
Highest people speaking language is Telugu. Hindi and English are used in business operations.
[edit] Transport
[edit] Road Transport
Mancherial is well connected by road from various major parts of India like Adilabad, Karimnagar, Warangal, Nizamabad, Hyderabad, Guntur, Vijayawada, Nagpur, Shirdi.
NH-16(Nizamabad to Jagadalpur) passes through Mancherail.
[edit] Rail Transport
Mancherail railway station is located on the one of the biggest railway line in India (Delhi-Chennai ). It is well connected by rail from various metro cities in India.
[edit] Air Transport
Nearest Airport to the Mancherail is Hyderabad International airport Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (250km by road, 3hrs of journey by train(AP Exp)). There is also one proposal to construct new airport at Basanth nagar(ramagundam) which is 20-30 km from Mancherial. Once it is operational, it could be the nearest airport.
[edit] Attractions
Visiting places in and surrounding Mancherail:
- Saibaba Temple
- Venkateshwara Temple
- Godavari River (sammakka sarakka jathara)
- Kunthala water falls
- ACC jathara
- Gudem (Satyanarayana swamy,Ayyappa temples)
- Jannaram Forest
- CSI Church (Laxetpet)
- Kadem Dam
[edit] References
- ^ Falling Rain Genomics.Mancherial
- ^ Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns. (Provisional). Census Commission of India. Retrieved on 2007-09-03.
