Miryalguda

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  ?Miryalguda
Andhra Pradesh • India
Coordinates: (find coordinates)
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
District(s) Nalgonda
Population 90,247 (2001)

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[edit] General

Miryalguda (population: approx. 250,000 in 2007) is a town in Nalgonda district, in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. It is a key commercial center in the region of Telangana.

Miryalaguda is famous for the paddy growth and it is listed among the top 5 paddy markets in Andhra Pradesh. The Left canal from Nagarjuna Sagar makes Miryalaguda green and commercially rich. The town is famous for its large number of rice mills.

[edit] Geography

Geographically located at 16.52N and 79.34 E. It is around 140km from Hyderabad.

[edit] Transportation

Miryalaguda is connected to most cities and towns in Andhra Pradesh by the state road transport corporation (APSRTC). Miryalaguda is 140km from Hyderabad, 126km from Guntur and 150km from Vijayawada. It is connected by both rail and road. The town is connected through 3 main roads, one towards Nalgonda (the district headquarters), one towards Guntur and Vijaywada and the other one towards NagarjunaSagar. 170 km from warangal.

[edit] Famous Temples

  • Venkateshwara Temple - at Avantipuram
  • Agastheswara Temple - at Wadapally (famous temple for the automatic all time water flow into Shiva Lingam)
  • Lord Shiva temple
  • Hanuman Temple
  • Sri Venkateshwara temple
  • Kodanda Raamalayam
  • SaiBaba Temple
  • Gitamandir
  • Kanyaka Parameshwari Temple
  • Bramha Kumaris Spiritual centre
  • Sri Seetha Ramanjaneya Devasthanam-At Hanumanpet
  • Kota maisamma Temple At Tummadam Village 15 K.m From miryalaguda

[edit] Industries

Miryalaguda Town developed after construction of Nagarjuna Sagar Dam. Growth of Miryalaguda is fueled by the good irrigation facility for cultivation, which has also helped the growth of industries. The cost of living of Miryalaguda is increasing day by day. More than 70 rice mills are situated around miryalaguda. People from various villages are living around the miryalaguda and doing rice related businesses here. The rice of miryalaguda is very famous in India. From here the rice is transporting to karnataka, mumbai and to other states.

It has a large number of Parboiled Modern Rice mills, (and this is the highest no. in ASIA) and other factories such as, solvent oil mills, and PVC pipes, and many Stone and Polishing Mills. Major industries in miryalguda mandal include:

  • Raasi Cements (India Cements) [1]
  • India cements

Town which is having 250 rice mills most of them are parboiled rice mills and other polished rice mills. Town itself supplies 15% rice in the state to F.C.I. Food Corporation Of India is one of the biggest storage house of polised rice and as well as parboiled rice in the country. Miryalguda is having an amount of 250 rice mills is the only town which is having the number of rice mills and other industries in the state.

The town has only one 3 star hotel named Vaishnavi& 6 cinema halls. it has good apsrtc bus stand(best in nalgunda dst ), it is also a good center for medical treatments.

[edit] Demographics

As of 2001 India census,[2] Miryalguda had a population of 90,247. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Miryalguda has an average literacy rate of 69%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 76%, and female literacy is 61%. In Miryalguda, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.

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Major cities of Nalgonda District

Coordinates: 16°52′N, 79°35′E

Miryalaguda is known for its education which is center for all colleges. The list of various colleges are

[edit] Engineering colleges:

1.NITS(Nagarjuna Institute of Technology and Sciences)

    Established in 1998 which had 6 departments and is affiliated to AICTE.

[edit] Degree & P.G Colleges:

1.Nagarjuna degree college.

2.Vijetha degree college.

3.Shanthinikethan degree college.

4.Nalanda degree college.

5.K.N.M college for arts and sciences.


[edit] Junior colleges

1. Vasavi Junior College

2. Saketha Junior College

3. Sahithi Junior College

4. Goutami Junior College

5. Jyothi Junior College

6. Govt. Junior College

7. Nagarjuna Junior College

8. Vanitha Junior College

9. Vanitha Junior College

[edit] References

  1. ^ India Cements
  2. ^ Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns. (Provisional). Census Commission of India. Retrieved on 2007-09-03.