Vikarabad

వికారాబాద్
Vikarabad
—  city and muncipality  —
వికారాబాద్
Vikarabad
Location of వికారాబాద్
Vikarabad
in Andhra Pradesh and India
Coordinates
Country India
State Andhra Pradesh
District(s) Rangareddy
Population 54,852 (2011)
Time zone IST (UTC+05:30)
Area

• Elevation

• 638 metres (2,093 ft)
Website http://vikarabad.in

Vikarabad or Vicarabad (Telugu: వికారాబాద్) is a town and Muncipality in Ranga Reddy District of Andhra Pradesh in India. It was named after the forth Amir of Paigah Vikar, prime minister of Hyderabad and Berar (this territory was Paigah Jagir of Sir Vikar ul umra also included his Private estate). The city is well connected on railroad and has Vikarabad Junction where the railway line coming from Hyderabad/Secunderabad Jn bifurcates towards Pune/Mumbai via Wadi Junction. The other line goes to Parli Vaijnath (a Jyotirlinga Centre) in Maharashtra and further on to Parbhani in Maharashtra. Its climate was famous during the princely era with Vikar Manzil Palace being a summer retreat of the Nawab (Begumpet railway station was specially constructed by Sir Vikar within his Begumpet Paigah palace conglomerate for his travel to Vikarabad). But sadly now deforestation has deprived this city and Taluka of its ecological pre-eminence. ananthagiri hills is very beautifull forest location near by vikarabad.

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Demographics

As of 2001 India census,[1] Vikarabad had a population of 42,258. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Vikarabad has an average literacy rate of 64%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 72%, and female literacy is 57%. In Vikarabad, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.Rangareddy Dist Police superintendent office is located at Vikarabad. Presently Vikarabad is renowned as Rural Education centre. Engineering, Medical, Dental, Polytechnic, ITI,and Colleges of Education are also situated and serving the rural people for low cost. Historical Sri Anantha Padmanabha College helped its pupil to emerge as Industrialists, IAS officers,Politicians, Software engineers and Professionals in many fields.Dr.M.Ramchander Rao,a well known Dentist laid a good platform for medical and political environment here.

After functioning from Hyderabad for 24 years, the Ranga Reddy district police office was finally shifted to Vikarabad on 2 May 2003.The Former Home Minister, T. Devender Goud, inaugurated the Ranga Reddy SP office in Vikarabad and laid foundation stones separately for the construction of a new building for SP office and a district jail. see http://www.hinduonnet.com/2003/05/03/stories/2003050307860300.htm

DGP Swaranjit Sen on 25 January 2006 inaugurated a separate CLUES team for Ranga Reddy district police at Vikarabad.

Noted telangana poet, writer and author of several legal works sri Mangari Rajender popularly known as Zimbo among literary circles Assumed charge as Senior Civil judge vikarabad on 2 May 2009.The Famous "JAATIYA SAHITYA PARISHATH"(Nationalist Forum for Literature)was started as SAHITI SAMITHI in Vikarabad itself in 1971.

Vikarabad is famous for nice climate and peaceful weather. And vikarabad is now modified to a tourist spot by AP govt by constructing a Tristar guest house/restuarent .

Vikarabad in Ranga Reddy district is among the eight satellite towns identified for the implementation of pilot scheme on Infrastructure Development with a total outlay of Rs 5000 crore.

The scheme aims at development of urban infrastructure facilities like solid waste management, water supply and sewerage to channelise future growth and ameliorate pressure on mega cities, Minister of State, Urban Development, Mr S Saugata Roy told the Lok Sabha .

Places of interest around Vikarabad

Villages

Assembly Constituency

Vikarabad is an assembly constituency in Andhra Pradesh.

• 2008 G. Prasad Kumar (Indian National Congress)

• 2004 A.Chandra Shekar (Telangana Rashtra Samithi)

• 1999 A. Chandra sekhar (Telugu Desam Party)

• 1994 A. Chandra sekhar (Telugu Desam Party)

• 1989 A. Chandra sekhar (Telugu Desam Party)

• 1985 A. Chandra sekhar (Telugu Desam Party)

• 1983 K.R.K. Swami (Indian National Congress)

• 1978 V.B. Tirumalaiah (Indian National Congress)

• 1972 V.B. Tirumalaiah (Independent)

• 1967 A. Ramaswami (Indian National Congress)

• 1962 A. Ramaswami (Indian National Congress)

• 1957 Marri Chenna Reddy (Indian National Congress)

• 1957 A. Ramaswami (Indian National Congress)

• 1952 Marri Chenna Reddy (Indian National Congress)

• 1952 A. Ramaswami (Indian National Congress)

References

  1. ^ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. http://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999. Retrieved 2008-11-01. 
  2. ^ http://www.ananthagiritemple.in
  3. ^ http://www.ananthagiritemple.in

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