Utkoor

Utkoor
village
Utkoor Location in Andhra Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 16°39′00″N 77°31′00″E / 16.6500°N 77.5167°E / 16.6500; 77.5167Coordinates: 16°39′00″N 77°31′00″E / 16.6500°N 77.5167°E / 16.6500; 77.5167
Country	India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Mahaboob Nagar
Elevation	396 m (1,299 ft)
Population
• Total	48,473
• Density	133/km2 (340/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Telugu
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Telephone code	08506-286127 (MDO)
Vehicle registration	AP22
Climate	hot (Köppen)

Utkur or Utkoor is a Mandal in Mahbubnagar district, Andhra Pradesh.

Geography

Utkur is located at 16°39′00″N 78°31′00″E / 16.6500°N 78.5167°E / 16.6500; 78.5167.^[1] It has an average elevation of 396 metres (1302 ft). Utkoor is one of the 64 Mandals (Tehsil) in Mahboobnagar located about 60 KM towards west from the District headquarters District bordering Karnataka state. Utkoor has 8,879 Households spread across total 33 villages and 18 panchayats. ^[2] The nearest town to Utkoor is Narayanpet about 15 km away with good road connectivity. There is no railway station within 10 km and the nearest big town is Narayanpet which is 15 kilometers away. The Hyderabad to Raichur highway runs through Utkoor Mandal.

Important Places

There is an Arya Samaj temple in Utkoor. Arya Samaj society was founded by swami dayananda saraswathi, has been established in utkoor in 1946. Arya Samaj was established by Swami Dayanand Saraswati in the year 1875 to get rid of social evils of Hindu society. Arya Samaj is a bona fide Hindu-Vedic organization. It is non-denominational Hindu-Vedic religious organization dedicated to remove superstition, orthodoxy and social evils from society. Some Arya Samaj disciples from Utkoor Mandal have gone to Arya Mahasammelan held in New Delhi.

Utkoor has Zilla Parishad government primary and high school but there are no junior colleges. MPHS is a Telugu medium co-education high school in Pedddajatram in Utkoor Mandal. Dayanand Vidya Mandir Primary School is run by the Arya Samaj society of Utkoor. There are two private English medium schools Nalanda High School and Milat-e-Islamia High School in Utkoor.^[3]

The colleges near to Utkoor GOVT JR COLLEGE, MALDAKAL, Sri Krishnaveni Degree College and MANIKANTA JR COLLEGE MAKTHAL, the nearest being 15 KM away. ^[4]

Villages

The villages in Utkoor mandal include:^[5]

• Aminpur
• Auslonipalle
• Bijwar
• Chinnaporla
• Edivelly
• Kollur
• Magdampoor
• Mallepalle
• Nidugurthi
• Oblapur
• Pagidimarri
• Pathapalle
• Peddajatram
• Peddaporla
• Pulmamidi
• Thipraspalle
• Utkoor
• Vallampalle

References