Mahbubnagar, formerly known as Rukmammapeta and Palamooru[3] is a city[4][dead link] in Mahbubnagar District of the Indian state of Telangana named after the 6th Nizam of Hyderabad, Mahboob Ali Khan. It is the headquarters of Mahbubnagar mandal in Mahbubnagar revenue division.[5] The city is also the largest in the district with an area of 39.64 km2 (15.31 sq mi) and 7th most populous in the state.[6]
Mahbubnagar
Palamuru | |
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 Mahabubnagar IT Tower | |
  Mahbubnagar Mahbubnagar (Telangana)  Mahbubnagar Mahbubnagar (India) | |
| Coordinates: 16°44′56″N 78°00′13″E / 16.748800°N 78.003500°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Telangana |
| Region | Deccan |
| District | Mahbubnagar |
| Named for | Mahboob Ali Khan |
| Government | |
| • Body | Mahbubnagar Municipal Council |
| • Municipal Chairman | Koramoni Narsimulu |
| • MLA | Yennam Srinivas Reddy (INC) |
| • MP | D. K. Aruna (BJP) |
| Elevation | 519 m (1,703 ft) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
| • City | 222,573 |
| • Density | 4,803/km2 (12,440/sq mi) |
| • Metro | Urban Agglomeration 300,000 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Telugu |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 509001 |
| Telephone code | 08542 |
| Vehicle registration | TG-06[2]/AP-22(Old) |
| Planning Agency | Mahbubnagar Urban Development Authority (MUDA) |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Mahbub Nagar |
Geography
editMahbubnagar is located at 16°44′N 77°59′E / 16.73°N 77.98°E.[7] It has an average elevation of 498 metres (1633 feet). The city of Mahbubnagar is located at a distance of 98 km from Hyderabad, 130 km from Kurnool and 151 km from Gulbarga.[citation needed]
Demographics
edit| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1931 | 13,300 | — |
| 1941 | 16,462 | +23.8% |
| 1951 | 23,827 | +44.7% |
| 1961 | 35,588 | +49.4% |
| 1971 | 51,756 | +45.4% |
| 1981 | 87,503 | +69.1% |
| 1991 | 116,833 | +33.5% |
| 2001 | 139,662 | +19.5% |
| 2011 | 222,573 | +59.4% |
| Source: [8] | ||
In 2011, Mahbubnagar had a population of 222,573[9] It is the 9th largest city of south India by number of auto rickshaws, and 2nd in Telangana after Hyderabad.[citation needed]
Governance
editMahbub Nagar municipality is the civic body of the city, which was constituted in 1942 as a third grade municipality. It was upgraded to second grade in 1959, to first grade in 1983 and finally to Special grade municipality in 2004.[6] It is spread over an area of 98.64 km2 (38.09 sq mi).[10] Mahbub Nagar urban agglomeration consists of Mahbub Nagar municipality, census towns of Boyapalle, Yenugonda and the out growths of Mahbub Nagar (rural) (full), Yedira (part) village.[5]
Economy
editMahabubnagar has an IT Tower, inaugurated in 2023, as part of KTR's mantra of ‘3-D’ (Digitise, Decarbonise and Decentralise).[11][12]
Corning is establishing a manufacturing location in the town.[13]
Education
editMahbubnagar has a variety of educational institutions and a university named Palamuru University which gives affiliation to all colleges in the city and the united district of Mahbubnagar that includes the colleges of districts like Nagarkurnool, Wanaparthy, Narayanpet and Gadwal.
Transport
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The city is connected to major cities and towns by means of road, railway and airway. National and state highways that pass through the city are NH 44 and NH 167, State highway 20 and 23. TSRTC operates buses to various destinations from Mahbub Nagar bus station of the city.[14]
Air
editRajiv Gandhi International Airport is only 75 km from the city.
Railway
editThe city has rail connectivity with the presence of MahbubNagar Main Station, Mahbub Nagar Town, Yenugonda Station and Diviti Pally Stations.
Notable people
edit- Jaipal Reddy – Outstanding Parliamentarian, Former leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha
- Burgula Ramakrishna Rao – First elected Chief Minister of Hyderabad State
- Pramod Mahajan – Former Union Minister
- Revanth Reddy – 2nd Chief Minister of Telangana
- Mallikarjun Goud – Former Union Minister
- D. K. Aruna – BJP National Vice President, Ex-Minister of state
- Venkatarama Reddy – kotwal
- J. Rameshwar Rao – Former MP, Diplomat, Orient Longman Publishers founder
- Chitlem Narsi Reddy – Former Deputy Speaker of AP Assembly
- Jupally Krishna Rao – Minister
- A. P. Jithender Reddy – Former MP, businessman
- C. Laxma Reddy – Former Minister
- Gona Budda Reddy[15] – Poet and king (13th Century)
- Nagam Janardhan Reddy – Former Minister
- Ravula Chandra Sekar Reddy – politician
- Ravula Ravindranath Reddy – politician
- Singireddy Niranjan Reddy – Lawyer and politician
- Suravaram Pratapa Reddy – freedom fighter and writer
- Goreti Venkanna – writer and singer
- Tejaswini Manogna – Miss Earth India 2019
- Manda Jagannath – Former MP
- Kapilavai Lingamurthy – Poet and writer
Climate
edit| Climate data for Mahbubnagar (1981–2010, extremes 1952–2010) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 36.8 (98.2) |
40.3 (104.5) |
41.8 (107.2) |
45.3 (113.5) |
44.9 (112.8) |
44.8 (112.6) |
37.4 (99.3) |
37.5 (99.5) |
39.4 (102.9) |
39.1 (102.4) |
35.9 (96.6) |
36.0 (96.8) |
45.3 (113.5) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 30.7 (87.3) |
33.6 (92.5) |
37.0 (98.6) |
39.2 (102.6) |
39.7 (103.5) |
34.8 (94.6) |
31.7 (89.1) |
30.5 (86.9) |
31.5 (88.7) |
31.6 (88.9) |
30.9 (87.6) |
30.0 (86.0) |
33.4 (92.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 17.1 (62.8) |
19.3 (66.7) |
22.7 (72.9) |
25.6 (78.1) |
27.0 (80.6) |
24.7 (76.5) |
23.5 (74.3) |
22.9 (73.2) |
22.9 (73.2) |
21.5 (70.7) |
19.2 (66.6) |
17.0 (62.6) |
22.0 (71.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 9.1 (48.4) |
11.6 (52.9) |
12.5 (54.5) |
16.1 (61.0) |
18.3 (64.9) |
20.4 (68.7) |
18.6 (65.5) |
20.0 (68.0) |
18.5 (65.3) |
13.4 (56.1) |
11.3 (52.3) |
11.0 (51.8) |
9.1 (48.4) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 4.5 (0.18) |
4.4 (0.17) |
6.5 (0.26) |
20.9 (0.82) |
38.1 (1.50) |
109.9 (4.33) |
154.6 (6.09) |
171.2 (6.74) |
155.8 (6.13) |
88.2 (3.47) |
12.9 (0.51) |
3.7 (0.15) |
770.8 (30.35) |
| Average rainy days | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 2.6 | 7.0 | 11.0 | 11.2 | 9.0 | 4.9 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 50.2 |
| Average relative humidity (%) (at 17:30 IST) | 42 | 36 | 33 | 32 | 36 | 55 | 66 | 71 | 69 | 63 | 52 | 45 | 50 |
| Source: India Meteorological Department[16][17] | |||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ "Basic Information". Official website of Mahbubnagar Municipality. Archived from the original on 30 June 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
- ^ "District Codes". Government of Telangana Transport Department. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
- ^ "About Mahbubnagar District | Mahbubnagar District,Telangana | India". Retrieved 21 June 2023.
- ^ "Cities having population 1 lakh and above, Census 2011" (PDF).[dead link]
- ^ a b NAGAR.pdf "District Census Handbook – Mahbubnagar" (PDF). Census of India. pp. 12–13. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
{{cite web}}: Check|url=value (help) - ^ a b "Mahbubnagar Municipality". Municipal Administration & Urban Development Department. Archived from the original on 25 November 2015. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
- ^ "redirect to /world/IN/02/Mahbubnagar.html". fallingrain.com.
- ^ https://censusindia.gov.in/census.website/data/census-tables [bare URL]
- ^ "Census of India Website : Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India". www.censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
- ^ "Basic Information of Municipality". Municipal Administration & Urban Development Department. Government of Telangana. Archived from the original on 17 June 2015. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
- ^ "Telangana setting up IT hubs in five more tier-II towns". The Siasat Daily. 17 December 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
- ^ "Telangana: IT Tower inaugurated in Mahabubnagar". Telangana Today. 6 May 2023. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
- ^ "Corning and SGD Pharma announce joint venture to open new glass tubing facility and expand access to Corning® Velocity® Vial technology in India".
- ^ "Bus Stations". TSRTC. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
- ^ C.Chandra Kanth Rao. "Encyclopedia in Telugu (Gona Buddha Reddy)". cckraopedia.blogspot.in.
- ^ "Station: Mahbubnagar Climatological Table 1981–2010" (PDF). Climatological Normals 1981–2010. India Meteorological Department. January 2015. pp. 459–460. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 February 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
- ^ "Extremes of Temperature & Rainfall for Indian Stations (Up to 2012)" (PDF). India Meteorological Department. December 2016. p. M12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 February 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
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