Peddapalli district is a district located in the northern region of the Indian state of Telangana. Its administrative headquarters is at Peddapalli and Commissionerate is at Ramagundam. The district shares boundaries with Mancherial, Karimnagar, Jagtial and Jayashankar Bhupalpally districts. This district covers Ramagundam city which is situated in the Godavari valley coalfields and has one of the India's largest thermal power stations in south region under NTPC. Mostly industries are connected with Godavarikhani - NTPC - Ramagundam.
History Peddapalli district was created out of Karimnagar district in 2016 during the general reorganization of districts in Telangana.
Geography
The district is spread over an area of .
Administrative divisions Peddapalli District Revenue Divisions Mandals Information List. Demographic LabelValueRemarksNo. of Revenue Disivions 2Peddapalli, ManthaniNo. of Revenue Mandals14No. of Mandal Praja Parishads13No. of Gram Panchayats263No. of Municipalities3Peddapalli, Manthani, SultanabadNo. of Municipal Corporations1RamagundamNo. of Revenue Villages215
Mandals There are 14 mandals are in the district. S. No.Manthani Revenue DivisionPeddapalli Revenue Division1KamanpurAnthergaon2ManthaniDharmaram3MutharamEligaid4RamagiriJulapalli5Kalva Srirampur6Odela7Palakurthy (Basanthnagar)8Peddapalli9Ramagundam Urban 10Sulthanabad
Villages There are 215 revenue villages in the district.
Abbapur Abbapuram Adavisomanpalle Adavisrirampur Adial Adivarampeta Adrial Akena palli Akkepalle Allur Ammagaripalle Andugulapalli Angulur Anthergoam Appannapet Arenda Bandampalli Banjerupally Basanth nagar Begumpet Bestapally Bhatpalle Bhatpally Bhitpalli Bhojannapet Bhoopathipuram Bitpalle (k) Bittupally Bommareddypalli Bompalli Botlavanaparthy Brahmanpalli Budhavarampeta Burahanmayapet Chamanpalle Chandapalli Cheekurai Cheemalapeta Chillapally Chinna Bonkur Chinna Kalvala Chinna Komera Dariyapur Dharmaram Dongathurthy Donthulapally Doolikatta Dubbapally Dubbapet Edulapuram Eklaspur Eklaspur Eligaid Elkalpalle Esalatakkalapally Gaddalapalle Gajulapally Gangaram Garrepalle Gattepalle Gattusingaram Goilwada Gollapalle Gollapally Gopalpur Gopalraopet Gowreddipet Gudem Gudipalle Gumnoor Gumpula Gundaram Gundlapalli Gunjapadu Gurrampalli Haripur Haripuram Indurthi Ippalapalle Isala Tekkalla Palle Ithrajpalle Jafarkhanpet Jallaram Jallipalle Jangoam Jayyarm Jeelakunta Jillelapalli Julapalle Kachapur Kadambapur Kakarlapally Kalwacherla Kamanpur Kammarikhanpeta Kanagarthy Kannala Kanukula Kasipet Kasulapally Katnepalle Khanampalle Khanapur Khansabpet Khilavanaparthy Kistampet Kodurupaka Kolanur / Kolanoor Kothapalle Kothapally Kothur Kuchirajpalle Kukkalagudur Kummarikunta Kunaram Kundanpalle Ladnapoor Lakkapur Lakkaram Lalapalli Lankakesaram Laxmipur Lingala Lingapur Lokapet Machupeta Madaka Maddiriyala Maidipalle Malkapur Mallapur Mallaram Mallepalle Mallial Mallialpalli Mancharami Mangapet Manthani Maredpaka Maredugonda Maredupalle Medipalle Mirzampet Miyapur Mogalpahad (n.e) Motlapalle Mulasala Mulkalapalle Munjampalle Muppirithota Murmoor Mustial Mutharam Myadaram Mydambanda Nadimipally Nagaram Nagepally Nagulapalli Namsanipalle Narsapoor Narsimhulapalli Narsingapur Neerukulla Nellipalli Nimmanapalle Nittur Odedu Odela Paidichinthala palle Palakurthy Palilthem Palthem Pandilla Pandulapalle Pandulapally Pannur Paratpalle Parthipaka Parupalle Pathipaka Pathkapalle Pedda Bonkur Pedda Kalvala Pedda Komera Peddampet Peddapalle (urban) Peddapur Pegadapalle Penchikalpet Perapalle Poosala Potharam Potiyala Putnoor Puttapaka Rachepalle Raghavapur Ragineedu Ragnapoor Raidandi Rajapur Ramagundam (U) Ramaiah palli Ramaraopally Rampalle Ranapur Rangaiahpalli Rangampalle Rangapur Rathupalle Ratnapur Rebbaldevipalle Regadimaddikunta Rompikunta Roopnarayanpet Ryakaldevpalli Sabitham Sanagonda Sarnepalle Sarvaram Sayampeta Seethampeta Shastrulapally Shatharajpalle Shivapalli Shukravarampalli Siripuram Somanapalle Srirampur Suddala Sukravarampeta Sultanabad Sulthanpoor Sundilla Suraiahpally Swarnapalle Swarnapally Telukunta Tharupalle Thoagarrai Thotagopaiahpally Turkalamaddi Kunta Undeda Upparapalli Upparla Kesaram Uppatla Velgalapahad Vemnoor Vempad Venkatapur Venkatraopalli Vennampalle Vilochavaram Wadkapur Yellamapalle Yerraguntapalli
Demographics
Census of India, the district has a population of 795,332, of which 304,013 (38.22%) live in urban areas. Peddapalli district has a sex ratio of 992 females per 1000 males and a literacy rate of 65.52%. 66,812 (8.40%) are under 6 years of age. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 154,855 (19.47%) and 14,945 (1.88%) of the population respectively.
At the time of the 2011 census, 92.13% of the population spoke Telugu and 5.41% Urdu as their first language.
Transport Road Peddapalli is well connected with the road transportation. The district has a district headquarters, two state highways SH-1 and SH-7 and no national highways. The district has two Telangana State Road Transport Corporation bus depots named Godavarikhani (GDK) and Manthani (MNTY).
Rail
The district is well connected with rail transportation which is operated by Secunderabad Railway Division of the South Central Railway Zone. The district has a main railway line which connects New Delhi (NDLS) - Chennai Central (MAS) and another line of Peddapalli (PDPL) - Nizamabad (NZB).
List of railway stations in Peddapalli District with railway station codes:
Railway Station CodeRailway Station NamePPZPeddampet Railway StationRDMRamagundam Railway StationRGPMRaghavapuram Railway StationPDPLPeddapalli Junction Railway StationKYOPKottapalli railway stationKOLRKolanoor Railway StationOEAOdela Railway StationPTKPPotkapalli Railway Station
Air Airport Code IATA: RMD, ICAO: VORG
The district has an (closed) airport with 1,300m runway located at Kesoram Cement Factory, BasanthNagar, Ramagundam. It is owned by the Birla Family and is operated by the Airports Authority of India. After the closure of Vayudoot it has not been of regular use. It is an unused airport now. The Government of Telangana is planning to develop this airport as a part of other airports in the state of Telangana by 2022 as it can be served for 4 districts i.e. Peddapalli, Mancherial, Karimnagar and Jagtial.
See also Peddapalle (Lok Sabha constituency) Peddapalle (Assembly constituency) Ramagundam (Assembly constituency) Manthani (Assembly constituency) List of districts in Telangana Ramagiri Fort NTPC Ramagundam Sripada Yellampalli project
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