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{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2018}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Bellampalli
| other_name =
| settlement_type = [[Town]]
| image_skyline =
| imagesize =
| image_caption =
| nickname =
| pushpin_map = India Telangana#India
| pushpin_label_position = right
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Telangana
| coordinates = {{coord|19|4|32|N|79|29|17|E|region:IN|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States of India|State]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Telangana]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[mancherial district|Mancherial]]
| established_title = 
| established_date =
| founder =
| named_for =
| government_type = [[Municipality]]
| governing_body = Bellampalli Municipality
| leader_party = [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| leader_title = Municipal Chairman
| leader_name = Dava Swathi Ramesh Babu<ref>{{Cite web |last=Today |first=Telangana |date=2026-02-16 |title=Congress wins five municipalities; Independents clinch two, BRS captures one in erstwhile Adilabad |url=https://telanganatoday.com/congress-wins-five-municipalities-independents-clinch-two-brs-captures-one-in-erstwhile-adilabad |access-date=2026-02-17 |website=Telangana Today |language=en}}</ref>
| leader_title1 = Vice-chairman
| leader_name1 = Ragamshetti Satyanaarayana<ref>{{Cite web |last=Today |first=Telangana |date=2026-02-16 |title=Congress wins five municipalities; Independents clinch two, BRS captures one in erstwhile Adilabad |url=https://telanganatoday.com/congress-wins-five-municipalities-independents-clinch-two-brs-captures-one-in-erstwhile-adilabad |access-date=2026-02-17 |website=Telangana Today |language=en}}</ref>(INC)
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes = <ref name="civicbody">{{cite web|title=Urban Local Body Information|url=http://www.dtcp.telangana.gov.in/ULBs-List-68.pdf|website=Directorate of Town and Country Planning|publisher=Government of Telangana|access-date=28 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160615135503/http://dtcp.telangana.gov.in/ULBs-List-68.pdf|archive-date=15 June 2016|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
| area_total_km2 = 35.06
| area_rank =
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m =
| population_total = 66,789
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_footnotes = <ref name="census">{{cite web|title=District Census Handbook – Adilabad|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/2801_PART_B_DCHB_ADILABAD.pdf|website=Census of India|publisher=The Registrar General & Census Commissioner|access-date=13 May 2016|pages=13,214|format=PDF}}</ref>
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_rank = [[list of cities in Telangana by population|34th(Telangana)]]
| population_demonym = bellampallian
| postal_code = 504 xxx
| registration_plate = TG 19
| website = Bellampalli Municipality - Shri.R Bhujanga Rao, Municipal commissioner
| footnotes =
| timezone = [[India Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset = +5.30
| leader_name2 = Sri. A Krishna Lal
| leader_title2 = Municipal Commissioner
| blank2_name_sec1 = [[List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha|Lok Sabha constituency]]
| blank2_info_sec1 = peddapalli
| blank3_name_sec1 = [[List of Assembly constituencies of Andhra Pradesh|Assembly constituency]]
| blank3_info_sec1 = Bellampalli
}}

'''Bellampalli''' is a town in [[Mancherial district]] of the [[Indian state]] of [[Telangana]]. It is a municipality and mandal headquarters of Bellampalli [[mandal]] of Bellampalli [[revenue division]].<ref name="census" />

== Spellings ==
Alternative spellings are '''Bellampalle''' and '''Bellampally'''.

== History ==
Bellampalli is noted for its [[coal mine]]s belonging to [[Singareni Collieries Company]] Limited.So Goleti is named as bellampally area .Bellampalli has in past the most [[coal mines]] and opencast mines in the state of [[Telangana]]. The first coal mine was established in 1936 by the British government. Later, the town developed very rapidly with the discovery and excavation of many more coal mines. The coal production from the SCCL is catering to the needs of the [[National Thermal Power Corporation]], [[Ramagundam]] and many surrounding industrial buildings such as cement plants in Devapur, steel factory in [[Visakhapatnam]] and power plants in [[Maharashtra]]<ref name="Statistics1987">{{cite book|author=TelanganaPradesh (India). Bureau of Economics and Statistics|title=Statistical abstract of Andhra Pradesh|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6Ko_AAAAMAAJ|access-date=22 March 2012|year=1987|publisher=Bureau of Economics and Statistics}}</ref>

== Demographics ==
{{Historical populations|1941|6294|1951|15874|1961|29101|1971|30290|1981|44721|1991|66780|2001|66792|2011|55841|source=<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://data.gov.in/node/551261/download |title=Page Redirection|website=data.gov.in |date=21 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | title=Census tables {{!}} Government of India | url=https://censusindia.gov.in/census.website/data/census-tables | access-date=2024-12-29 | website=censusindia.gov.in}}</ref>}}
According to the 2001 India [[census]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-date=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|access-date=2008-11-01|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> Bellampalli had a population of 66,660. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Bellampalli has a literacy rate of 66%, higher than the national average of 60%, with 57% of the males and 43% of females literate. 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.

== Government and politics ==

=== Civic administration ===

Bellampalle Municipality was constituted in 1987 and is classified as a ''second grade municipality'' with 32 election wards. The jurisdiction of the civic body is spread over an area of {{convert|35.06|km2|mi2|abbr=on}}.<ref name="civicbody" />

=== Politics ===
{{See also|Bellampalli (Assembly constituency)}}
Bellampalli has been a traditional stronghold and birthplace of the CPI, also known as the Communist Party of India.
CPI leader Gunda Mallesh won the MLA seat for Bellampally in the 2009 elections. Gunda Mallesh is a senior politician from Bellampally and the CPI. The former MLA's of this of constituency are Amurajula Sreedevi and Pati Subadra. Bellampalli assembly constituency comes under Peddapalli Lok Sabha constituency. Gaddam Vamshi krishna is present MP.

;MLA's of Bellampalli
* Sridevi (TDP)-2004
* Gunda Mallesh (CPI) -2009
* Durgam Chinnaiah (TRS) -2014
* Durgam Chinnaiah (TRS) -2018
* Gaddam Vinod (Congress) - 2023

== Administravtive Division ==
There are 13 Villages under Bellampalli.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.districtsinfo.com/2016/11/mancherial-district-revenue-divisions.html|title=Schedule - II Reorganization Of Mandals In Mancherial District|website=www.districtsinfo.com|access-date=10 March 2017}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
! Sl.No.
! Name of the Mandal
! Villages in the Mandal
! Name of the Erstwhile Mandals from which the present Mandal is formed
|-
|1
| rowspan="13" | Bellampalli
|Bellampalle
| rowspan="13" | Bellampalli
|-
|2
|Ankusam
|-
|3
|Kannal (R)
|-
|4
|Chakepalle
|-
|5
|Budha Khurd (R)
|-
|6
|Budha Kalan (R)
|-
|7
|Chandravelli
|-
|8
|Rangapet
|-
|9
|Dugnepalle
|-
|10
|Gurjal (R) @ Talla Gurjal
|-
|11
|Akenipalle
|-
|12
|Batwanpalle
|-
|13
|[[Perkapally|Perkapalle]]
|}

== Economy ==
Coal production has been very important to the economic history of Bellampalli and it is thus known as an industrial town.{{citation needed|date=May 2015}} However, the average income of Rs. 5000/- per capita according to 1989 figures mean that the average person is living in poverty.<ref name="RaoAziz1989">{{cite book|last1=Rao|first1=Vidyananda Mohan|last2=Aziz|first2=Abdul|last3=Rao|first3=Vijendra Kasturi Ranga Varadaraja|title=Poverty alleviation in India: programmes and action|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fBkdAAAAIAAJ|access-date=22 March 2012|year=1989|publisher=Ashish Pub. House|isbn=978-81-7024-255-0|pages=42–3}}</ref>

== Transport ==

Bellampalli is well connected by road and train.

NH 363 A new National Highway is being constructed from Mancherial to chandrapur passes through Bellampalli

[[Bellampally railway station]] (BPA) is an early-established railway stations in [[Telangana]] region and it lies in [[Nagpur–Hyderabad line]]. The railway station code is BPA.

Bellampalli comes under south central railway and its 273 km distance towards North (Delhi route) from Hyderabad (Capital of the state).

[[File:Bellampally rly stn.jpg|thumb|Bellampally railway station]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}{{Mancherial district}}
[[Category:Cities and towns in Mancherial district ]]
[[Category:Mandal headquarters in Mancherial district]]

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