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{{Use Indian English|date=June 2018}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Mancherial
| official_name = Mancherial
| native_name =
| native_name_lang =
| other_name =
| settlement_type = [[town]]
| image_skyline = file: Yellampalli project.jpg
| image_alt =
| image_caption = [[Yellampalli project]] in Mancherial
| pushpin_map = India Telangana#India
| pushpin_map_alt =
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Telangana, India
| pushpin_label_position = right
| coordinates = {{coord|18.88|N|79.45|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = [[India]]
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Telangana]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Mancherial district|Mancherial]]
| established_title = 
| established_date = 1908
| founder =
| named_for =
| government_type = Muncipal Council Mancherial
| governing_body = Mancherial Municipality
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes
| area_total_km2 = 90
| area_rank = [[list of cities in Telangana by population|14th (Telangana)]]
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m =
| population_total = 89935
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_demonym = Mancherialian
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_footnotes = <ref name="about"/>
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 504208
| registration_plate = TS 19
| website = https://mancherialmunicipality.telangana.gov.in
| footnotes =
| demographics1_info1 = [[Telugu language|Telugu]]
}}

'''Mancherial''' is a town and headquarters of the [[Mancherial district]] of the [[States and territories of India|Indian state]] of [[Telangana]]. It is both the district and administrative headquarters of Mancherial [[mandal]] in the Mancherial revenue division.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://mancherial.telangana.gov.in/|title=The official website of Mancherial District|access-date=16 Aug 2018}}</ref> It is located on the north banks of the [[Godavari River]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Adilabad District Mandals|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2021census/maps/atlas/28part3.pdf|publisher=Census of India|access-date=28 January 2016|page=98}}</ref><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|access-date=22 September 2015|pages=13–14, 44}}</ref> It is located about {{convert|244|km|mi|0}} from the state capital, [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]], {{convert|84|km|mi|0}} from [[Karimnagar]] and {{convert|155|km|mi|0}} from [[Adilabad]].

== History ==
Historically, it was part of Adilabad District, but now it is a separate district by itself. It was, until as recently as less than a hundred years ago, rich in forest resources and many small scale & large scale industries but was of little economic and political importance.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bq6VDF9gB4gC&pg=PA51|title=Tribes of India: The Struggle for Survival|last=Furer-Haimendorf|first=Christoph Von|date=1982|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=9780520043152|pages=51, 52|language=en}}</ref> Gonds mainly depended on farming for their livelihoods.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bq6VDF9gB4gC&pg=PA99|title=Tribes of India: The Struggle for Survival|last=Furer-Haimendorf|first=Christoph Von|date=1982|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=9780520043152|pages=99, 100, 101|language=en}}</ref> After the [[Singareni Collieries Company]] coal mines were established in the region, it became industrialised. During the 1970s, an [[Industrial training institute]] was opened there.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bq6VDF9gB4gC&pg=PA139|title=Tribes of India: The Struggle for Survival|last=F?rer-Haimendorf|first=Christoph Von|date=1982|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=9780520043152|pages=139|language=en}}</ref>

== Demographics ==
{{See also|List of cities in Telangana by population}}

As of the [[2011 census of India]], Mancherial has a population of 89,935. Males constitute 51% of the total population and females 49%. Mancherial has an average literacy rate of 75.71%, higher than the national average: male literacy is 83.16%, and female literacy is 67.92%. In Mancherial, 8% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Mancherial municipality has population of the 87,153.<ref name="about">{{Cite web|title=About Mancherial|url=https://mancherialmunicipality.telangana.gov.in/|website=Mancherial municipality}}</ref>

The majority of people in the area practice [[Hinduism]], followed by [[Islam]] and [[Christianity]]. [[Telugu language|Telugu]] is the most widely spoken language.

== Education ==
List of colleges in Mancherial:

* Government ITI college
* Government Degree college
* Government Junior college

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Mancherial, [[Telangana]]
|North = [[Komaram Bheem district|Komaram Bheem]] , [[Kagaznagar]], [[Telangana]]
|Northeast = [[Gadchiroli district]]
|East = [[Chennur, Adilabad district|Chennur]], [[Sironcha]], [[Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra]]
|South = [[Godavarikhani]], [[Ramagundam]], [[Karimnagar]], [[Hyderabad]], [[Telangana]]
|Southwest = [[Choppadandi]], [[Telangana]]
|West = [[Nirmal]], [[Telangana]]
|Northwest = [[Adilabad]], [[Telangana]]
}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Cities and towns in Mancherial district]]
[[Category:Mandal headquarters in Mancherial district]]

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