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Mahabubnagar, formerly known as Rukmammapeta and Palamooru[1] is a city[2] in Mahabubnagar District of the Indian state of Telangana named after the 6th Nizam, Mahboob Ali Khan. It is the headquarters of Mahabubnagar mandal in Mahabubnagar revenue division.[3] The city is also the largest in the district with an area of Template:Convert and 7th most populous in the state.[4]
Geography
Mahbub Nagar is located at Template:Coord.[5] It has an average elevation of 498 metres (1633 feet). The city of Mahbub Nagar is located at a distance of 98 km from Hyderabad 130 km from Kurnool and 105 km from Raichur.Template:Citation needed
Demographics
In 2011, Mahbub Nagar had a population of 222,573[6] It is the 9th largest city of south India by number of auto rickshaws, and 2nd in Telangana after Hyderabad.Template:Citation needed
Governance
Mahbub 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.[4] It is spread over an area of Template:Convert.[7] 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.[3]
Economy
Mahabubnagar has an IT Tower, inaugurated in 2023, as part of KTR’s mantra of ‘3-D’ (Digitise, Decarbonise and Decentralise). [8] [9]
Transport
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.[10] Rajiv Gandhi International Airport is only 75 kms from the city.
Railway
The city has rail connectivity with the presence of MahbubNagar Main Station, Mahbub Nagar Town, Yenugonda Station and Diviti Pally Stations.
Notable people
- 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 – politician
- 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 – Former Minister
- A. P. Jithender Reddy – Former MP , businessman
- C. Laxma Reddy – Former Minister
- Gona Budda Reddy[11] – 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
References
- ↑ About Mahabubnagar District | Mahabubnagar District,Telangana | India. Retrieved 2023-06-21.
- ↑ Cities having population 1 lakh and above, Census 2011.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 NAGAR.pdf District Census Handbook – Mahabubnagar. Census of India. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Mahabubnagar Municipality. Municipal Administration & Urban Development Department. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
- ↑ redirect to /world/IN/02/Mahbubnagar.html.
- ↑ Census of India Website : Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. www.censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 2019-01-08.
- ↑ Basic Information of Municipality. Municipal Administration & Urban Development Department. Government of Telangana. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
- ↑ https://www.siasat.com/telangana-building-it-hubs-in-five-more-tier-ii-towns-2482161/amp/
- ↑ https://telanganatoday.com/telangana-it-tower-inaugurated-in-mahabubnagar
- ↑ Bus Stations. TSRTC. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
- ↑ Encyclopedia in Telugu (Gona Buddha Reddy).
External links
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