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?Mancherial Andhra Pradesh • India
Mancherial
Coordinates: 18°52′00″N 79°26′00″E / 18.8667, 79.4333
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Area • Elevation	• 142 m (466 ft)
District(s)	Adilabad
Population	70,231 (2001[update])

Coordinates: 18°52′00″N 79°26′00″E / 18.8667, 79.4333 Mancherial is a town and a municipality in Adilabad district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.

Geography

Mancherial is located at 18°52′00″N 79°26′00″E / 18.8667, 79.4333.¹ It has an average elevation of 142 meters (469 feet).

Demographics

As of 2001^[update] India census,² Mancherial had a population of 70,231. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Mancherial has an average literacy rate of 65%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 72%, and female literacy is 57%. In Mancherial, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Features

• Mancherial was previously called GARMILLA.
• Mancherial is the first and the largest urban area in Adilabad Dist.
• Mancherial is a commercial hub of the coal belt area of Singareni colleries.
• A cement plant earlier called ACC Ltd., now called MCC (Mancherial Cement Company)is located here.
• It is located on the north bank of the Godavari river.

Hospitals and nursing homes in the town in both the private and Government sector cater to a wide area and diverse population, including miners, tribals and farmers from the surrounding areas. Visiting specialists from Hyderabad and Warangal serve the area well.

• It is on the main north-south railway route from Delhi to Chennai. The major junctions up north are Wardha in Maharashtra and Kazipet in Warangal Dist to the south.
• Its proximity to the rich cement minerals and the coal mines fuels the economy, which offsets the rampant poverty prevelant in the adilabad area and the accompanying naxellite problem.
• It has a government-run high school and a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh-run Saraswathi Sishu Mandir schools (both taught in Telugu), apart from R.B.H.V high school(both hindi and english media) and Carmel Convent High School (taught in English)Seven Hills High School (English Medium, Urdu high school run by urdu education society called madeen tul uloom. Mancherial has a total of 8 mosques. Among them, Jama Masjid is Biggest and Masjid-e-Arfath is the second biggest which is located at Islampura

SINGARENI COLLERIES employs most number of people followed by ACC cement factory, and Sirpur Paper mills.

It has 6 Cinema theatres out of which 2 theatres are located in CCC Colony

Venkateswara temple, Saibaba temple, Hanuman temple are the most visited by the locals

It has branches of all the major bank like SBI, SBH, HDFC, ICICI, Axis bank, Andhra Bank.

Colonies in and around 5 kilometer radius of Mancherial include Krishna colony, Naspur colony, Shirkey Colony, Nagarjuna and New Nagarjuna quarters etc. Srirampur colony located at a distance of 6 km from mancherial is the place where the general manager office of the coalmines are located. Quarters at srirampur are provided by the government to accomodate Singareni employees. Two good and neatly maintained parks are surrounded by these colonies. A swimming pool, Church and Geeta Dhyana Mandiram are located in C.C.C area.

Languages

Most of the people speak Telugu. Hinduism is the most practised religion followed by Islam and Christianity.

Transport

Road Transport

Mancherial is well connected by road from major parts of India like Adilabad, Karimnagar, Warangal, Nizamabad, Hyderabad, Guntur, Vijayawada, Nagpur, Shirdi.

NH-16(Nizamabad to Jagadalpur) passes through Mancherial.

Rail Transport

Mancherail railway station is located on the one of the biggest railway line in India (New Delhi-Chennai ). It is well connected by rail from various metro cities in India.

Air Transport

Nearest Airport to the Mancherail is Hyderabad International airport Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (250km by road, 3hrs of journey by train(AP Exp). There is also one proposal to construct new airport at Basanth nagar(ramagundam) which is 20-30 km from Mancherial. Once it is operational, it could be the nearest airport.

Attractions

Visiting places in and surrounding Mancherail:

• Jama Masjid
• Saibaba Temple
• Venkateshwara Temple
• Godavari River (sammakka sarakka jathara)
• Kunthala water falls
• ACC jathara
• Gudem (Satyanarayana swamy, Ayyappa temples)
• Jannaram wild life sanctuary and Forest
• CSI Church (Luxettipet)
• Kadem Dam
• acc quary durgadevi jatara
• Swarna Project, Nirmal.- updated by Geetha-manu
• Gaandhari Khila, ACC, Mancherial

• PRanahita Wield Life Sanctuary ( Main City of the Sanctuary is Mancherial you can visit the sanctuary from Nov to April)

References

Colleges ( Junior, Degree & P.G)

Mancherial is one of the education region in Adilabad.

   Junior Colleges are 

1. Sri Sai junior College CCC X Road 2. Alphores junior college Mncl 3. Swathi junior College CCC 4. Prerana junior College Mncl 5. Chaitanya junior College Mncl 6. Master Minds (Prathiba) junior College Mncl 7. M.V.N Girls junior College Mncl 8. Sri Harsha junior College Mncl 9. C.V.R junior College CCC 10. Govt junior College Mncl

  Degree & P.G Colleges are

1. Govt Degree & P.G College MNCl 2. M.V.N Degree & P.G College MNCl 3. Chanakya Degree & College MNCl 4. Prerana Degree & College MNCl 5. Shanthinikethan Degree & College MNCl 6. Sriharsha Degree & College MNCl 7. Mims Degree & College MNCl 8. C.V Raman Degree & P.G College MNCl 9. Vivekavardhini Degree & P.G College MNCl

 Engineering College

1. Aizza College of Engineering & Technology,Mulkalla MNCL

   Javed M.A(Bengaluru)
   SRAVAN REDDY G(Chennai)