Chennur is a town in Adilabad district

Adilabad district

Adilabad District is a district in Andhra Pradesh, India. The district headquarters is at Adilabad town. A famous Temple of the Goddess Saraswathi, the Hindu Goddess of Education, is located here in the town of Basara.-Origin of name:...

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 of Andhra Pradesh

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Andhra Pradesh , is one of the 28 states of India, situated on the southeastern coast of India. It is India's fourth largest state by area and fifth largest by population. Its capital and largest city by population is Hyderabad.The total GDP of Andhra Pradesh is $100 billion and is ranked third...

. It is located 273 kilometres (170 mi) north east of state capital, Hyderabad, India

History

Chennoor has one of the earliest settlements, located on the banks of Godavari river. During the Godavari Pushkara times thousands of pilgrims come here to perform rituals. Generally Godavari flows from west to east but the Godavari river in Chenoor flows towards the north for 5 Kosa (15 km) hence it is known as "Panchkosi Uttara Wahini".

The place has cultural relations with villages that have similar features - Manthini, Dharmapuri and Kaleswaram.

The ancient temple "shivalayam" is also known as Agasteshwaralayam. It is believed that Agasta Muni has performed Tapasya here on the bank of River Godavari. This is believed to be built by Thimmarusu, during the Krishna devaraya times in the 16th century. Some of the other temples popular here are round temple, Jagannatha aalayam, Bada Hanuman.

Geography

Chennur is located at 21.8667°N 85.4333°E. It has an average elevation of 142 meters (469 feet).

Demographics

India census

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, Chennur had a population of 50,000. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Chennur 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 Chennur, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Economy

Agriculture, specifically family farming, is the primary industry of Chennur was largely started by agricultural families within Adilabad district.

Chennur is Near to Maharashtra.It is only 18 Kms from maharashtra so most of the nearest villages of maharashtra used to buy goods in Chennur. Over the years it has developed into a Town with good schools and colleges. Lately, the quality of education has become quite good and is comparable to that of most towns in the state.

Assembly constituency

Chennur is an assembly constituency in Andhra Pradesh.

List of Elected Members:

• 1962 - Kodati Rajamallu
• 1967 - Kodati Rajamallu
• 1972 - Kodati Rajamallu
• 1978 - C.Narayana
• 1983 - S.Sanjiva Rao
• 1985 - Boda Janardhan
• 1989 - Boda Janardhan
• 1994 - Boda Janardhan
• 1999 - Boda Janardhan
• 2004 - G.Vinod
• 2009 - Nallala Odelu

Educational institutes

During 1970s Chennoor was among the few villages in the district to have a High school and Junior college. In the 1980s a degree college was sanctioned. Among the primary schools Junior Basic School(JBS), Upper primary School (UPS) and Girls High school were providing primary education.

Schools

• Government Boys High School
• Girls High School
• Sri Saraswathi Shishu Mandir
• Chinna Munshi Public School
• Sai Mamatha High School
• New Layola Public School
• Vasista High School
• Government High School(Nalagonda Pochamma Street)
• Upper Primary School (UPS)
• JBS
• Little flowers school
• St Joseph School

Junior Colleges

• Government Junior College
• ChinnaMunshi Junior College
• Chaitanya Junior College

Temples

• Lord Shiva Temple in Chennur pedda cheruvu
• Shivalayam
• Jagannathalayam
• Sai Baba Temple
• Ayyappa Temple
• Hanuman Temple
• Madunam Pochamma Temple

Hotels & Restaurents

There are more than 10 hotels & Lodges are available.Few of them are

• Sai Mithra Restaurent
• Chennur Lodge
• Sai Priya Restaurent

Banks & ATMs

There are 4 Banks in the Town.

• State Bank of hyderabad
• Andhra bank
• Deccan Grameena Bank
• Adilabad District Co.Op Bank

There is are 3 ATMs located in the Town.

• Near to New Bus Stand
• Near to Old Bus stand
• Infront of SBH Bank,Bank Road.
• opposite to Devi Medical.

Economy

Chennoor is in the coal belt area - known as Singareni Colleries. It has two open mines in the outskirts.

Chinoor is a business centre for surrounding villages of mandals (tehsils).