Elegaon
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Elegaon is a village located in Bhainsa
Bhainsa
Bhainsa or Bhaisa is a town, mandal headquarters and a municipality in Adilabad district in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India.Major crops include cotton, paddy, maize, vegetables and sugarcane.-Geography:...

 Mandal in the 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:...

 of Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh
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...

 State in India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

. It has a population of around 3000. Elegaon GramPanchayat contains 10 wards and two neighboring villages, Badgaon and Sirala.

Demographics

As this village comes under the Telangana
Telangana
Telangana is a region in the present state of Andhra Pradesh, India and formerly was part of Hyderabad state which was ruled by Nizam. It is bordered with the states of Maharashtra on the north and north-west, Karnataka on the west, Chattisgarh on the north-east and Orissa to the east...

 region of the state Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh
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...

 (well known as under developed region of this state), it is a backwards area. At least half of the people are illiterate. This village has around 3500 people.

Agriculture

Major crops:

1. Rice
Rice
Rice is the seed of the monocot plants Oryza sativa or Oryza glaberrima . As a cereal grain, it is the most important staple food for a large part of the world's human population, especially in East Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, the Middle East, and the West Indies...

 

2. Cotton
Cotton
Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective capsule, around the seeds of cotton plants of the genus Gossypium. The fiber is almost pure cellulose. The botanical purpose of cotton fiber is to aid in seed dispersal....

 

3. Chilly
Chili pepper
Chili pepper is the fruit of plants from the genus Capsicum, members of the nightshade family, Solanaceae. The term in British English and in Australia, New Zealand, India, Malaysia and other Asian countries is just chilli without pepper.Chili peppers originated in the Americas...



4. Mung
Mung bean
The mung bean is the seed of Vigna radiata. It is native to the Indian subcontinent.-Description:They are small, ovoid in shape, and green in color...

 (Pesara)

5. Blackgram (Minumu)

6. Jowar (Jonna)

7. Corn
Maize
Maize known in many English-speaking countries as corn or mielie/mealie, is a grain domesticated by indigenous peoples in Mesoamerica in prehistoric times. The leafy stalk produces ears which contain seeds called kernels. Though technically a grain, maize kernels are used in cooking as a vegetable...

 (Mokka Jonna)

8. Groundnut
Peanut
The peanut, or groundnut , is a species in the legume or "bean" family , so it is not a nut. The peanut was probably first cultivated in the valleys of Peru. It is an annual herbaceous plant growing tall...

 

9. Pigeon pea
Pigeon pea
The pigeon pea , also known as tropical green pea, toor dāl or arhar dāl , ತೊಗರಿ ಬೇಳೆ kadios , or Congo pea or gungo pea , pois Congo , gandul , gunga pea, or no-eye pea, [Cajanus...

 (Thogari in local slang)

10. Soyabean

Temples

1. Pochamma

2. Mahalaxmi

3. Mahadev

4. Hanuman

5. Bapuji Maharaj

Neighboring villages

1. Degaon
Degaon
Degaon is a village in Belgaum district in the southern state of Karnataka, India. It is famous for Kadamba style Kamala Narayana Temple...

 – 3 km

2. Badgaon – 3 km

3. Machkal – 2 km

4. Ramtek
Ramtek
Ramtek is a city and a municipal council in Nagpur district in the Indian state of Maharashtra.-History:Ramtek has got Historic temple of lord Rama. It is believed that Ramtek was the place where Rama, the Hindu god, rested while he was in exile. Legend has it that the aashram of great hindu sage...

 – 2 km

5. Sirala
Sirala
Sirala is a village located in the Telangana region of the state of Andhra Pradesh, India....

 – 2 km


Nearby towns & visiting places:

1. Bhainsa
Bhainsa
Bhainsa or Bhaisa is a town, mandal headquarters and a municipality in Adilabad district in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India.Major crops include cotton, paddy, maize, vegetables and sugarcane.-Geography:...

 – 8 km

2. Mudhole
Mudhole
Mudhole is a village and a Mandal in Adilabad district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India.-Geography:Mudhole is located at . It has an average elevation of 346 meters .-Assembly constituency:...

 – 12 km

3. Basara – 26 km

4. Sirala
Sirala
Sirala is a village located in the Telangana region of the state of Andhra Pradesh, India....

 – 2 km

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