Huzurnagar
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Huzurnagar is a town and taluka in Nalgonda
Nalgonda district
Nalgonda / Nallagonda District is a district in Andhra Pradesh. It has a population of 3,483,648 of which 13.32% is urban as of 2001.-Etymology:Its name is derived from two Telugu words Nalla & Konda i.e...

 district in the state 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...

 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...

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Name

The town was originally named Ponucherla, in honor of the goddess Pochamma, but the name was changed to Huzurnagar when it was ruled by Huzur. This town played an important role in the administration of Nizam
Nizam
Nizam-ul-Mulk of Hyderabad popularly known as Nizams of Hyderabad was a former monarchy of the Hyderabad State, now in the states of Andhra Pradesh , Karnataka , and Maharashtra in India...

, prior to Independence of India.

Geogrphy

Nearby villages include Burugadda, Madhavarayanigudem, Govinda Puram, Vepala Singaram, Raghunathapalem, SrinivasapuramLakkavaram
Lakkavaram
Lakkavaram is a village in Talluru mandal in the Prakasam district in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India.Ongole is famous for its Ongole breed of oxen which are considered virile and of superior stock. They are one of the major Zebu cattle breeds of the world.-External links:* * * Lakkavaram...

, Keethavarigudem], kothagudem, goplapuram, lingagiri, sarvaram, matampalli, mattapalli, velidhanda.

Religion

Temples in the town include Ramalayam,Mutyalamma, Durga Devi,Shirdi Sai Baba & Sri Abhayanjaneya swami. The Mutyalamma festival is held in the town annually. There is a temple nearby in the town of Gutta near the muktyala branch canal, at which a festival in honor of the Shivaratri idol of Lord Rama
.sri venugopala swami devastanam located at Boorugadda village, Sri goda padmavathi kalyana venkateshwara swami temple is a famous temple in huzurnagar located on mattapally bipas road .

Huzurnagar has Sitaramachandra Swami temple which is 900 years old, one of the oldest temples in the district. Shivalayam is very powerful and worshiped by many devotees during festivals. The Saibaba temple is in the town center, as is an ancient temple dedicated to Rama.

Nearby Huzurnagar there is a pilgrimage centre, Mattapalli, which is popular among the neighbouring villages and towns. Its legend dates back to 13th century BC. Lord Narasimha Swamy is worshipped here and considered the most Powerful god. This temple is located on the banks of a well known South Indian River, River Krishna.

Saiprabath Nagar, named after SaiBaba Temple, is located in the center of Huzurnagar town, which was formerly supposed to be the outskirts of the town, and which is surrounded by a hospital and educational institutions.
Recently Three more temples are constructed Lord Vinayaka, Lord Venkateshwara & Chadhuvula thalli Saraswathi.

In Huzurnagar there are five masjids. one of the main masjid is located at pottisriramulu centre. and remaining four are located at sithramnagar, lakhavram road, dhadanla cheruv, opp new bus stand.

Sarvaram is one of the safest villages in Nalgonda district, it has four ways road from the all the areas, samula kalavathi venkat reddy is the present sarpanch in the village, they have done lot of works in village, only one pending work is there that is a bridge in between sarvaram & lingagiri, so we kindly ask government to construct that bridge.

Education

Huzurnagar town has two Zilla Parishad High Schools, one government high school and one government junior colleges; there are three private colleges named Priyadarshini College, Chaitanya College and New generation Junior College and two degree colleges Priyadarshini Degree College and Chaitanya Degree College. An engineering college was established in 2004, called MITS (Madira Institute of Technology).

There are now multiple techno schools, including krishnaveni Talent school, Teja Talent school.

The oldest schools, serving many students are Vignan High School, Chaitanya bharti school, Chaitanya Grammar school, the huzurnagar public school and others.Now L I C OF INDIA Office open from 23/9/2009 at MLG X ROAD.

Health

There is one Government Health Center which is one of the largest health centers in the district.many private hospitals are there in huzurnagar.but for the major operations people of huzurnagar depend on kodad khammam and vijayawada

Economy

The town has many rice mills, and is the second largest producer of par-boiled rice in Andhra Pradesh, after Mirayalaguda.

Huzurnagar has two nationalised banks, Andhra Bank and State Bank of Hyderabad and a co-operative central bank and a Grameena Bank. The town has seven petrol stations, one of the oldest of which is Pendyala Kotilingam Brothers, established in 1976

Huzurnagar has many cement factories such as Priya Cements, Sagar Cements, Nagarjuna Cements, Anjani Cements, Maha Cements and Kamakshi Cements etc.

The Real estate market in huzurnagar is growing very fast in recent times.

Transport

Huzurnagar has bus services but no rail link. The nearest railway station being 35 km away, at Miryalguda
Miryalguda
Miryalaguda is a town in Nalgonda District of the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is the home town of a key commercial center, town, mandal & revenue divisional head quarter in the region of Telangana. This town is well developed with Underground Drinage System, Sagar Water for...

. Vijayawada
Vijayawada
Vijayawada is the third largest city in Andhra Pradesh, India, located on the banks of the Krishna River and bounded by the Indrakiladri Hills on the West and the Budameru River on the North. The city is located in the Krishna District, about from the state capital Hyderabad.Vijayawada literally...

, another major city, is 117 km away from Huzurngar.
Nearest cities include Miryalaguda, Kodad
Kodad
Kodad or Kodada is a town and Mandal headquarters in the Nalgonda district of Andhra Pradesh, South India. It lies on the National Highway 9 between Hyderabad and Vijayawada....

, Jaggaiahpet, Khammam
Khammam
Khammam , is the headquarters of the Khammam District in Andhra Pradesh state of India and is located about east of state capital, Hyderabad...

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Politics

Huzurnagar was an assembly constituency before 1977. In 1977, it lost its status of assembly constituency, but after 20 years it has again become a separate assembly constituency with the delimitation
Delimitation Commission of India
Delimitation commission or Boundary commission of India is a Commission established by Government of India under the provisions of the Delimitation Commission Act. The main task of the commission is to redraw the boundaries of the various assembly and Lok Sabha constituencies based on a recent...

 in 2009. Current MLA is captain N. Uttam Kumar Reddy.
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