Mahabubnagar or Mahboobnagar is the biggest town in Mahabubnagar District 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...

, India

India

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. The city of Mahabubnagar is located at a distance of 100 km from Hyderabad. Formerly known as, Rukmammapeta and Palamoor, it was named as Mahabubnagar on 4 December 1890, in the honour of Mir Mahabub Ali Khan Asaf Jah VI, the Nizam of Hyderabad (1869-1911 AD). It has been the headquarters of the district since 1883 AD. Mahabubnagar is bordered with River Tungabhadra in the south and surrounded by the Nalgonda, Hyderabad, Kurnool, Raichur and Gulbarga districts. It is believed that the Golconda diamonds including famous "KOHINOOR" diamond came from Mahabubnagar district. It is the headquarter of Mahabubnagar District. It is also known by its erstwhile name of Palamoor. It is 100 km southwest of the state capital Hyderabad.

Geography

Mahabubnagar is located at 16.73°N 77.98°E. It has an average elevation of 498 metres (1633 feet).

Demographics

India census

Census

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, Mahabubnagar had a population of 210,143. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Mahabubnagar has an average literacy rate of 82.5%, higher than the national average of 74.04.%: male literacy is 89.33%, and female literacy is 76.26%. In Mahabubnagar, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Road

Mahabubnagar has bus services, arranged by state owned APSRTC, to Hyderabad, Bangalore

Bangalore

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, Kurnool

Kurnool

Kurnool is located at . It has an average elevation of 273 metres .Kurnool lies on the banks of the Tungabhadra River. The Handry and Neeva rivers also flow through the city. The K.C...

 and Mumbai

Mumbai

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. The town is at a distance of 100 km,and 120 km from Hyderabad, and Kurnool

Kurnool

Kurnool is located at . It has an average elevation of 273 metres .Kurnool lies on the banks of the Tungabhadra River. The Handry and Neeva rivers also flow through the city. The K.C...

 respectively. Bus frequency from Hyderabad and Kurnool is very good. It is well connected with all towns of Mahabubnagar district. Best way to reach Mahabubnagar is to travel by National Highway 7 (India)

National Highway 7 (India)

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 (NH 7 connecting KanyaKumari

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 and Varanasi

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) and divert at Jadcherla

Jadcherla

Jadcherla is a town in Mahbubnagar district, Andhra Pradesh, India. It is the main business centre for the surrounding villages and towns....

, which is 14 km from this town.

Rail

The broad gauge railway line connecting Bengaluru and Hyderabad, Chennai

Chennai

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 Egmore and Kachiguda

Kachiguda

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 (Hyderabad), and New Delhi

New Delhi

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 and Tirupati passes through the city. There are daily passenger trains to Hyderabad, Kurnool

Kurnool

Kurnool is located at . It has an average elevation of 273 metres .Kurnool lies on the banks of the Tungabhadra River. The Handry and Neeva rivers also flow through the city. The K.C...

 throughout the day. There is no means of electrical trains passing till 2004 but later on from 2005 march 18 electrical trains are successfully running through this area. Hazrath Nijamuddin and Venkatadri express are some major electrical trains going through this area.
There are three stations in Mahabubnagar - Mahabubnagar Main Station, Mahabubnagar Town Station ( only for passenger trains )and Yenugonda (only for passenger trains) Station. They are determined by coal and diesel till 2004 but later means of transport by trains is electrical.

Schools

Famous Government schools

• Basic Practicing High School
• Model Basic School
• Girls High school
• Police Line High School
• Modern High School

Also the town boasts of many private schools (Authors - please refrain from advertising)

Engineering Colleges

• Jaya Prakash Narayan Educational Society Group of Institutions - School of Engineering & School of Pharmacy (EAMCET
  EAMCET
  EAMCET, which stands for Engineering Agricultural and Medical Common Entrance Test, is an entrance examination required for admission to some engineering and medical colleges in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. Many other colleges offering graduation courses like BDS, B.Pharm., BSc., Pharm.D....
  
   code - JPNC)
• Jayaprakash Narayan College of Engineering(JPNCE) (EAMCET code - JPNE)
• Sree Visvesvaraya Institute of Technology and Science(SVITS) (EAMCET code - VITS)
• sri nagojirao coliege of engineering and technology for woman

MBA Colleges

• Jedcherla pg college
• adarsha pg college
• sri sai pg college
• sai krishna pg college
• svits college
• jpce college
• shadnagar pg college

Degree Colleges

• Sri Vasavi Degree College
• NTR Govt. Degree college for Women
• Govt.MVS Degree college
• PHRM Degree College
• Adarsha Degree College
• Swami Vivekananda Degree College
• Goutami Degree college
• Sri Chaitanya Degree College

MSc Colleges

• Sri Chaitanya PG College (Chemistry)
• Adarsha PG College
• Swami Vivekananda College
• Goutami PG college

Sports

Cricket is the predominant sport in the town. Apart from this athletics, basketball and various indoor games are given preference.

• Mahabubnagar District Sports Ground, generally referred to as 'Stadium', organises intra, inter district matches/games.
• Many people use Govt. Junior College ground for practice purposes

Politics

Latest General Elections were held on 16 April 2009 in Mahabubnagar and the following are winners:

• Mahabubnagar Loksabha - K. Chandrashekar Rao
  K. Chandrashekar Rao
  Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao , abbreviated KCR, is a member of the 15th Lok Sabha of India. He is a Member of Parliament from the Mahaboobnagar constituency of Andhra Pradesh and is the president of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi. He was the cabinet minister for Labour and Employment.-Early...
  
   of Telangana Rashtra Samithi
  Telangana Rashtra Samithi
  Telangana Rashtra Samithi is a regional separatist political party in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.-Ideology:Telangana Rashtra Samithi's main aim is to separate Telangana region from Andhra Pradesh and to regain regional autonomy as it existed before the formation of Andhra Pradesh...
  
  party
• Mahabubnagar Assembly - Late N. Rajeshwar Reddy INC(Indian national Congress).
• Zilla Parishad - K.Damodar Reddy(Chairman)

External links

• Palamoor NRI Forum
• Mahabubnagar.com
• MahabubnagarOnline.com all information about Mahabubnagar District
• Man and Environment A govt. registered Organisation formed by Students of Jaya Prakash Narayan College of Engg.