Zahirabad is biggest town and a municipality

Municipality

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 in Medak district

Medak district

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 in the Indian state

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 of Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh

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Etymology

Zaheerabad is named after a Paigah nawab called Zaheer Yar Jung. It was previously called as PeddaEkkhelli.

Zaheerabad is 108 km from Hyderabad by bus and 133 km by Train. Zaheerabad is one of the largest business town in Medak district.

Geography

Zahirabad is located at 17.68°N 77.62°E. It has an average elevation of 622 metre

Metre

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s (2040 feet).

Industrialisation

In Zaheerabad, there is one of the major Indian Automotive vehicle manufactures Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd., which is located near the town, with which only 25% of local people are employed till now, and the company is going to launch a tractor plant of Rs. 300 crores which can give employment to 5000 people directly and indirectly. It is assumed to start in November 2010 and estimated to be complete in three years.

Also nearer to the town-ends the Industrial park is going under construction with nearly 25 industries are going to launch here and which can offer employment for most of natives of the town.

By Industrilisation in Zaheerbad the Cost of Living has been increased and the life of local people is not changed.

There are other industries such as Alana, Trident Sugar Factory Ltd (Formerly Nizam Sugars Ltd) and Piramal Healthcare Ltd (Formerly known as Sumithra Chemicals).

Important Places

1. Sri Ketaki Sangameshwara Temple is famous near to Zahirabad located at Jharasangam, 15 km away from Zahirabad Town. Most of the devotees are from Maharastra and karnataka.
This temple is very famous in the month of Sravana. and Mahashiva ratri

2. Famous Siddhivinayaka Temple is located at Rejinthal with a distance of 13 km from Zahirabad Town towards Bidar.Siddivinayak temple will be fully crowded with devotees on fourth day of every month(Sanskrit calender) that is sankat chaturti.

3. Sri Dattatreya Temple is situated at Bardipur Village & its 10 km away from Zahiirabad Town

5.Automobile maker, Mmahindra & Mahindra is situated here.

6. Hazrath Abdul Khader Gilani tomb located at the near by crematory of muslims in zahirabad.

7. Famous very old mosque in Gadi street of zahirabad called " Hari Masjid" around 400 yrs of old.
8. Sri Rachanna Swamy Temple at Located at Badampet Villege. 16 km away from zahirabad Town. There is a Mallikarjun temple is also. Its historical place.
9.There is a famous Dargah of Sufi Mohammed Abdul Quader Sha Kamliya Sailani Chisti wo Quadri

Tunnels

There are number of tunnels present in Zaheerabad. The longest one among them is built from Zaheerabad to Hyderabad and the other is built from Zaheerabad to Bidar.

Demographics

India census

Census

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, Zahirabad had a population of 140,160 . Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Zahirabad has an average literacy rate of 62%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 69%, and female literacy is 55%. Most of the students move to Hyderabad for professional studies and have earned a very good name for Zahirabad. In Zahirabad, 16% of the population is under 6 years of age. Telugu, Hindi, Urdu and Kannada are spoken here.

Zahirabad is an assembly as well as a loksabha constituency (as per the revised Delimitation Commission).

Members of Parliament

Shri. Suresh Kumar Setkar is the sitting MP of the constituency.
Shrimati.Geetha Reddy(Minister for Heavy Industries,Tourism) is the sitting MLA of the constituency.

Train Timings

From - To Timings TRAIN NAME

1.ZHB - SEC'BAD 6.00 AM(DAILY) MANMAD EXPRESS

2.ZHB - SEC'BAD 3.00 PM(DAILY) PURNA PASSENGER

3.ZHB - B'LORE 1:00 PM(DAILY) NED SBC EXP

4.ZHB - NANDED 2:44 PM(DAILY)

5.ZHB - SHIRDI 7:30 PM(DAILY)

6.ZHB - KAKINADA 5:53 AM(M-W-F)

7.ZHB - PUNE 1:10 AM(M-W-SAT)

List of Banks at Zahirabad Mandal

1. Axis Bank Ltd. Contact: 08451-275123/4, Fax: 08451-275125, Email: zahirabad.operationshead@axisbank.com

2. Andhra Pradesh Grameena Vikas Bank

3. Bank of India

4. Central Bank of India

5. Corporation Bank Ltd

6. HDFC Bank Ltd

7. ICICI Bank Ltd

8. State Bank of India

9. State Bank of Hyderabad

10. Syndicate Bank

11. The District Co-Operative Central Bank Ltd

List of villages under Zahirabad mandal

1. Algole

2. Allipur

3. Anegunta

4. Asadgunj

5. Buchnelli

6. Burdipahad

7. Chiragpalle

8. Dhanasiri village is very resource full , land is very fertile here.and very good for agriculture

9. Didigi

10.Godegarpalle

11.Gopanpalle

12.Gousabad

13.Govindapur

14.Gudpalle

15.Hothi B

16.Hothi K

17.Huggelli

18.(Chinna)Hyderabad

19.Ippepalli

20.Jadimalkapur

21.Qasimpur

22.Khan Jamalpur

23.Kothur B

24.Machnoor

25.Madgi

26.Malchelma

27.Mannapur

28.Madri (Famous for Red soil)

29.Mogdampalle

30.Pastapur

31.Raipalle

32.Ranjole have a plolitechnic college famous, 4 km away from Zahirabad Town. And Govt high School

33.Satwar

34.Shaikhapur

35.mahindra & mahindra

36.Drivers colony

list of streets in Zahirabad town

1. Mahilla Gadi

2. Momin Mahilla

3. Chiram Mahilla

4. Ataraon ki bess

5. Arya nagar

6. BASWSHWAR STREET

7. Pandrang mahilla

8. Khassab Mahilla

9. Mahidi nagar

10. Moosa nagar

11. Ahmed nagar

12. Shanti Nagar

13. A P Housing Board Colony

14 GADDAM GALLI

15. Driver Colony

16. Ahmed Nagar Colony

17. NGOS Colony

18. Duttagiri Colony

19.Adarsh Nagar

20. MANIKPRABHU STREET

21. BAGAREDDY NAGAR (BHAGYA NAGAR)

Educational institutions

Some of the popular schools / colleges in Zahirabad:

1 Sri Venkateshwara high school

2. Adarsha vidyalaya

2. Govt junior and degree college

3. Sravanthi Junior college, Main Road.

4. Mahindra Academy

5. Sangamithra High School

6. Geetanjali High School

7. Gandhi Memorial High School

8. Sri Krishna Veni Talent High School

9. Sri Saraswathi Shihu Mandir

10. Geethanjali Public School

11. Pragathi Degree College

12. St Francis High School

13. Sri Vani Junior

14. Sri Vani Degree College

15. Adarsha vidyalaya high school

16. Sri Guru Basava Junior College

17. Awami School

18. Government Girls High School

19. Iqra Model School

20. United Village School

21. Oxford Public School

22. Shantinekatan Vidyalaya(ARYANAGAR,RAMMANDIR)

23. Seventh day adventist school

24. Sri Sangameshwara Govt. Polytechnic College

25. AACHARYA DEGREE COLLEGE

26. NARAYANA TECHNO SCHOOL

27. KRISHNAVENI TECHNO SCHOOL

28. NAVA CHAITANYA JUNIOR COLLEGE.

29. STONE RIDGE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL. (OPP.SBH, Lateef Road.)

30. Islamia Model School

31. Jagruthi Public School

32. Jagruthi Degree College

32. Sri Venkateshwar High School

33. Knowledge School

34. Methodist Rural High School

35. Sri Venkateshwara Junior College

36. Sanskar Concept School

37. Vidya Vahini

Many More......

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