Jogipet | |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Telangana, India |
Coordinates: | 17.8333°N 82°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name1: | Telangana |
Subdivision Name2: | Sangareddy |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 21.61 |
Population Total: | 18494 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Postal Code: | 502270 |
Registration Plate: | TS |
Demographics1 Info1: | Telugu, Urdu |
Jogipet is a town and revenue division, municipality in Sangareddy district of Telangana, India. It is a conurbation of two towns, Andole and Jogipet. It was formed as a Nagar panchayat in 2013, and was upgraded to municipality in 2018.[3] and became Revenue Division in 2020
The first conference of Andhra Mahasabha was held in 1930 at Jogipet under the chairmanship of Suravaram Pratapareddy.[4]
As per 2011 Census, the jurisdiction of the civic body is spread over an area of 21.61km2, with a population of 18,496.
The town falls under Andole (SC) constituency of Telangana Legislative Assembly. Chanti Kranti Kiran from Telangana Rashtra Samithi was elected as its MLA in 2018.[5] Previously Damodar Raja Narasimha, former deputy chief minister of Andhra Pradesh state and Babu Mohan are elected from this constituency.
Andole–Jogipet revenue division was created in July 2020.[6]
Jogipet was featured in the Telugu film Jathi Ratnalu. The film was shot in the town and the main trio in this film belong to Jogipet where Naveen Polishetty played the role of Jogipet Srikanth.Srikanth is said to have been the B.Tech. topper of Jogipet.