Andole–Jogipet Explained

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

History

The first conference of Andhra Mahasabha was held in 1930 at Jogipet under the chairmanship of Suravaram Pratapareddy.[4]

Demographics

As per 2011 Census, the jurisdiction of the civic body is spread over an area of 21.61km2, with a population of 18,496.

Government and politics

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]

In popular culture

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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Urban Local Body Information. Directorate of Town and Country Planning. Government of Telangana. 28 June 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160615135503/http://dtcp.telangana.gov.in/ULBs-List-68.pdf. 2016-06-15. dead.
  2. Web site: District Census Handbook – Karimnagar. Census of India. 11 June 2016. 12, 44.
  3. Web site: Mahesh. Koride. 25 March 2018. 21 nagar panchayats now elevated as municipalities Hyderabad News - Times of India. 2021-03-14. The Times of India. en.
  4. Book: Sundarayya. Puccalapalli. Telangana People's Struggle and Its Lessons. Chattopadhyaya. Harindranath. 1972. Foundation Books. 978-81-7596-316-0. 12. en.
  5. Web site: Andole Rural Assembly constituency (Telangana): Full details, live and past results. 2021-03-14. News18.
  6. Web site: Andole-Jogipet is 74th revenue division in Telangana: Harish. 2021-03-14. Telangana Today. en-US.