Gunjala Explained

Gunjala
Native Name Lang:Telugu
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:India Telangana#India
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Telangana, India
Coordinates:19.8°N 78.4°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Telangana
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Adilabad district
Governing Body:Gram Panchayat
Unit Pref:Metric
Population Total:876
Population As Of:2011
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:Languages
Demographics1 Title1:Spoken
Demographics1 Info1:Gondi, Telugu
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30
Postal Code:568954
Registration Plate:TS-01

Gunjala is a village in the Adilabad district of Telangana, India.

Demographics

India census,[1] Gunjala had a population of 876. Of this figure, 474, or 54%, were males, while 402, or 46%, were females. Gunjala has a literacy rate of 48.7%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 55.7%, and female literacy is 40.5%. In Gunjala, 13.7% of the population is at or under 6 years of age.

Geography

To the north of the village lies the Penganga River, which demarcates the border between Telangana and Maharashtra. The village lies approximately 25 km from the center of the district capital, Adilabad.

Significance

In 2006, the village emerged as a center of ethnic and linguistic significance for the Gondi people. The Gondi language has often been regarded as a Dravidian language without a script and was written using Telugu script and Devanagari.[2] The revelation of a dozen manuscripts written in a native script, now called "Gunjala Gondi Lipi" in honor of the village, and comprehensible to a handful of elders in the village has received national media coverage[3] as an invigorating discovery of the lost heritage of the Gondi people. The Gunjala Gondi Lipi has been released by a team of researchers from the University of Hyderabad, headed by Professor Jayadheer Tirumala Rao.

Transport

Gunjala is poorly connected by road. A train station is not evident in the near vicinity.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Adilabad district, telangana,komaram bheem,kuntala, nagoba, mancherial, gussadi, pochera, nirmal: Gunjala Village Population Details -2011census . 20 May 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140520215751/http://www.adilabaddistrict.com/2014/01/gunjala-village-population-details.html . 20 May 2014 . dead .
  2. News: Almanac in a near-extinct Adivasi script. Vadlamudi. Swathi. 2019-02-05. The Hindu. 2019-02-16. en-IN. 0971-751X.
  3. News: Gondi manuscript translation to reveal Gondwana history. The Hindu. 20 January 2014. Singh. S. Harpal.