Miryalaguda Explained

Miryalaguda
Settlement Type:City
Pushpin Map:India Telangana#India
Coordinates:16.8667°N 79.5833°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Telangana
Subdivision Type3:District
Subdivision Name3:Nalgonda
Government Type:Municipality
Governing Body:Miryalaguda Municipality
Leader Title:MLA
Leader Name:Bathula Lakshma Reddy
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:28.36
Population Total:228,891
Population As Of:2021
Population Rank:11th in Telangana
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Footnotes:[1]
Demographics Type1:Languages
Demographics1 Title1:Official
Demographics1 Info1:Telugu
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30
Postal Code Type:PIN
Postal Code:508207, 508208
Area Code Type:Telephone code
Area Code:+91-8689
Registration Plate:TS–05
Blank1 Name Sec1:Sex ratio
Blank1 Info Sec1:1000:995 /
Blank2 Name Sec1:Literacy
Blank2 Info Sec1:82.09%

Miryalaguda is a city in Nalgonda district of the Indian state of Telangana.[2] In 2015, the Government of India placed Miryalaguda under the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation scheme.[3] [4] It is located about 44km (27miles) from the district headquarters Nalgonda, 142km (88miles) from the state capital Hyderabad.

Geography

Miryalaguda is located at .[5] It has an average elevation of .

Demographics

In the 2011 Census of India, Miryalaguda had a population of 128,891.

Governance

Civic Administration

Miryalaguda Municipality was constituted as a municipality in 1984 and is governed by the provisions of the Telangana State Municipalities Act, 1965 (Act). MLGM is grade-I municipality, which manages the civic services in Miryalaguda town, located in the state of Telangana (TS)

The city also Serves as headquarters of Miryalaguda mandal in the Miryalaguda revenue division

Transport

Road

State highway 2 passes through Miryalaguda as well as National Highway 167

TSRTC operates buses from Miryalaguda to various destinations in the state.

Railway

The railway station has three platforms and is situated on the Pagidipalli–Nallapadu section in Guntur Division. The track is an electrified, single line; it was electrified in 2018–19. Pagidipalli-Nallapadu was electrified in 2019. The electric trains started service on 1 September 2019.

Air

Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad is the nearest airport at a distance of 156 km by road. The other airport nearer to Miryalaguda is Vijayawada International Airport which is at a distance of 151 km by road.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Basic Information of Municipality. Official Site of Miryalaguda Municipality.
  2. Web site: District Census Handbook - Nalgonda. Census of India. 15 February 2016. 13. PDF.
  3. Web site: AP identifies 31, Telangana 15 cities under AMRUT scheme. Eenadu English Portal.
  4. Web site: 8 SKOCH awards for Municipal Administration dept. . The Hindu English Portal.
  5. Web site: redirect to /world/IN/02/Mirialguda.html.