Wanaparthy | |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Pushpin Map: | India Telangana #India |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Wanaparthy (Telangana) |
Coordinates: | 16.3623°N 78.0622°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name1: | Telangana |
Subdivision Name2: | Wanaparthy |
Government Type: | Wanaparthy municipal council |
Governing Body: | Indian national congress |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 5.98 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [2] |
Elevation M: | 424 |
Population Total: | 60,949 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Footnotes: | [3] |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Languages, |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Postal Code Type: | 509103 |
Postal Code: | 509 103 |
Leader Title: | MLA |
Leader Name: | tudi meghareddy indian national congress |
Registration Plate: | TS 32 |
Demographics1 Info1: | Telugu |
Wanaparthy is a town in the Wanaparthy district of Telangana, India. The first polytechnic college (KDR Government Polytechnic) in Telangana started in Wanaparthy. It is located 149 km from the state capital, Hyderabad.
Wanaparthy was governed by a feudal ruler, Rameshwar Rao II titled Raja of Wanaparthy as vassal of the Nizam of Hyderabad. Wanaparthy was one of the 14 major Zamindari segments in Telangana in Post-independent India. Raja died on 22 November 1922. As his successor, Krishna Dev was a minor, his estate was managed by the Court as his ward. Krishna Dev died before attaining adulthood and the crown pawas ssed on to his son Rameshwar Rao III. Soon after India abolished all regal titles. Suravaram Pratapareddy entered politics from (Indian National Congress) (INC) at the end of his life and was elected to the Hyderabad State Legislative heHwon the first general election and he became first M.L.A. from Wanaparthy in 1952.
After the formation of the Telangana Gogernment, Wanaparthy is proposed as a district along with the other 14 new district proposals to the new government apart from the 10 existing districts.
According to the 2011 Census of India, the town had a population of . The total population constituted males, females and children (age group of 0–6 years). The average literacy rate was 77.91% with literates, higher than the national average of 73.00%.[4]
Wanaparthy Samsthanam or Raja of Wanaparthy was a vassal of Nizam of Hyderabad. He controlled the feudatory of Wanaparthy.