Yellandu Explained

Yellandu
Other Name:Singareni, Bogguta
Settlement Type:Town
Pushpin Map:India Telangana#India
Pushpin Label Position:right
Coordinates:17.6°N 80.33°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Telangana
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Bhadhradhri
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:10.90
Elevation M:205
Population Total:35056
Population As Of:2011
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Footnotes:[2]
Demographics Type1:Languages
Demographics1 Title1:Official
Demographics1 Info1:Telugu
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30
Postal Code:507123, 507124
Registration Plate:TS 04, AP 20, TS 28

Yellandu is a town in Bhadradri Kothagudem district of the Indian state of Telangana. It is located in Yellandu mandal of Kothagudem revenue division.[3]

Geography

Yellandu is located at .[4] It has an average elevation of 205 metres (672 feet). Bhuga vagu divides Yellandu which is started from Yellandula padu cheruvu. one of the important coal seams bore his name. The Hyderabad (Deccan) Company Limited incorporated in England acquired mining rights in 1886 to exploit coal found in Yellandu area. The present Company was incorporated on 23 December 1920 under the Hyderabad Companies Act as a public limited company with the name 'The Singareni Collieries Company Limited' (SCCL). It acquired all the assets and liabilities of the Hyderabad (Deccan) Co. Ltd. Best & Co., acted as Secretaries and Selling Agents. The State of Hyderabad purchased majority shares of the Company in 1945. From 1945 to 1949, the Hyderabad Construction Co., Ltd., was acting as Managing Agent. In 1949 this function was entrusted to Industrial Trust Fund by the then Government of Hyderabad. The controlling interest of the Company devolved on the Government of Andhra Pradesh in 1956 pursuant to the reorganization of States.

Nearest Cities

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Demographics

census of India, Yellandu municipality had a population of 33,732. While, its urban agglomeration had a population of 35,056, of which males are 17,016 and females are 18,040. The population under 6 years of age are 3,184. There are a total of 25,192 literates.[5]

Government and politics

Civic administration

Yellandu Municipality was constituted in 1986 and is classified as a third grade municipality with 24 election wards. The jurisdiction of the civic body is spread over an area of 10.09km2.[6] Rompaid and Sudimalla are the partial outgrowths to the town as per 2011 census.

Politics

Yellandu is a part of Yellandu (ST) (Assembly constituency) for Telangana Legislative Assembly. Koram Kanakaiha is the present MLA of the constituency from Indian National Congress.[7] It is also a part of Mahabubabad (Lok Sabha constituency) which was won by Kavitha Maloth of Bharat Rashtra Samithi.[8] [9]

Economy

Coal mining.

Yellandu is birthplace of the Singareni Collieries Company Limited, a coal mining company which is also referred as Boggutta in the regional language.

References

  1. Web site: Urban Local Body Information. Directorate of Town and Country Planning. Government of Telangana. 28 June 2016.
  2. Web site: Population. Citypopulation.de. 4 September 2015.
  3. Web site: District Administration – Formation/Reorganization of District, Revenue Divisions and Mandals in Badradri District at Kothagudem – Final Notification - Orders – Issued . Bhadradri Kothagudem District . 22 July 2017.
  4. Web site: redirect to /world/IN/02/Yellandu.html. fallingrain.com.
  5. Web site: District Census Handbook – East Godavari . Census of India. 18 January 2015. 14–15. PDF.
  6. Web site: Urban Local Body Information. Directorate of Town and Country Planning. Government of Telangana. 28 June 2016.
  7. Web site: Members of the Legislative Assembly. AP State Portal. 13 October 2014.
  8. Web site: MP (Lok Sabha). Government of AP. 4 May 2015.
  9. Web site: Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008. Election Commission of India. 11 October 2014. 15,30. PDF.