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Mandal in Telangana, India
Damarcherla
Mandal
Damarcherla is located in TelanganaDamarcherlaDamarcherlaLocation in Telangana, IndiaShow map of TelanganaDamarcherla is located in IndiaDamarcherlaDamarcherlaDamarcherla (India)Show map of India
Coordinates: 16°43′37″N 79°38′13″E / 16.72694°N 79.63694°E / 16.72694; 79.63694
CountryIndia
StateTelangana
DistrictNalgonda
Languages
 • OfficialTelugu
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
Area code508355
Vehicle registrationTS
Climatehot (Köppen)
Websitetelangana.gov.in

Damarcherla, alternatively spelled Damaracherla or Damercherla, is a mandal in Nalgonda district in the state of Telangana in southern India. Damercherla is considered the head city of the mandal.

Geography

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Damarcherla has a total area of 4,649 hectares. The postal head office is Wadapally.

Damarcherla sits on the border of the districts of Nalgonda in Telangana and Palnadu in Andhra Pradesh. Damarcherla is surrounded by the mandals of Miryalaguda and Nereducherla towards the north, and the Andhra Pradesh mandals of Dachepalle and Gurazala to the south.

Nearby cities

Nearby villages

  • Thalla Veerappa Gudem – 6 km
  • Narsapur – 6 km
  • Kondrapole – 8 km
  • Bette Thanda – 8 km
  • Balaji Nagarthanda – 9 km

Population

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The local language is Telugu.

The total population of the mandal is 66,946 people who live in 13,377 houses, spread across a total of 90 villages and 24 panchayats. There are approximately 34,519 men and 32,427 women living in the mandal.

Administrative Division Village Population
Damarcherla Adavi Devula Palle 7,556
Baleenpalle 1,637
Chityala 1,403
Damercherla 12,710
Dilawarpur 5,314
Irkigudem 1,446
Kalle Palle 2,150
Kesawapur 4,543
Kondrapolu 5,115
Mudimanikam 1,345
Mulkacharla 3,753
Narsapur 1,643
Thalla Veerappa Gudem 2,372
Timmapur 2,076
Ulshayapalem 1,555
Vadapalle 8,108
Veerla Palem 4,220

Landmarks

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Temples

  • Mutylamma Temple
  • Kanaka Durga Temple
  • Kanyaka Parameswari Temple
  • Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Temple – Wazirabad, 5.7 km from Damarcherla
  • Krishna Musi River Samgamam – Vadapally, 6.3 km from Damarcherla

Schools and colleges

  • Raasi DAV High School – Vadapally, Telangana
  • Nobel Concept School
  • Shantiniketan E/M High School
  • Prathibha Vidyalayam High school
  • Kgbv Dameracharla
  • Nagarjuna High School
  • Sri Vidyanikethan High Sc
  • Sri Krishna Junior College
  • Aptwrs Jr College For Girls

Infrastructure

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Transport

There are many railway stations located in the surrounding region. The Guntur Junction Railway Station is the divisional railway station. There are also railway stations in Vishnupuram and Miryalaguda. The Halt Railway station is in Kondrapole.

Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) and Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC) operate buses in the region.

Airports near Damarcharla include:

Yadadri Power Plant

Yadadri Thermal Power Plant is a project near Veerlapalem village in the mandal. Telangana State Power Generation Corporation Limited (TSGENCO) awarded the contract to build the facility to Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited.

The scope of the contract included the design, supply, erection and commissioning of the Yadadri 5 x 800 MW Thermal Power Station. Project completion was proposed to be achieved within 48 months from its start date of June 2015.

Proposed dry port

The government proposed spending ₹2,700 crore (US$320 million) to set up four dry ports around Hyderabad. Sources in infrastructure and investment said that the dry ports were proposed at Damarcherla along the Miryalaguda–Wadapally highway (3,000 acres), Bhongir along NH-163 (450 acres), Jadcherla along NH-7 (319 acres), and Zaheerabad along NH-9 (825 acres).

References

  1. ^ "District Census Handbook - Nalgonda" (PDF). Census of India. p. 13,446. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 March 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
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