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| Vemsoor | |
|---|---|
| Mandal | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Telangana |
| District | Khammam |
| Mandal | Vemsoor |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Telugu |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 507164 |
| Telephone code | 08761 |
| Vehicle registration | TS 04 |
| Nearest city | Sathupalli |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Khammam |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Vemsoor (1952-1972) |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Sathupalli (from 1978) |
| Climate | tropical (Köppen) |
Vemsoor(Telugu: వేంసూరు) is a village and mandal in Khammam district of Telangana, India and falls under Kalluru revenue division. The majority of the Vemsoor region is agrarian. Most of the people are farmers, peasants and daily laborers. The predominant crops grown in this region are rice, corn, tomatoes, red chilies, vegetables, mangoes, cashew etc. As a mandal headquarters it has several mandal administrative offices. It also has an Andhra bank branch.
Election history
Up to 1948, Hyderabad State was a princely state after merging in Indian union on 17 September 1948 and named Hyderabad State in the first election in India in 1952. Vemsoor was an assembly constituency from 1951 to 1978. In 1967, Jalagam Vengal Rao won assembly elections second time from Vemsoor and in 1968 he became State Home Minister in the state government headed by Kasu Brahmananda Reddy and also he became chief minister from same constituency.
The following are election results of the Vemsoor assembly constituency from 1952 to 1972:
1952
| 1 | Kandimalla Ramakrishna Rao | M | IND | 16092 | 44.43% | Won |
| 2 | Jalagam Vengala Rao | M | IND | 15543 | 42.92% | Lost |
| 3 | Bommakanti Satyanarayana Rao | M | INC | 4580 | 12.65% | Lost |
ELECTORS : 51987 VOTERS : 36215 POLL PERCENTAGE : 69.66% VALID VOTES 36215
1957
| 1 | Jalagam Kondal Rao | M | INC | 24680 | 56.79% | Won |
| 2 | Vattikonda Nageswara Rao | M | 16943 | 38.99% | Lost | |
| 3 | K. Srinivasa Rao | M | IND | 1834 | 4.22% | Lost |
ELECTORS : 57461 VOTERS : 43457 POLL PERCENTAGE : 75.63% VALID VOTES 43457
1962
| 1 | Jalagam Vengala Rao | M | INC | 36436 | 64.78% | Won |
| 2 | Vattikonda Nageswara Rao | M | CPI | 17853 | 31.74% | Lost |
| 3 | Poranki Venkat Raju | M | IND | 1960 | 3.48% | Lost |
ELECTORS : 67732 VOTERS : 57794 POLL PERCENTAGE : 85.33% VALID VOTES 56249
1967
| 1 | Jalagam Vengala Rao | M | INC | 37595 | 70.66% | Won |
| 2 | Morampudi Venkaiah | M | IND | 13220 | 24.85% | Lost |
| 3 | P. V. Raju | M | IND | 2391 | 4.49% | Lost |
ELECTORS : 69466 VOTERS : 55617 POLL PERCENTAGE : 80.06% VALID VOTES : 53206
1972
| 1 | Jalagam Vengala Rao | M | INC | 47173 | 80.24% | Won |
| 2 | Ravi Veera Venkaiah | M | IND | 9101 | 15.48% | Lost |
| 3 | Poranki Venkat Raju | M | IND | 2518 | 4.28% | Lost |
ELECTORS : 85233 VOTERS : 60378 POLL PERCENTAGE : 70.84% VALID VOTES : 58792
Demographics
- Total population: 42,908 in 10,337 households
- Male population: 21,845
- Female population: 21,063
- Children under 6 years of age: 5,220 (Boys - 2,683 and Girls - 2,537)
- Total literates: 22,079
- Vemsoor has facilities including a government hospital, a police station and a revenue office.
References
- "RDO /Muncipal Commisioners/Tehsildars | Khammam District | India". Retrieved 7 June 2023.
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