Mahabubabad is a town and the district headquarters of Mahabubabad district in the

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. It is on the west bank of the

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, which is one of the tributaries of the River Krishna. Mahabubabad is known for the

Bayyaram Mines Bayyaram Mines are iron ore mine located in Bayyaram in Mahabubabad district, Telangana, India. The mines also include Gudur Mandal in Warangal district. The mines The iron ore mines are spread over 5,342 hectares in Bayyaram, Garla and Nelak ...

Weather

Mahbubabad has a semi-tropical climate, where the people and its surroundings are pleasant and enjoyable. During summers, the temperatures soar to more than 48 °C. In winters, temperatures range between 12 °C and 27 °C, which is pleasant. Mahbubabad receives the North-East and the South-West monsoon, from June to September, and from October to November respectively. Mainly relies on the monsoons and rainfall. Details of the weather are available at

Demographics

The population of Mahabubabad is around 42,851 according to 2011 census reports. The male population is 20,716 (48.3%) and the female is 22,135 (51.6%). The female-to-male ratio is 1068:1000, which is above the national average 943:1000. The literacy rate is 79.17%, more than national average 74%. Male literacy is 86.59%, which is more than national average of 82.10%, and female literacy rate is 72.32%, more than national average 65.50%. Once it was the biggest revenue division in

state, even bigger than Hanamkonda village. Later it was divided into two divisions. The majority of the villages and the hamlets including the city are the habitats of

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(75%). The tribal community is Lambadi. Thus the majority of people of the city will communicate in the special tribal language, Lambadi or Banjara (60%). This language is one among the officially recognised dialects by the government of India. This language has no script and is sustained on spoken words.

Government and politics

Mahabubabad Municipality was constituted in 2011 and is classified as a ''second grade municipality''. The jurisdiction of the civic body is spread over an area of .

Politics

Mahabubabad has one seat for state Assembly constituency. Banoth Shankar Naik

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(TRS) was elected as

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in the 2014 general elections. It is a grade 2 municipality. The R.D.O. and M.R.O. look after the revenue administration. Earlier Hanamkonda and Warangal were two Lok Sabha Constituencies in the same area, but recently the Election Commission of India based on the population census has shifted Warangal Lok Sabha Constituency to Mahabubabad.

Nearest cities

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-50 km *

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-73 km *

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-83 km *

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-212 km

Transport

Mahabubabad is well connected with road and rail routes to every other place of the state and the nation.

Roadways

Mahabubabad has a bus depot of

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with 100-bus capacity. It has many services for the needs of the citizens. It falls on the main route of

- Bhadrachalam. Nearly 20,000 people go from here daily through the bus facilities. In addition, apart from the main bus stand, to meet the needs of the passengers there are

Kuravi Kuravi is a village in Mahabubabad district of the Indian state of Telangana. It is located in Kuravi mandal. Geography Kuravi/Korvi is around 70 km away from Warangal by train and is around 11 km away from the Mahabubabad Mahab ...

bus stand, Thorruur bus stand, Pusalapalli bus stop, and many seven-seat autorickshaws and Commander Jeeps connecting the nearby villages.

Railways

Mahabubabad has one of the busiest

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s in the Kazipet-

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route. Nearly as many as 4000 passengers travel through this system daily. People here will prefer rail route than to bus route to reach distant destinations. The Mahabubabad railway station had been graded as 'B1-Category Railway Station' by the South Central Railway from 2004. Mabd Rly Stn 2

Media

Mahabubabad has print and entertainment media. There is also Citi Cable, a local entertainment channel for broadcasting TV and for internet there is also ISP providers like Anusha broadband,hireach broadband services.

Print media

'' Sirachukka'' is the local tabloid circulated weekly. The leading

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newspapers have their regional centres here for updating the news.

References

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