Jogipet is a town and revenue division,

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

Sangareddy district Sangareddy district is a district located in the western region of the Indian state of Telangana. This district contains a part of the Hyderabad Metropolitan Region. Sangareddy is the district headquarters of the district. It was named after t ...

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. It is a

conurbation A conurbation is a region consisting of a number of metropolises, cities, large towns, and other urban areas which, through population growth and physical expansion, have merged to form one continuous urban or industrially developed area. In most ...

of two towns, Andole and Jogipet. It was formed as a

Nagar panchayat A nagar panchayat () or town panchayat or Notified Area Council (NAC) in India is a settlement in transition from rural to urban and therefore a form of an urban political unit comparable to a municipality. An urban centre with more than 12,00 ...

in 2013, and was upgraded to municipality in 2018. and became Revenue Division in 2020

History

The first conference of

Andhra Mahasabha Andhra Mahasabha ( Telugu: ఆంధ్ర మహాసభ, IAST: ''Āndhra mahāsabha'') was a people's organisation in the erstwhile Hyderabad state of India. It was an association started by Telugu people of Telangana region against Nizam r ...

was held in 1930 at Jogipet under the chairmanship of

Suravaram Pratapareddy Suravaram Pratapa Reddy (1896–1953) was a social historian & Freedom Fighter from the Hyderabad State (now Telangana Telangana is a States and union territories of India, state in India situated in the Southern India, south-central par ...

Demographics

As per 2011 Census, the jurisdiction of the civic body is spread over an area of , with a population of 18,496.

Government and politics

The town falls under Andole (SC) constituency of

Telangana Legislative Assembly The Telangana Legislative Assembly (ISO: ''Telangāṇa Śāsana Sabha'') is the lower house of the Telangana Legislature. The Legislative Assembly of Telangana currently consists of 119 elected members. The members of the ''Vidhana Sabha'' ...

. Chanti Kranti Kiran from

Telangana Rashtra Samithi The Bharat Rashtra Samithi (; BRS), formerly known as Telangana Rashtra Samithi ( TRS), is an Indian political party which is predominantly active in the state of Telangana and currently the primary opposition party in the state. It was founde ...

was elected as its MLA in 2018. Previously

Damodar Raja Narasimha Cilarapu Damodar Raja Narasimha (born 5 December 1958) is an Indian politician and current Health and Medical Cabinet Minister of Telangana from December 2023. He served as the Deputy Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh between 2011 and 2014. He re ...

, former deputy chief minister of

Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh (ISO 15919, ISO: , , AP) is a States and union territories of India, state on the East Coast of India, east coast of southern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, seventh-largest state and th ...

state and

Babu Mohan Pally Babu Mohan commonly known as Babu Mohan is an Indian actor and politician formerly from the Bharatiya Janata Party. He prominently works in Telugu films as a comedian and is a former Minister for Labour in Andhra Pradesh. He won Nandi ...

are elected from this constituency. Andole–Jogipet

revenue division A sub-division is an administrative division of a List of districts in India, district in India. In some states (Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Kerala) they are called Revenue Divisions. It is headed by a sub-divisional magistrate (also ...

was created in July 2020.

In popular culture

Jogipet was featured in the Telugu film Jathi Ratnalu. The film was shot in the town and the main trio in this film belong to Jogipet where

Naveen Polishetty Naveen Polishetty (born 26 December 1989) is an Indian actor and screenwriter who primarily works in Telugu films. He made his debut with the film '' Agent Sai Srinivasa Athreya'' (2019). He then appeared in the coming-of-age blockbuster film ...

played the role of Jogipet Srikanth. Srikanth is said to have been the B.Tech. topper of Jogipet.

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Andole-Jogipet Cities and towns in Sangareddy district