Singareni opencast coal mines at Manuguru 02

Manuguru is a census town and

mandal A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluk, or taluka () is a local unit of administrative division in India and Pakistan. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administrative c ...

in Bhadradri Kothagudem district in the Indian state of

Telangana Telangana is a States and union territories of India, state in India situated in the Southern India, south-central part of the Indian subcontinent on the high Deccan Plateau. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, ele ...

. It falls under the Mahaboobabad Parliamentary constituency and the Pinapaka Assembly constituency. Manuguru is an urban area situated on the banks of the Godavari River. The town has the Singareni coal mines, that provide many jobs, and a power plant. A heavy water plant is located 12 km from Manuguru. Its output is used in the Nuclei district.

Demographics

India

census A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of stati ...

, Manuguru Municipality had a population of 32,091 and Manuguru Mandal had 72,117. Males constituted 49.7% of the population and females 50.3%. It had an average literacy rate of 65.9%, lower than the national average of 74.04%: male literacy of 71.9% and female literacy of 59.9%. In Manuguru, 9.5% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Singareni Collieries

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

Singareni Collieries Company The Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) is a Government-owned corporation, government-owned-coal mining corporation in India. It is under the ownership of Government of Telangana, Department of Energy, Government of Telangana. The Uni ...

(The Singareni Collieries Company Limited)). 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 moved to the Industrial Trust Fund by the Government of Hyderabad. Controlling interest devolved on the Government of Andhra Pradesh in 1956 pursuant to the reorganization of States.

Nearest cities

* Kothagudem – 58 km * Warangal – 174 km *

Khammam Khammam is the city in Khammam district of the Indian state of Telangana. It is the fourth largest city in the state. It is the headquarters of the Khammam district and Khammam Tehsil, mandal also. It is located about east of the state capital ...

– 133 km * Suryapet – 196 km *

Hyderabad Hyderabad is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River (India), Musi River, in the northern part of Southern India. With an average altitude of , much ...

– 330 km

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{{Coord, 17, 58, 53, N, 80, 45, 00, E, source:itwiki_region:IN Cities and towns in Bhadradri Kothagudem district Mandals in Bhadradri Kothagudem district Places situated on the banks of the Godavari river