Nirmal is a city and the district headquarters of

Nirmal district Nirmal district is a district located in the northern region of the Indian state of Telangana. The district headquarters is located in the town of Nirmal. It borders the Telangana districts of Adilabad, Nizamabad, Mancherial, Asifabad, Jagtia ...

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 is famed for its toys made out of wood. The district headquarters is located in the city of Nirmal. It borders the Telangana districts of

Adilabad Adilabad, also known as Edlawada and Eddulapuram, is a city which serves as the headquarters of Adilabad district, in the Indian state of Telangana. Telugu, Urdu, Marathi, Lambadi and Gondi are the most spoken languages of Adilabad. Adilabad ...

, Nizamabad,

Mancherial Mancherial is a city and headquarters of the Mancherial district of the Indian state of Telangana. It is both the district and administrative headquarters of Mancherial mandal in the Mancherial revenue division. It is located on the north banks ...

, Asifabad,

Jagtial Jagtial is a city and the district headquarters of Jagtial district of Telangana state, India. Located about north of the state capital Hyderabad, India, Hyderabad, it has an average elevation of . According to the 2011 census, the population ...

districts as well as

Nanded Nanded is a city in Maharashtra state, India. It is the List of cities in Maharashtra, tenth largest city in the state and the List of cities in India by population, seventy-ninth most populated city in India. It is the second largest city in ...

district of the state

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. Near by Towns

Bhainsa Bhainsa is a town in Nirmal district of the Indian state of Telangana. It is the headquarters of Bhainsa mandal and Bhainsa revenue division. It is bordered with Bhokar taluk, Nanded district, Maharashtra State on west and Nizamabad district ...

, hanapur

Geography

Nirmal is located at . It has an average elevation of 340 metres (1100 feet) on the foot hills of Nirmal range, which is located in the Deccan plateau.Nirmal has chain tanks built around it.

Demographics

In the 2011 Indian

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 ...

, the total population of Nirmal was 88,433. There are 44,053 males (49.82%) and 44,380 females (50.18%). 10,303 children are below 6 years of age. There 5,315 males and 4,988 females. . As per the house hold survey conducted by Telangana government in August 2014, the population of Nirmal is 116,800. Major languages are

Telugu Telugu may refer to: * Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of South India ** Telugu literature, is the body of works written in the Telugu language. * Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India * Telugu script, used to write the Tel ...

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and

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. Telugu has been the official language since 1956.

Government and politics

Civic administration

It is one of the oldest municipalities in Telangana. Nirmal Municipality was constituted in 1952 and is classified as a ''second grade municipality'' with 36 election wards. The jurisdiction of the civic body is spread over an area of . On June 28, 2019 Telangana Government has increased No. of Election Wards to 42 with the merging of surrounding two gram panchayats namely Manjulapur and Venkatapur in Nirmal Municipality.

Politics

Nirmal Assembly constituency is a 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'' ...

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

.It comes under

Adilabad (Lok Sabha constituency) Adilabad Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 17 Lok Sabha (Lower house of the Parliament) constituencies in the state of Telangana, India. This constituency is reserved for the candidates belonging to the Scheduled Tribes. Assembly segments ...

along with six other Assembly constituencies. The first elections of nirmal constituency were held in 1957 with India's first national general election.

References

{{Reflist Cities and towns in Nirmal district Mandal headquarters in Adilabad district