Pebbair () is a

municipal corporation Municipal corporation is the legal term for a local governing body, including (but not necessarily limited to) cities, counties, towns, townships, charter townships, villages, and boroughs. The term can also be used to describe municipally o ...

Wanaparthy district Wanaparthy district is a district in the Indian state of Telangana. Its headquarters is Wanaparthy. The district shares boundaries with Gadwal, Mahabubnagar, Narayanpet, Nagarkurnool districts, as well as the state boundary of Andhra Pradesh ...

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 ...

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. The Pebbair Municipal corporation's northern end extends from Pampuram to its southern end in Yaparla.

Geography

Pebbair is located at . It has an average elevation of 300 metres (987 feet).

Community

Pebbair is a

, with 29 villages. It has 15

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s, three junior colleges, two Degree colleges, one B. Ed, college, two D. Ed. colleges, and one polytechnic college for girls. The farmer's Saturday market in Pebbair is well-known for its bullocks, Ongole oxen, sheep, and goats. People from across the state, as well from neighboring states like Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, and Tamil Nadu, arrive to purchase cattle from the wide variety brought for sale. Until the 1980s it was a drought prone area, but slowly emerged into a stable

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producer due to abundant water supply from the

Jurala Project The Priyadarshini Jurala Project (PJP) or Jurala Project, is a dam on the Krishna River situated about 15 km from Gadwal, Jogulamba Gadwal district, Jurala Project is a dam on the Krishna River situated about 16 km from Atmakur, Wana ...

. Pebbair and the nearby areas produce fruits like

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sapota ''Manilkara zapota'', commonly known as sapodilla (), sapote, chicozapote, chicoo, chicle, naseberry, nispero, or soapapple, among other names, is an evergreen tree native to southern Mexico and Central America. An example natural occurrence is ...

watermelons The watermelon (''Citrullus lanatus'') is a species of flowering plant in the family Cucurbitaceae, that has a large, edible fruit. It is a scrambling and trailing vine-like plant, and is widely cultivated worldwide, with more than 1,000 ...

in the summer, and custard apples in the winter. Beechupally is a famous pilgrimage (devastanam) near Pebbair (10 kilometers) with

Krishna River The Krishna River in the Deccan Plateau, Deccan plateau is the third-longest in India, after the Ganga, Ganga and Godavari. It is also the fourth-largest in terms of water inflows and river basin area in India, after the Ganga, Indus and Godav ...

flowing through it. The historical hill (konda) called the Nizam Konda in middle of the river, which once had a fort, had the movie

Kondaveeti Raja ''Kondaveeti Raja'' is a 1986 Telugu action drama film directed by K. Raghavendra Rao and produced by K. Devi Varaprasad. It stars Chiranjeevi, Vijayashanti, Radha, and Rao Gopal Rao. The film was released on 31 January 1986. Plot The film be ...

(starring

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) shot here. There are also two temples near

namely

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and

Hanuman Hanuman (; , ), also known as Maruti, Bajrangabali, and Anjaneya, is a deity in Hinduism, revered as a divine ''vanara'', and a devoted companion of the deity Rama. Central to the ''Ramayana'', Hanuman is celebrated for his unwavering devotio ...

temples. The

Agriculture Agriculture encompasses crop and livestock production, aquaculture, and forestry for food and non-food products. Agriculture was a key factor in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created ...

land in Pebbair is irrigated by Jurala Left Canal & Mahaboopal Pond. Pebbair is located on highway No. 44 Old NH 7, longest highway in

running from

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Kanyakumari Kanyakumari (Tamil; / kəɳjɑkʊmɑɾiː/; referring to Devi Kanya Kumari, officially known as Kanniyakumari, formerly known as Cape Comorin) is a town and a municipality in Kanyakumari district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. It is the ...

, 156 km South of

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 ...

towards

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Temples

Srirangapuram located 10 kilometers from Pebbair is famous for the Sri Ranganayaka Swamy Temple, where the movies ''

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'', '' Chatrapati'', ''Chennakeshava Reddy'', and ''

Yamadonga ''Yamadonga'' () is a 2007 Indian Telugu-language fantasy action comedy film directed by S. S. Rajamouli, who co-wrote the film with V. Vijayendra Prasad. It was produced by Chiranjeevi (Cherry) and Gangaraju Gunnam under Visvamitra Creations ...

'' were filmed. Pathapally village is famous for the Lord Hanuman Temple which is 8 kilometres from Pebbair. This Hanuman Temple is well known as Sri Chintakunta Anjaneya Swamy Temple. Other Temples in Pebbair include the

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, the

, Brahmamgari Temple, Santha bazar, Venugopala swamy,

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, Sri Sri Sri Mallishwari Devi Temple, Chowdeshwari Amma Vaaru, Sri Kodanda Rama Swamy Temple, Venkatapuram, this is one of the oldest temple and the

Vasavi Kanyaka Parameswari Vasavi Kanyaka Parameshvari is a Hindu goddess, primarily revered by the Komati community of Andhra Pradesh. She is recognized as a Kanyaka form of Parvati in Shaivism, while in Vaishnavism she is identified as Lakshmi. She is regarded to be ...

. Every year people here celebrate the Chowdeshwari Jatara.

Politics

Pebbair village has 4 MPTC seats and 16 wards. Akki Shusheela was elected 31 July 2013 as a Sarpanch and Puru Padmavathi was elected as a MPP of Pebbair.

Social media

Pebbair has a

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community, named "Pebbair Mandal"https://www.facebook.com/pebbair.mandal with over 1200+ members

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community, named "Pebbair-our heaven", with over 150 members.

Education

There are nearly 10 well established schools with a few hostel facilities. Among them Sri Chaitanya Vidyalayam, Gandhi Public School, Saraswathi Vidyanikethan, Ragavendra Public School, MasterMind School are a few. Pebbair has a private Junior College and a Government Junior College, and a B.Ed College is expected soon.

Census 2011

Pebbair Mandal - Wanaparthy

List of all towns and villages in Pebbair Mandal of Wanaparthy district, Telangana. Complete details of population, religion, literacy and sex ratio in tabular format.

References

{{reflist Mandals in Wanaparthy district