Shankarpally is a town in

Ranga Reddy district Ranga Reddy district is a district in the Indian state of Telangana. The district headquarters is located at Kongara Kalan Village, Ibrahimpatnam Mandal. The district was named after the former deputy chief minister of the United Andhra Prade ...

of the

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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 Shankarpally mandal of Chevella

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Geography

Shankarpally is located at .

Transportation

Shankarpally is well connected and provides the people of this town and the nearby villages with access to many transportation facilities. There is a railway station of

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of Indian Railways. Many passenger as well as super fast expresses, intercity expresses are operated in this line. This town has significantly developed road connectivity.

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a state owned corporation operates buses between Mehdipatnam-Shankarpally, Sangareddy-Shankarpally, Vikarabad-Shankarpally, Chevella-Shankarpally, Mominpet-Shankarpally among the many other lines. The state highway also passes through this town.

Demographics

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, Shankarpally had a population of 12,047. The total population constitute, 6,097 males and 5,950 females —a sex ratio of 976 females per 1000 males. 1,639 children are in the age group of 0–6 years, of which 850 are boys and 786 are girls. The average literacy rate stands at 83.01% with 10,001 literates, significantly higher than the state average of 67.41%.

Government and politics

Shankarpally gram panchayat is the

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of the village. The panchayat is divided into wards and each ward is represented by an elected ward member. The ward members are headed by a

Sarpanch A sarpanch, gram pradhan, mukhiya, or president is a decision-maker, elected by the village-level constitutional body of local self-government called the gram sabha (village government) in India. The sarpanch, together with other elected panchay ...

. Shankarpally Constituted as Municipality on 2 August 2018 Merged with 4 other Gram Panchayats, Ramanthapur, Fathepur, Bulkapur, Singapur. Shankarpally falls under

Chevella (SC) (Assembly constituency) Chevella is a SC reserved constituency of Telangana Legislative Assembly, India. It is one of seven constituencies in Ranga Reddy district and is a part of Chevella Lok Sabha constituency. Kale Yadaiah is currently representing the constituency ...

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. The present MLA representing the constituency is

Kale Yadaiah Kale Yadaiah is an Indian politician and a legislator of Telangana Legislative Assembly. He represents Chevella in the Telangana Legislative Assembly. Political Career Kale Yadaiah started his political journey with the Congress Party and serve ...

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Education

Indus International School is located in the area. This village is approximately from

IIT Hyderabad The Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad (IIT-Hyderabad or IIT-H) is a public technical university located in Kandi near the Sangareddy district in the Indian state of Telangana. As with all Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), IIT Hyd ...

Campus. Global Indian International School, is also located in this area
IBS Hyderabad
a constituent of th
ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education (IFHE)
a Deemed University as per the UGC Act 1956, is also located in Shankerpally. IBS is in Donthanapally, Shankarapally Road and from main Shankerpally. Not only the global schools and universities but there are local schools like Sri Vivekananda High School and Sri Vivekananda Junior College for Telugu and English mediums, Jagruthi Degree College, Chaitanya Junior College, Ramakrishna High School, Revathi High School, Sri Krishnaveni Talent School, and Aksharam Public School.

References

{{reflist Villages in Ranga Reddy district