Yellandu is a town in
Bhadradri Kothagudem district of 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 located in Yellandu
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 ...
of Kothagudem revenue division.
Geography
Yellandu has an average elevation of . A coal seam and open pits run through the town. The Hyderabad (Deccan) Company Limited incorporated in England acquired mining rights in 1886 to exploit the coal. The present Company was incorporated on 23 December 1920 under the Hyderabad Companies Act as a public limited company with the name 'The Singareni Collieries Company Limited' (SCCL). 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 entrusted to Industrial Trust Fund by the then Government of Hyderabad. The controlling interest of the Company devolved on the Government of Andhra Pradesh in 1956 pursuant to the reorganization of States.
Nearest cities
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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 ...
48 km
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Warangal 106 km
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Suryapet 110 km
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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 ...
246 km
Yellandu bus schedule
* From Yellandu to Khammam last bus 10:00 pm
* From Yellandu to Kothagudam last bus 09:00 pm
* From Yellandu to Mahabubabad last bus 8:15 pm
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bustimings
Demographics
census of India
The decennial census of India has been conducted 15 times, as of 2011. While it has been undertaken every 10 years, beginning in 1872 under Viceroy Lord Mayo, the first complete census was taken in 1872. Post 1949, it has been conducted by the R ...
, Yellandu municipality had a population of 33,732.
While, its urban agglomeration had a population of 35,056, of which males are 17,016 and females are 18,040. The population under 6 years of age are 3,184. There are a total of 25,192 literates.
Government and politics
Civic administration
Yellandu Municipality was constituted in 1986 and is classified as a ''third grade municipality'' with 24 election wards. The jurisdiction of the civic body is spread over an area of .
Rompaid and Sudimalla are the partial outgrowths to the town as per 2011 census.
Politics
Yellandu is a part of
Yellandu (ST) (Assembly constituency) for
Telangana Legislative Assembly. Koram Kanakaiha is the present
MLA of the constituency from
Indian National Congress
The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a political parties in India, political party in India with deep roots in most regions of India. Founded on 28 December 1885, it was the first mo ...
. It is also a part of
Mahabubabad (Lok Sabha constituency) which was won by
Kavitha Maloth of
Bharat Rashtra Samithi.
Economy
Coal mining
Yellandu is birthplace of the
Singareni Collieries Company Limited, a coal mining company which is also referred as Boggutta in the regional language.
References
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Cities and towns in Bhadradri Kothagudem district