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Damarcherla
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Damarcherla
Damarcherla (India)
Coordinates: 16°43′37″N79°38′13″E / 16.72694°N 79.63694°E / 16.72694; 79.63694 Coordinates: 16°43′37″N79°38′13″E / 16.72694°N 79.63694°E / 16.72694; 79.63694
Country India
State Telangana
District Nalgonda
Languages
  Official Telugu
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
Area code 508355
Vehicle registration TS
Climate hot (Köppen)
Website telangana.gov.in

Damarcherla, alternatively spelled Damaracherla or Damercherla, is a mandal in Nalgonda district in the state of Telangana in southern India. [1] Damercherla is considered the head city of the mandal.

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Geography

Damarcherla has a total area of 4,649 hectares. The postal head office is Wadapally.

Damarcherla sits on the border of the districts of Nalgonda in Telangana and Palnadu in Andhra Pradesh. Damarcherla is surrounded by the mandals of Miryalaguda and Nereducherla towards the north, and the Andhra Pradesh mandals of Dachepalle and Gurazala to the south.

Nearby cities

Nearby villages

Population

The local language is Telugu.

The total population of the mandal is 66,946 people who live in 13,377 houses, spread across a total of 90 villages and 24 panchayats. There are approximately 34,519 men and 32,427 women living in the mandal.

Administrative DivisionVillagePopulation
DamarcherlaAdavi Devula Palle7,556
Baleenpalle1,637
Chityala1,403
Damercherla 12,710
Dilawarpur5,314
Irkigudem1,446
Kalle Palle2,150
Kesawapur4,543
Kondrapolu5,115
Mudimanikam1,345
Mulkacharla3,753
Narsapur1,643
Thalla Veerappa Gudem2,372
Timmapur2,076
Ulshayapalem1,555
Vadapalle8,108
Veerla Palem4,220

Landmarks

Temples

Schools and colleges

Infrastructure

Transport

There are many railway stations located in the surrounding region. The Guntur Junction Railway Station is the divisional railway station. There are also railway stations in Vishnupuram and Miryalaguda. The Halt Railway station is in Kondrapole.

Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) and Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC) operate buses in the region.

Airports near Damarcharla include:

Yadadri Power Plant

Yadadri Thermal Power Plant is a project near Veerlapalem village in the mandal. Telangana State Power Generation Corporation Limited (TSGENCO) awarded the contract to build the facility to Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited.

The scope of the contract included the design, supply, erection and commissioning of the Yadadri 5 x 800 MW Thermal Power Station. Project completion was proposed to be achieved within 48 months from its start date of June 2015.

Proposed dry port

The government proposed spending 2,700 crore (US$340 million) to set up four dry ports around Hyderabad. Sources in infrastructure and investment said that the dry ports were proposed at Damarcherla along the Miryalaguda–Wadapally highway (3,000 acres), Bhongir along NH-163 (450 acres), Jadcherla along NH-7 (319 acres), and Zaheerabad along NH-9 (825 acres).

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References

  1. "District Census Handbook - Nalgonda" (PDF). Census of India. p. 13,446. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 March 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2016.