Ghanpur, Wanaparthy district

Ghanpur (Khilla) Khilla Ghanpur
village
Country	India
State	Telangana
District	Wanaparthy
Languages
• Official	Telugu
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	TS32
Climate	hot (Köppen)
Website	telangana.gov.in

Ghanpur is a Mandal in Wanaparthy district, Telangana. It is also known as Khilla Ghanpur.It was a part of Mahbubnagar district earlier to the formation of new districts in Telangana.

Mandal Parishath

Duration		Name of M.P.P	Party affiliation
	2014-2019	K. Krishna Naik [1]	Telangana Rashtra Samithi
	2019-Incumbent	K. Krishna Naik	Telangana Rashtra Samithi

ZPTC member

Duration		Name of ZPTC member	Party affiliation
	2014-2019	K.Ramesh Goud [2]	Indian National Congress
	2019-Incumbent	Samya Naik	Bharat Rashtra Samithi

Institutions

• Zilla Parishad (Boys) High School
• Zilla Parishad (girls) High School
• Ravindra Vidyanikethan
• Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya
• Govt. Junior College
• Goutham concept school
• T S model school (Donthikunta Thanda)

Villages

The villages in Ghanpur mandal include:

• Agaram
• Almaipally
• Anthaipally
• Appareddipally
• Ghanpur
• Jangamaipally
• Kamaluddinpur
• Malkapur
• Mamidimada
• Manajipet
• Md.hussainpally
• Parvathapur
• Rukkannapally
• Salkalapur
• Shapur
• Solipur
• Thirumalaipally
• Upperpally
• Venkatampally

History

Main article: Khilla Ghanpur

This place was named after Kakatiya king Ganapathi Deva in 13th Century as Ganapuram, eventually it is spelled as Ghanpur. Since it has a Khilla, Telugu for fort, it popularly known as Khilla Ghanpur. Prior to the construction of the fort and naming this village as Ganapuram, there was a small village present with name Naginenepalli in 13th Century.

References

1. https://www.telanganaa.in/2015/07/ghanpur-mandal-mptc-zptc-member-mpp.html ^{[ bare URL ]}
2. http://www.apsec.gov.in/ELECTIONRESULTS/RESULTS%202014/Telangana%20Elected%20ZPTCs%20List,%202014.pdf Archived 27 January 2018 at the Wayback Machine ^{[ bare URL PDF ]}