Gunjala

Gunjala
Gunjala
	Village
	Gunjala Location in Telangana, India Gunjala Gunjala (India)
	Coordinates: 19°48′N78°24′E / 19.8°N 78.4°E Coordinates: 19°48′N78°24′E / 19.8°N 78.4°E
Country	India
State	Telangana
District	Adilabad district
Government
• Body	Gram Panchayat
Population (2011)
• Total	876
Languages
• Spoken	Gondi, Telugu
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	TS-01

Last updated January 05, 2020

Gunjala is a village in the Adilabad district of Telangana, India.

Demographics

As of 2011^[update] India census,^[1] Gunjala had a population of 876. Of this figure, 474, or 54%, were males, while 402, or 46%, were females. Gunjala has a literacy rate of 48.7%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 55.7%, and female literacy is 40.5%. In Gunjala, 13.7% of the population is at or under 6 years of age.

Geography

To the north of the village lies the Penganga River, which demarcates the border between Telangana and Maharashtra. The village lies approximately 25 km from the center of the district capital, Adilabad.

Significance

In 2006, the village emerged as a center of ethnic and linguistic significance for the Gondi people. The Gondi language has often been regarded as a Dravidian language without a script and was written using Telugu script and Devanagari.^[2] The revelation of a dozen manuscripts written in a native script, now called "Gunjala Gondi Lipi" in honor of the village, and comprehensible to a handful of elders in the village has received national media coverage^[3] as an invigorating discovery of the lost heritage of the Gondi people. The Gunjala Gondi Lipi has been released by a team of researchers from the University of Hyderabad, headed by Professor Jayadheer Tirumala Rao.

Transport

Gunjala is poorly connected by road. A train station is not evident in the near vicinity.

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References

↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 20 May 2014. Retrieved 20 May 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
↑ Vadlamudi, Swathi (5 February 2019). "Almanac in a near-extinct Adivasi script". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X . Retrieved 16 February 2019.
↑ http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/gondi-manuscript-translation-to-reveal-gondwana-history/article5594658.ece

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[1] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 20 May 2014. Retrieved 20 May 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[2] Vadlamudi, Swathi (5 February 2019). "Almanac in a near-extinct Adivasi script". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X . Retrieved 16 February 2019.

[3] ttp://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/gondi-manuscript-translation-to-reveal-gondwana-history/article5594658.ece