Utkoor

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Utkoor
Mandal (Village)
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Utkoor
Utkoor (Telangana)
Coordinates: 16°38′34″N77°29′15″E / 16.642700°N 77.487400°E / 16.642700; 77.487400
Country Flag of India.svg India
State Telangana
District Narayanpet
Elevation
410 m (1,350 ft)
Population
  Total
48,473
  Density133/km2 (340/sq mi)
Languages
  Official Urdu Telugu
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
Telephone code08506-286127 (MDO)
Vehicle registration TS 38
Climate hot (Köppen)

Utkur or Utkoor is a Mandal (administrative unit) in Narayanpet district, Telangana.

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Geography

Utkur is located at 16°39′00″N78°31′00″E / 16.6500°N 78.5167°E / 16.6500; 78.5167 . [1] It has an average elevation of 396 metres (1302 ft). Utkoor is one of the 64 Mandals (Tehsil) in Mahboobnagar located about 60 km towards west from the District headquarters District bordering Karnataka state. Utkoor has 8,879 Households spread across total 33 villages and 18 panchayats. [2] The nearest town to Utkoor is Narayanpet about 15 km away with good road connectivity. There is no railway station within 10 km and the nearest big town is Narayanpet which is 15 kilometers away. The Hyderabad to Raichur highway runs through Utkoor Mandal.

Education Institutions

Utkoor has Zilla Parishad government primary and high school and there is a Govt junior college. MPHS is a Telugu medium co-education high school in Pedddajatram in Utkoor Mandal. Dayanand Vidya Mandir Primary School is run by the Arya Samaj society of Utkoor. There are two private English medium schools Nalanda High School and Milat-e-Islamia High School in Utkoor. [3]

Villages

The villages in Utkoor mandal include:

References