Vikarabad

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Vikarabad
Town & District Head Quarters
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Vikarabad is a Junction on Secunderabad Wadi Railway line
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Vikarabad
Location in Telangana, India
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Vikarabad
Vikarabad (India)
Coordinates: 17°20′N77°54′E / 17.33°N 77.90°E / 17.33; 77.90
Country Flag of India.svg  India
State Telangana
District Vikarabad
Area
[1]
 • Total31.70 km2 (12.24 sq mi)
Elevation
638 m (2,093 ft)
Population
 (2011) [1]
 • Total53,143
 • Density1,700/km2 (4,300/sq mi)
Languages
 • Official Telugu & Urdu
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
501101
Telephone code08416
Vehicle registration TS 34
Website vikarabad.telangana.gov.in

Vikarabad is a town and mandal in Vikarabad district of the Indian state of Telangana. It is located in Vikarabad mandal of Vikarabad revenue division. [2]

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History

Vikarabad was named after the fifth Paigah Amir (Premier noble) H.E. Nawab Sir Vikar-ul-Umrah Bahadur, Sikander Jung, Iqbal-ud-Daula and Iqtadar-ul-Mulk, Nawab Muhammed Fazaluddin Khan KCIE served as prime minister of Hyderabad State and Berar Province between 1893 and 1901.

Nawab Sir Vicar-ul-Umrah was the younger son of Nawab Rasheeduddin Khan Bahadur, Shams ul Umra, Amir e Kabir IÌI, Amir e Paigah IV and Co-Regent of Hyderabad. He built three palaces and mansions in Vikarabad, The Vikar Manzil Palace (which presently houses the deputy collector/RDO Office and still belongs to the Paigah family heirs), Sultan Manzil Palace named after his eldest son and heir, H.E. Nawab Sultan ul Mulk Bahadur the last full Amir of Vicar ul Umrahi Paigah and the "Vicar Shikargah" which he later presented as nazar or offering to his brother in law and nephew, H.H.Nawab Mir Mahboob Ali Khan, the VIth Nizam of Hyderabad.[ citation needed ]

Sir Vikar's Jagir Vikarabad, Dharur and Ananthagiri hills where know to be mini Hill station of the Deccan. He died in 1902 and is buried at the Paigah Tombs at Hyderabad.[ citation needed ]

Demographics

As of 2001 India census, [3] Vikarabad had a population of 53,185. Males constitute 26,422 of the population and females 26,763. Vikarabad has an average literacy rate of 64%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 72%, and female literacy is 57%. In Vikarabad, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.[ citation needed ]

Government and politics

Vikarabad Municipality is the urban local body that oversees the civic needs of the town. [4]

Politics

Vikarabad is an assembly constituency in Telangana State. MLAs representing the town have been:[ citation needed ]

Tourism

View of Ananthagiri forest, in the vikarabad district of Telangana, India. Ananthagiri forest in AP W IMG 9371.jpg
View of Ananthagiri forest, in the vikarabad district of Telangana, India.

Transport

Vikarabad Junction railway station is located on the Vikarabad–Parli section of Secunderabad railway division of South Central Railway zone. [8] The station is also on the Secunderabad-Wadi line.

Education

In 2023 a government medical college was opened in the town. [9]

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References

  1. 1 2 "District Census Handbook – Guntur" (PDF). Census of India. The Registrar General & Census Commissioner. pp. 14, 58. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
  2. ↑ "Vikarabad district" (PDF). New Districts Formation Portal. Government of Telangana. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
  3. ↑ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2011 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.
  4. ↑ "C&DMA". cdma.telangana.gov.in. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
  5. ↑ [ citation needed ]
  6. ↑ Scape, Sunday. "Enjoy this joyful kayak ride". Telangana Today. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  7. ↑ Reddy, T. Karnakar. "Kotepally dam, an emerging tourist spot". Telangana Today. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  8. ↑ "Rail track restored near Vikarabad". The Hindu. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
  9. ↑ "Telangana is all set to inaugurate 9 medical colleges — with basic infrastructure in place". 14 September 2023.
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