Mahbubnagar-Andhra Prades
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FIFTH ALL INDIA EDUCATIONAL SURVEY DISTRICT REPORT "15'* 1986 MAHBUBNAGAR-ANDHRA PRADES L„ HANUMANDLU m o h 6 ^ 0 I ^ h i m k h a l e e l Q ^ ^ CdocfttlontlOfiScer- Dfitfiiducatioiiil Offlcev. f ‘O'- ■- ■■' PART -I o n k T w r - i 1 ,1 , PHYSICAL ASPECTS OF TH?‘ DISTRICT; GFN1‘RAL;~ The District derived its norne from Mr,h£bubnagar, its headquarters town vshich was named a Mir Mehpboob Ali Kh-n, the VI Niz?>[n of Hyderab^>dc It is located between 16 and 17 Latitude? and 7 79 ii‘ Isngitudeso It is bounded on the north by Ranga Reddy and Nelgonds Districts, on the east by Nplgonda and Gur/’cur Liatricts, on the South by the rivers Krishna and Tungsthadra and on the west Rfichur 9nd Gulb-rg'- Distiicts of Karnataka Sttteo The area of the District is 18432 Sq.K*Ms. Th totfl population of t>^e District according to the 1981 census count Is 24,44,619 persons consistir 12,32,684 M?les -nd 1^,11,935 Females. The DistTict maJ be physiographically divided into more or less two distinct regions, t\ plains region with low lying scattered hills and extensive ^mrabad-Phcrhabad, Platean, a continuoi of h ills of ?n average elevation of about 800 Mtrso extending more or less east west long the KriJ River on the southern bourdry of the Districts The hill range is interpersed by several deep vel.' whioh 9re almost inaccessible from the plainso HILLS:- The District is comparatively elevated in the north and west nd a gradugl declaim is not In the attitude from the rorth west to the south east. There are hill ranges in the South east o. District, extending from r orth to south of Ach!--n5)et Taluq consisting of (flate topped h ills ). Th h il l eppear ®s though the^ are piled one gboue Jhe otherp RIVa’RS:- Two import nt rivers v iz * , Krishna and Tungabhadra flow through the District, The Krish river enters An^hr^- Pii?daFh in Makthal Taluq of this District and covers Makthal, G9dw?^l, Atmgkur Won?parthy, Kollapur, Alampur and Achampet Taluksc The Tungglhadra flows through the Taluks of G end Alampur, The Di’^'ii river which is a tributary of Krishna flows through Kalwakurthy and AchaoQ pnd Joins the Krishna river, 18 miles east of ChJndragiri Peddewagu ^nd Chinnawagu are the other tributaries of the Kxa^hna in the Districts CLIMATB'?-The clim?te of the District is generally hot. The average maximum tecipergture in the si months generally Vfrip'^ between 90° to 100®. The year niay be broadly divid^i-d into four se^sonsu summer season storta by pbout the middle of February and continues upto the 1st week of June, Tl south west mensoon season follows and extends upto the end of Septemberc October and November cc tuta to post mansoon or the retreating monsoon seesono ' Ra I n FALLi-The pvarage annual rainfall in the District is 9^2*6 mm. The rainfall increases from south to the north in the district. The rain fsll in the season accounts for 77% of the annual i fall, September being the rainiest month. The District gets some r^in in the post mansoon monthJ • Contd.. 2. y ] c q i 3 Llt:-:APY & DOCUiVIENTATIO-^ utNf# 4 A [Qstitu'e of liduc‘arioai(. Planumij and Administration. iv'Bi Sri Aurobindo Mar<, New tV lfai-110016 _ '• DOC{ No.............:^r.x ........ I : 2 SOILS;- The MaG'or soi2 group is red e-Jrtti, comprising loemy soils (dubbccO* sandy lo?ms, (Cbelk^) and S3Rdy cl^-y lo-mso BlcCk soils moatly clsyad lo-ms ;-*nd deep olaya ooour as narrow strips along aide the banks of the Krishna ?nd Tungabhadra and the natural streams and ? igus* T.'he loamy sands are brc’^-i to red in colour :nd poor in fe r tilit y . The si.ndy loems occur on slopiing fceTr-ains with good surface drsinege. The soils^ in generally: are non-soline and non-alkalinec O.layed loams and clays are found in appreoiaVle exl'ent in /ilaqpur and Gadwal Tcluqs and also in patens In K(odsng.al, Malcthal, Kollapur ^nd Atm&kur t-^luksc They are dark-grey brown to dark-grey in colour .nid aie slowly permeable and poorly drF-ined* t her ? aUNAWild life wrs faiily aboundant in the in^cccssible plate^n resgionss of Amrabpd ?nd farhabado But due to i n d i a c r i m i r s h o o t i n g in the pest, much of fcha wild lif? Ih'S been reducedo Some of the wild cnimrls found in ivlahfbubnagar forests are Tigsrs ( Pelistigries) P nith3T (Felisp^radus), wild Dog (Cuon alipfcnus) und %Pone (hyaeno hyaen?) and sloth Bear (meluraus U.::slnua) Of I'be herbitoocoL‘3 pnimsls, spotted deer (cervus-axis) Nilgai (.boselophus pragocamelus) , Slumber (Servua-unioolc r) » Black buck ( antelopeoervicapra) Chinkara { •H'Lld eo qt, port cupine pnd wild boer are commonc Of the winged g«me , spoled dove, ring dove, peffowlJ red o-engle fowl^ Brush qupil, Grs^n pegeon, Pprtridge, Commo*i mallard, large v»histling taql, grcydue etco , ccDPon- 1,2» AP.CH^Ti’^LO^tTOal MO.vTOIT NTS: MAHABUBNAGAR Si, Tc'lul: Ncrae of the Town/ Name of the iMonucani;. No# Yi] I'Hge 1 c 3. 4o 1, i*,c hamper Lingal Hindu Temple and i.Tccriptions South Indian sfcylo Ghsnpur -Jami Mcsjid Old Hindu fortrespc ~l4tli to l6th Century. Hindu temples and inscriptions. Mrnnfnoor -Hindu Temple and sculptures -South Indian style iimrrb Hd “ Uma iVlaheshwara Temple -<?o- Gont d.»r 2 , a. Gf Poodur ■Hindu Tec5)le and inscrip'tions South Indian style 3. Kollapur P?ng=^l •Old Hindu fort and inscriptions -A battle took plsce he between Ferozshg Bahm? and the Raja of Warang during the 13th to 15" Century. Jadcherlp dodchprlf? -Pre-historic stone circles and -Megciithic period other remains Gollfpalli -Stone ciaycle -do- JD??loiir-ger — St-one -do- Mah‘=i'^i ubnag.i r ii'^ilkonda -Telugu inscriptions —of l5th Century — Idgah of Hszrpth Syed Abdur Ra’flm n -of l6th & I7th Centur: Chisti -Port Asharkh-;n8 and inscriptions of -Fort built by Ibrqhim Ibrphim Qutub Shah Qutubshah during i6th century. Errepalli -Temple coii?)lex near district musDum Pill;'l&niarri. 6 , Neg^srkurnool N»srullabad -Old Mosque -Pre historic burials BJ-on9p?illy -Stone circles prehistoric b u r i.ls -Meg^lithic burials pn historic times, ^Tqgarkurnool -Stone circles pre historic burials -Cairns and Menhirs, Alwynpally -Old hindu cetnple Ancient moments ^nd -Of Hindu period Budhii remains - ■ cult* -Old tower -Muslim period. 7. Kelwakurthy K^lwekurthy -Old Hindu Temple 8 . Shbdnsgsr Kondurg -Jami MasJid end Persian inscriptions -Mosques and Persian of Mohammad Bin Humayun Shah, inscriptions of 15th century. ThimirJapur -Stone circles and Pre historic graves -Megalithie burials pre-historic tombs, Mogylgidda -Stona circle -do- . Co n t d • • p 4. 4 : 1. 2. 3. 9»- Mplcthel Mpkth^L -Old hindu jemple -14th Centaury -Soutia Indian style '-Geirns -Megali->Thic burials. Pre-historic times. 10, i/Vr n^’parthy ...-niparthy -Jami Mfisjid ■Cld Mosque 11, Atm^kur Sf>mftsthan -Old Hindu fort ^snd ■South Indian atyla, (aoiarchinta ) H ill. 12, Kolli^pur Gudsm li/0 — Gudetn •Belonging to the ruler of ^B’cckem Village -Muka Gud-lu Vishnukundin dyn&sty.v PLAQg3 OF TOURIST INTB‘RB'ST: ■RAivGaPOOR:- (Ach, mpet Ts^luq), Hangapur is sitUcted at e distance of 100 K^Ms on the Mahsbubnagar ArarKbLd Bus routeo T^is piece attained religious importance in the district owing to -the existence of the famoup Urn: M.rhenhwara Shrine, whicti is .t - height of about 152 Mtrs. in the Srisailam range of hills. The sl-yle :)f construction indicates that it telonged to the region of the Ghalukya of Kalysni, The -rch: eologioal findings reveal, t;h<?t this place vvas an imported Hindu religious centra even in the (?th oantu-^ J--.D.). The festi'Vsl of Umamaheshwara which is celebrated for six days from Pushya Suddhd P; dye mo. i^December-January) and Hszrt’th NlranJan Shah V-li Urs which synchronises vsith the festival of Um^iauJuashvsara are Itrgely attendedo ALAIVIPUR;-?- (A l’-^-irpur Taluk) Alampur is situated tt ® distance of 10 K Ms from Alampur ropd Railway Ststion on the Sacunderibe d Dronsichalam section of the South Central R ilway. This pl«ce is located on the t.-^nk of Tung-bhgdra and a large number of antiquities belonging to the Chalukyan period are found. This pl.’ ca is also known as the western gateway to Srisailam jemple and also as Dakshinakasi (Vf-r^n^si of the South)* The |7wo groups of templea- Brahmeshwara and Pspanatha have made Alampur f popular spot. The plgns ? nd decorations of these temples resemble the plans and carvings of some of the rock out -.-emples of Western India. Ins uemple called, Nava Br.-hmalayaJ the i^ol of B?»la Brphmeshfficrs is respl<^ndar. t ond is supposed to be a Jyotirlings. An interesting feature here is thet «>ny quantity of watei used for Abhisheka goes inside «nd not a drop comes out. The other shrinee of this place are those of Siva, N<3rasimhp, Surya, Mahishasura Mardhani, Co nt d .r.5* J 5 : Venkot93hw9r?, K.niiksl'i Virgthadra* , The Hindu festivals that ^i7tract a large number of devotees gre thpt of Bal.-. Brc hmaahv/ara, Suryanarayana, Ni'resimha Veerabhadrc , Scngaoiashwara, of Jogulamba. A muslim fort end Sheh iili Dargnh of 1?tn Century &re also in axistenoae BOMVlJliLI:- (Al.oipur Tsluq), This village is situeted at a distance of three kilometres from Manop.