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| Coordinates | 18°06′N 78°51′ECoordinates: 18°06′N 78°51′E |
| Country | India |
| State | Andhra Pradesh |
| District(s) | Medak |
| Population | 145,316 (2009) |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+05:30) |
| Area • Elevation |
• 675 metres (2,215 ft) |
HISTORY
Siddipet is a town and a municipality in Medak district in Indian
state of Andhra Pradesh with a population of 61,809. It is the biggest
town in Medak district and is 104 km away from HyderabadSiddipet is located at 18°06'N 78°51'E18.1°N 78.85°E[2]. It has an average elevation of 475 metres (1558 feet).Siddipet is major town in Medak district. It is situated between Hyderabad and Karimnagar on Rajeev Highway
As of 2001 India census[1], Siddipet had a population of 121,469. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Siddipet has an average literacy rate of 69%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 78%, and female literacy is 60%. In Siddipet, 14% of the population is under 6 years of age. 32 municipality wards are there. Siddipet students go to hyderabad for their higher education.
Proud to say about Siddipet politics.In siddipet every political party have their own power. But after formation of TRS. Its very common thing happening in Siddipet is T.Harish rao's victory. Don't think that people are voting for TRS or some thing else. Siddipet people are just voting for Telangana sentiment. We simply say Siddipet is Telanagan's "Puriti Gadda". If any govt gives telangana worlds most happiest people are Siddipet people.....
Govt degree college it is the second bigest college in telengana. govt high school, [govt new high school] are famous schools in the city. There are engineering and pharmacy and nursing colleges in and around siddipet.One among them is INDUR INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY( An IIT in the making ),catering the needs of engineering education in and around siddipet. Every year about 1000-2000 students are pursuing their engineering from siddipet. GAYATHRI VIDYALAYAM(GV), St. John's High school(Estd 1969), Ravindra Vidyalayam, Vikas high school, are some of the famous schools in the town. SRK Degree college The Government Degeree College is famous and is very beautiful to see, it was built long back when there were no colleges in Telangana region except Hyderabad.
Rivers
Komati cheruvu & Yerra cheruvu, sub-river of Manjira (which is sub river of Godavari) is located at this place. In Komati Cheruvu recently Boating also Started by Yellu Ravinder Reddy the Sarpanch of Prashanth nagar Grampanchayat.komati cheruvu is one of the famous river in siddipet.
Entertainment
Siddipet has three 70mm, one 35mm and one Video theatres, which put up latest Telugu and at times Hindi movies too. Apart from this Public Servants Home (NGO's), Citizens Club, mini tankbund (komati chervu) and municipal parks are there for people entertainment.
Following Theaters are in Siddipet Town 1.Srinivas Deluxe 2.Sita Ram Anjayanayaa 3.Balaji 4.Venkatesh 5.Anitha
Hotel
1.Many DHABA Hotels are available in Siddipet Surround Area 2.Very TASTY TIFFINS are available in Idly Centres At Morning time ,
Industries
Rice mills, oil mills, poultry, aluminium utensils, steel utensils, copper and brass utensils, poha mills, para-boiled rice mills, fried gram mills, biscuit industry and many types of industries are established.
Near by famous places
1) Anantha Sagar / Shanigaram (Saraswathi Temple), 25 KM far away from Siddipet. 2) Komuravelli (Mallikarjuna Swamy Temple), which is again 25 KM far away. 3) There are famous businessmen one of them is zarde wala baba or ande wala baba who got his own poultry which is one of the biggest in south Asia.
siddipet is having second highest rice mills in the Andhrapradesh after miryalguda.
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Geography
Siddipet is located at 18.1°N 78.85°E.[2] It has an average elevation of 675 metres (2,215 ft). The Komati Cheruvu and the Yerra Cheruvu are tributaries of the Manjira river, which is a tributary of Godavari. These rivers run through Siddipet.Demographics
According to the Indian census of 2001,[1] Siddipet had a population of 61,809.Now as per 2011,[1] Siddipet had a population of 1,60,000 aprox(Its happened by merging of two neighbour villages in siddipet municipality). Males constituted 50% of the population and females 50%. Siddipet has an average literacy rate of 69%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 78%, and female literacy is 60%. In Siddipet, 14% of the population is under 6 years of age. There are 32 wards in the municipality.Education
The Government Degree College is the second biggest college in Telengana. This Govt college offers courses including MSc(Physics),MSc(Chemistry),MBA and MCA. Siddipet also has a Govt. Degree College for Women . There are 3 engineering colleges in Siddipet: Indur Institute of Engineering and Technology, SSR Engineering College and Medak College of Engineering. There are three B.Ed. colleges, Andhra Pradesh College of Education in Duddeda, Islamia B.Ed College , Mustabad road and Princeton College of Education in Ponnala.There are two Pharmacy colleges near Duddeda Village.there are 14 Private intermediate(+2) colleges in siddipet.Transport
Road
Since Siddipet is near from Hyderabad, Nizamabad, Karimnagar, and Warangal.Siddipet is well connected by Roadways and it is located on RajivRahadari which is SH-1 from Hyderabad to Ramagundem. It is also having SH-16 from Suryapet to Ramayampet via Jangaon and Siddipet. Most of the people in Siddipet travel to Hyderabad frequently.[citation needed] The Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation major destinations from Siddipet are Hyderabad, Warangal, Karimnagar, Nizamabad, Jangaon, Godavarikhani, Adilabad, Mancherial, Bodhan, Vijayawada, Guntur, Narsapuram, Tirupathi, Medak, Zaheerabad, Sangareddy, Jagitial, Manthony, Suryapet, Yadagirigutta, Basara, Metpally, Dharmapuri, kaleshwaram, Vemulawada, Asifabad, Kamareddy and Mumbai, Pune, Sholapur, Chandrapur, Gondia, Aheri of Maharashtra State and Bangalore, Bidar of Karnataka State.Siddipet has two Bus Stations which are Old for Ordinary Services, New for Express, Deluxe and Luxury services and a Bus Depot.[citation needed]. The depot is having 103 buses and convering 6 mandals i.e. Siddipet, Mirdoddi, Togutta, Kondapaka, Chinna Kodur, Nangnoor. The depot operates 2 interstate services from Siddipet i.e. Mumbai and Gondhya
Rail
Nearest train stations are Warangal which is 80 km and Secunderabad is 95 km from here. Which are connected to all major places of the country. There is a plan for a railway connecting Hyderabad and Karimnagar via Siddipet but it has not yet been implemented. In 2010-11 Railway Budget Railway department plan to start survey about this line, if this track will finished it reduces the distance between Hyderabad to Delhi by 60-70 kmsAir
Nearest Airports are Shamshabad International Airport which is 125 km away and Warangal Airport is 85 km Distance from here.Temples, Mosques and churches
Temples
There are more than 50 temples in Siddipet and approximately 25 temples surrounding the town. Sri Bhogeshwara Swamy and Sarabheswara Swamy temples are oldest temples located in the town. Many people believe that their is a secret under ground way between these two temples. another beautiful temple is The Lord Shiva temple, known as Kotilingala Gudi, was constructed by Sadguru Sree Madanananda Saraswatee Swamiji. Thadkamadla Mallaiah Gupta family, who worked very hard in completing the temple with graces of Sadguru Sree Madanananda Saraswatee Swamiji and is located near the Medak X Road. Sri Seetha Ramaswamy Temple is another old temple. Other some well known temples include Sri Venkateshwara Swamy, Gadi Maisamma, Borra Hanuman, Ganesh Nagar Hanuman Temple, Naga Devatha, Sri Sathya Narayana Swamy, Rama Raju Ragichettu Hanuman, Sri Neelakanteshwara Swamy, Shri Shiridi Sai Baba, Gita Bavan, Panchamukhi Hanuman, Ayyappa Swamy, Yellamma, Markandeya Swamy, Jai Santhoshi Mata, Bangaluru Maisamma,Shanker nagar Shiva temple,Sri Sathya Sai Baba Prashanthi Nilayam, Brahamam gari temple at Kanchari bazar, Dikonda maisama near court and Pancha Mukhi Hanuman Temple. One of the very interesting thing that you found in Siddipet is that we will find a Hanuman Temple for Street.Masjid
Jama Masjid is a very old mosque located near Lal Kaman. Makkah Masjid is located at Charwadan Street and Sufia Masjid is located at Khaderpura. Other mosques include Masjid e Noor, Masjid e Mohammadia, Masjid e Zohra, Masjid e Elahi, Masjid e Naseeria, Masjid e Musallam, Masjid e Ghaffaria, Masjid e Raza (Nasarpura) Masjid e Mehboob Unnisa, Masjid e Touheed at Bara-imam, Masjid e Firdauz, Masjid e Rabia Basri, Masjid e Sheikhan, masjid e Omer, Masjid-E-Hajera (Murshid Gadda) and Madina Masjid.Important places
Siddipet is also known for its historical monuments like Lal Kaman and Burj Dubai. Lal kaman is built with red stone hence it is called as Lal Kaman,Recently it has undergone renovation and restored it to its original condition. Many people say that there used to be 72 Burj in and around the city but all of them are got destroyed with no maintainance only one Burj is found now.Churches
There are many Churches with various denominations and works for the betterment of the society. A Church of South India that was constructed 130 years ago is located in the heart of the town. A Baptist Church (Calvary Grace Baptist Church) established nearly 25 years ago. Several new churches are being born every year and Siddipet could be called a religious tic city very soon.Entertainment and food
Siddipet has Four 70mm Cinema Theatres includes Seeta Ramanjaneya,Srinivasa,Balaji,Venkateshwara Talkies and one Video theater (Anita Talkies), which shows recent Telugu and Hindi movies.Siddipet is famous for dhabas[citation needed]; most of the dhabas are located in a village called Ponnala,Siddipet city outskirts.
We have Mahatma Gandhi Park, which is popular known as Chaman.
Politics
Siddipet is an Assembly constituency in Andhra Pradesh. Sri Guruva Reddy is the First MLA of Siddipet. Very Well known politician in National Politics from Siddipet is Sri.K.Chandra Sekhar Rao (Popularly known as KCR), Founder of Telanga Rastra Samithi(Well Known as TRS),KCR has done exceedingly well in this seat since 1983 when he first contested as an independent and lost narrowly to the Congress candidate then. From that hiccup onwards, KCR has grown exponentially and won with a whopping majority in the 2004 elections. During the ’04 elections, he defeated his nearest rival with nearly 40 percentage votes. Very Well known politician in AP State Politics from Siddipet are Sri. T.Harish Rao from TRS Party and Sri.Farooq Hussian From Congress Party. 2011 - Farooq Hussain (Congress MLC)2010 - T. Harish Rao (TRS) Won 82.1% votes and made a Record till date in Andhra Pradesh Elections by breaking the record of Former chief minister Sri.Dr.Y.S.Rajasekhara Reddy
2009 - T. Harish Rao (TRS)
2004 - T. Harish Rao (TRS)
2004 - K. Chandra Sekhar Rao (TRS)
2001 - K. Chandra Sekhar Rao (TRS)
1999 - K. Chandra Sekhar Rao (TDP)
1994 - K. Chandra Sekhar Rao (TDP)
1989 - K. Chandra Sekhar Rao (TDP)
1985 - K. Chandra Sekhar Rao (TDP)
1983 - A. Madan Mohan (Congress)
1978 - A. Madan Mohan (Congress)
1973 - A. Madan Mohan (Congress)
References
- ^ a b c "List of towns: Census of India 2001". www.censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 2007-09-24.
- ^ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Siddipet
Siddipet or Siddipeta (Telugu: సిద్దిపేట) is a city and a municipality in Medak district, Andhra Pradesh, India, with a population of 145,316.[1] It is the biggest town in the Medak district and is kilometres (65 mi) away from Hyderabad and 86 kilometres (53 mi) away from Secunderabad.
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