Nalgonda is a city and municipality in the Indian state of Telangana. It is the headquarters of the Nalgonda district, as well as the headquarters of the Nalgonda mandal in the Nalgonda revenue division..It is located about 90 kilometres (56 mi) from the state capital Hyderabad.
Nalgonda district is a district in the Telangana state of India. It has a population of 3,483,648, of which 13.32% is urban as of 2011. The district shares boundaries with Suryapet, Rangareddy, Yadadri, and Nagarkurnool districts, and with the state boundary of Andhra Pradesh.
Transport
Nalgonda Bus Station
The city is connected to major cities and towns by means of road and railways. National and state highways that pass through the city are National Highway 565, State highway 2 and 18.
Road
TSRTC operates buses from Nalgonda to various destinations like Hyderabad, Suryapet, Vijayawada, Khammam, Rajamahendravaram, Warangal, Kodad, Bhongir, Munugode, Devarakonda, Miryalaguda, Yadagirigutta, Bhadrachalam, Srisailam, Tirupathi, Guntur, Mahabubnagar, Nagarjuna Sagar, Macherla, Chandur, Haliya, Nidamanoor, Nakrekal, Choutuppal and Kakinada
Railway
Nalgonda railway station provides rail connectivity to the city. It is classified as a B–category station in Guntur railway division of the South Central Railway zone and is located on the Pagidipalli-Nallapadu section of the division..
Attractions
Nagarjunsagar dam
Nalgonda contains several religious sites, including Maruthi Mandir; Shah Lateef Ullah Quadri Sahab Dargah; and Kolanupaka Temple, a Jain shrine. Other attractions include the Nagarjuna Sagar Dam, a Gowthama Buddha Museum, and the Bhuvanangiri Fort, built by Tribhuvanamalla Vikramaditya VI, panagallu someswara temple and many mosques built by Alamgir in and around the district.
Education
As district headquarters, Nalgonda serves as a hub for primary and secondary education for surrounding villages. Nalgonda has many primary and upper primary schools, offering instruction in Telugu, Urdu, and English.
The Nalgonda district contains one university, Mahatma gandhi University. It also contains a number of colleges specializing in engineering, medicine, pharmacy, and sciences, as well as vocational colleges. Some of the district's colleges and schools include:
Alpha Public School
Mahatma Gandhi University, Nalgonda
Nagarjuna Degree College (NG College)
Mount Litera Zee School
The Nalgonda Public School
St Alphonsus High School
Little Flower Girls High School
Swami Ramananda Tirtha Institute of Science and Technology.
Nalgonda Institute of Technology and Science
Ramananda Tirtha Engineering College,
Kakatiya Degree College
There are also many state government-operated schools and colleges in the city, such as Nagarguna Government Degree college.
Major Cities
Nalgonda
Miryalaguda
Major Towns
Nakrekal
Devarakonda
Narketpally
Notable places in District
Latif Saheb Hill in Nalgonda
Sri Chaya Someshwara Temple- 5 km from Nalgonda
Udaya Samudram-6 km from Nalgonda
Devarkonda Fort-60 km from Nalgonda
Nagarjuna sagar Dam-64 km from Nalgonda
Administrative divisions
The district is divided into three revenue divisions: Nalgonda, Miryalaguda, and Devarakonda. These are sub-divided into 31 mandals and has 565 villages. Gaurav Uppal is the present collector of the district.
Mandals
The below table categorizes the mandals into their respective revenue divisions in the district:
# Nalgonda Division Miryalaguda Division Devarakonda Division
1 Chandur Dameracherla Chandampet
2 Chityal Miryalaguda Chintapally
3 Kanagal Vemulapally Devarakonda
4 Kattangur Haaliya Gundlapally
5 Gurrampode Nidamanur Gurrampood
6 Munugode Peddavoora Konda Mallepally
7 Nakrekal Tripuraram Nampally
8 Nalgonda Madugulapally Marriguda
9 Narayanapur Thirumalagiri (Sagar) Pedda Adiserla Pally
10 Narketpally Adavi Devulapally Neredu Gomma
11ShaligowraramAshok Nagar
12Thipparthy
13Kodakanla
TSRTC busbay at Nalgonda
Notable personalities
Tollywood actors Uttej and Venu Madhav, TV anchor Anasuya Bharadwaj, lyricist Suddala Ashok Teja and Telugu film director N. Shankar are from Nalgonda district.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nalgonda
