Suryapet is a city and the district headquarters of Suryapet district in the Indian state of Telangana. It is a municipality and the headquarters of Suryapet mandal in Suryapet revenue division. The Government of India announced Suryapet to be developed under the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) scheme. Suryapet has been awarded the "Cleanest city" in South India by the Ministry of Urban development in Swachh Survekshan 2017. It is also known as "Gateway of Telangana". It is located about 134 kilometres (83 mi) east of the state capital, Hyderabad and also it is located about 138 kilometres (86 mi) West of the Andhra Pradesh state capital, Amaravathi.
Demographics
As of 2011 India census, Suryapet had an urban metropolitan population of 115,250 Suryapet is the most populous city in Suryapet district. Apart from the city population, it has a floating population of approximately 10,000 from the neighbouring villages daily. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Suryapet has an average literacy rate of 84.88%, higher than the national average of 74.04.%: male literacy is 91.18%, and female literacy is 78.74%. In Suryapet, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Governance
Civic administration
Suryapet Municipality tractor collecting garbage
Suryapet municipality was constituted in 1952. It was upgraded to Grade–II in 1984, Grade–I on 7 November 1998. The area of the municipality is spread over an area of 54.00 km2 (20.85 sq mi) with 34 wards. The present municipal commissioner is V. Surender and the chairman is Ganduri Pravalika Prakash.
Awards
Suryapet Municipality became the first waste-compliant city of India in 2003. It had won Green Leaf Award for Best Garbage Disposal in 2007. Suryapet is the first municipality in the country to receive the (ISO 14001-2004 certificate. Suryapet Municipality has won the HUDCO Award under environmental management category.
Education
The primary and secondary school education is imparted by government, aided and private schools, under the School Education Department of the state.
The medium of instruction followed by schools are English, Telugu and Urdu.
Government Medical College at Suryapet, a first after the formation of new districts in the State
Transport
Suryapet Hi-tech Bus station is the fourth largest bus station in Telangana after Hyderabad, Nizamabad and Karimnagar bus stations.
There are three bus stations in Suryapet.
High-Tech Bus station -Hyderabad, Vijayawada, Bengaluru, Khammam, Visakhapatnam, Rajahmundry, Bhadrachalam, Kakinada, Annavaram, Srikakulam, Eluru, Jaggayyapeta, Machilipatnam, Kothagudem, Madhira, Manugur, Sathupally, Yellandu, Aswaraopeta, Tiruvuru, Gudivada, Amalapuram, Tadepalligudem, Bhimavaram, Palakollu, Razole, Ravulapalem, Guntur, Nizamabad, Tanuku, Nuzvid, Sangareddy buses runs through this bus station.
New bus station - Nalgonda, Secunderabad, Khammam, Warangal, Mahabubabad, Hanamkonda, Karimnagar, Vemulawada, Kodad, Jangaon, Miryalaguda, Srisailam, Piduguralla, Thungathurthy, Neredcherla, Huzurnagar, Thirumalagiri, Atmakur, Thorrur, Nuthankal, Bhongir, Eturnagaram, Mattampally, Mellachervu, Palakeedu, Garidepally, Penpahad, Janpahad, Maddirala, Gorantla, Laxma Puram, Solipet buses run through this bus station.
Old bus station- Near by village buses run through this bus station.
Major City
Suryapet
Major Towns
Kodad
Huzurnagar
Neredcherla
Thirumalagiri
Notable Places in District
Lingamanthula Swamy temple- 5 km from Suryapet
Chennakeshava Swamy temple,Pillalamarri-6 km from Suryapet
Dandu Maisamma temple-12 km from Suryapet
Sri Undrugonda Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy temple,Undrugonda-13 km from Suryapet
Musi Reservior-27 km from Suryapet
Arvapalli Dargah-30 km from Suryapet
Phanigiri Buddhist Site-42 km from Suryapet
Janpahad Darga,Janpahad-52 km from Suryapet
Swayambu Shambhu Lingeshwara Temple,Mellacheruvu-63 km from Suryapet
Mattapalli Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Temple,Mattapalli-80 km from Suryapet
Administrative divisions
The district has three revenue divisions of Suryapet, Kodad and Huzurnagar . It is sub-divided into 23 mandals. Amoy kumar is the present collector of the district.
Mandals
S.No. Suryapet revenue division Kodad revenue division Huzurnagar revenue division
1SuryapetChilkurGaridepally
2ChivvemlaAnanthagiriHuzurnagar
3MotheyKodadNereducherla
4JajireddygudemMunagalaMattampally
5NuthankalNadigudemMellachervu
6PenpahadPalakeedu
7 Athmakur(S) Mallareddygudem
8Thirumalagiri
9Thungathurthy
10Nagaram
11Maddirala
Notable Personalities
Tollywood actors Kanta Rao, Prabhakar Reddy, Venu Madhav are from Suryapet District.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suryapet
