Adilabad
Adilabad is a district in Andhra Pradesh, India. The district headquarters is at Adilabad town. It belongs to the relatively underdeveloped Telangana part of the state. A famous Temple of the Goddess Saraswathi, the Hindu Goddess of Education, is located here.
History and formation
The Adilabad district was named after the ruler of Bijapur Sultanate, Ali Adil Shah. The district was for long not a homogeneous unit and its component parts were ruled at different periods by dynasties namely, the Mauryas, Staavahanas, Vakatakas, Chaludyas of Badami, Rashtrakututs, Chalukyas of Kalyani, Mughals, Bhosle Rajes of Nagpur and Asaf Jahis, besides the Gond Rajas of Sirpur and Chanda.
Originally this was a sub-district named Sirpur-Tandur which was created in A.D. 1872 with Edlabad (Adilabad), Rajura and Sirpur as its constituent talukas. In 1905, an independent district with headquarters at Adilabad was formed.
Agriculture
Agriculture is the main occupation of the people in the district. The geographical area of the district is 4,004,035 acres (16,203.75 km2). The land used under different types is : forest land 42.8%, land put to non-agricultural uses 3.7% and Net agricultural area 35.4%.
The predominant Crop grown in the district is Jowar which accounts for 31.8% of the total cropped area. Paddy accounts for 10.8%, pulses and non-food crops for 34.7% of the total cropped area.
Adilabad ranks first in revenue generation from mineral deposits in Andhra Pradesh. It is well endowed with rich reserves of coal, iron ore, lime stone and clays.
Industries
There are 15 large scale industries and 1904 small scale industries in the district and 203 other factories and workshops. There are 97 cotton ginning mills and 101 oil mills.
The major industries are:
1. The Singareni Collieries Co. Ltd, Bellampally
2. Coal Chemical Complex, Ramakrishnapur, near Mancherial
3. The Sirpur Paper Mills Ltd., Kagaznagar
4. Orient Cement Factory, Devapur
5. The Mancherial Cement Co. Ltd, Mancherial
6. Penganga Oils Ltd., Adilabad
7. Quality Spinning Mills, Bhainsa
8. The Adilabad Cotton Growers Coop.
9. The Nataraj Spinning and Weaving mill, Nirmal
10. The SirSilk Ltd., Kagaznagar [ Now Defunct ]
11. Annapurna Cement Ltd., Samela, Asifabad.
12. GS Oils Pvt. Ltd.,Adilabad
13. Kashiprasad and Sons Pvt. Ltd, Adilabad.
14. Makhanlala Rajkumar Co.,Adilabad.
Administration
Adilabad district comprises 52 Mandals and 1743 villages. There are 7 Municipalities in the district.
The district is conveniently divided into 5 divisions
1. Adilabad
2. Nirmal
3. Utnoor
4. Asifabad
5. Mancherial
Mandals of Adilabad district are
1. Adilabad
2. Asifabad
3. Bazarhathnoor
4. Bejjur
5. Bellampalle
6. Bhainsa
7. Bheemini
8. Boath
9. Chennur
10. Dahegaon
11. Dandepalle
12. Dilawarpur
13. Gudihathnur
14. Ichoda
15. Inderavelly
16. Jainad
17. Jainoor
18. Jaipur
19. Jannaram
20. Kaddam Peddur
21. Kagaznagar
22. Kasipet
23. Kerameri
24. Khanapur
25. Kotapalle
26. Kouthala
27. Kubeer
28. Kuntala
29. Lakshettipet
30. Laxmanchanda
31. Lokeswaram
32. Mamda
33. Mancherial
34. Mandamarri
35. Mudhole
36. Narnoor
37. Nennal
38. Neradigonda
39. Nirmal
40. Rebbena
41. Sarangapur
42. Sirpur T
43. Sirpur U
44. Talamadugu
45. Tamsi
46. Tandur
47. Tanur
48. Tiryani
49. Utnoor
50. Vemanpalle
51. Wankdi.
