Khammam

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Khammam is a town in the Khammam District of India's Andhra Pradesh state.

History

The name of the town Khammam derives from the name of the hill of stambhadri(name of an old temple called Narasimha Swamy Temple on a small hill top in Khammam town believed to have existed since Treta Yuga)later it became kambadri,kamba,khammam mettu,at last when it became the district headquarters,it is known to be khammam.Khammam district has a lot of historical importance in Andhra Pradesh.

Khammam town which was the seat of Taluk Administration was part of the larger Warangal District, till 1st October, 1953. Five taluks of the Warangal district viz., Khammam, Madhira, Yellandu, Burgampadu and Paloncha (Now Kothagudem) were carved out and a new district KHAMMAM with Khammam as District Headquarters. In 1959 Bhadrachalam Revenue Division consisting Bhadrachalam and Nuguru Venkatapuram Taluks of East Godawari district, which were on the other side of the river Godawari were merged into Khammam on grounds of geographical contiguity and administrative viability.

There is a festival held in khammam remembering the old name "Stambhadri".

Geography

Khammam is located between 16-45 and 18-35 North latitudes and 79-47 and 80-47 East longitudes. It is bounded by Chhattisgarh state to the north, Orissa state to the northeast, East and West Godavari districts to the east, Krishna District to the south, Nalgonda District to the southwest, and Warangal District to the west. It has an area of 16,029 km².

Demography

Population               
22,150
Males                    
11,300
Females                  
10,850
Male, Female ratio       
961
Rural Population         
17,680
Urban Population          
4,470
Literates                 
7,590
Working Force            
10,210
Non-Working force        
11,940
cultivators              
 2,590
Agriculture Labour        
4,600
Density                  
137 per Sq.Km  
Scheduled Caste           
3,600
Scheduled Tribes          
5,590
Towns                     
9 

Mandals

Administratively Khammam is divided into 42 revenue divisions.

Aswapuram Aswaraopeta Bayyaram Bhadrachalam Bonakal Burgampadu Chandrugonda Chintakani Chintoor Cherla Dammapeta Dummugudem Enkoor Julurpadu Garla Gundala Kalluru Kamepalli Khammam (Urban) Khammam (Rural) Kusumanchi Konijerla Kothagudem Kukkunoor Kunavaram Madhira Manuguru Mudigonda Mulakalapalli Nelakondapalli Paloncha Penuballi Pinapaka Sathupalli Singareni Tallada Tekulapalli Tirumalayapalem V.R.Puram Velerupadu Vemsoor Venkatapuram Wazedu Wyra Yellandu Yerrupalem

Tourist Destinations

• Bhadrachalam
• Khammam Fort
• Parnasala
• Nelakondapalli
• Kinnerasani
• Papi Hills

External links

• [Official website of Khammam District.]

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