Narayanpet


Narayanpet is a town, & district headquarters of Narayanpet district of the Indian state of Telangana. It is located 167 km from the state capital Hyderabad.

History

Naraynpet was a major economic town in the region during the 1900s. Business flourished during the Lokapally establishment. Major goods traded in Narayanpet were food grains, silk and cotton sarees, gold and silver ornaments, red bricks, black wool and other articles. Narayanpet was also a Suba in Nizam period. Narayanpet also got its municipality first in the former Mahaboobnagar district. Despite being a major commercial town, development in Narayanpet was largely delayed due to administrative faults, political negligence and lack of interest from the leaders. Narayanpet trademark cotton and silk sarees, and famous line of jewellery shops selling high purity gold and silver ornaments.

Villages in the Narayanpet Mandal

  1. Narayanpet
  2. Bhairamkonda
  3. Perapalla
  4. Eklaspur
  5. Kothapalle
  6. Singar
  7. Jajapur
  8. Jalalpur
  9. Appakapalle
  10. Seranpalle
  11. Chinnajatram
  12. Ammireddipalle
  13. Appireddipalle
  14. Boinpalle
  15. Anthwar
  16. Ayyawaripalle
  17. Kollampalle
  18. Kotakonda
  19. Narasappapalle
  20. Abhangapur
  21. Lingampalle
  22. Thirumalapur
  23. Bommanpad
  24. Gurlapally
  25. Kondareddypally
  26. Kourampally

    Demographics

, Narayanpet had a population of 41,752. The total population constitute, 20,697 males and 21,055 females—a sex ratio of 1017 females per 1000 males. 4,997 children are in the age group of 0–6 years, of which 2,642 are boys and 2,355 are girls. The average literacy rate stands at 72.18% with 26,531 literates, significantly higher than the state average of 55.04%.

Governance

Narayanpet Municipality was constituted in 1937 and is classified as a 2nd grade municipality with 24 election wards. Currently TRS is ruling party in Narayanpet Municipality. Chairman and vice chairman election was won by TRS against BJP by 16–9 margin.

Transport

The nearest railway station is Saidapur Railway Station.TSRTC bus depo in the town connects Narayanpet well to all major towns and cities around.