Khammam

Khammam Dt HQ and twin Mandals HQ
Khammam is District HQ (Dt code-22) in Telangana state in India..
There are 46 mandals in this district. Also, Khammam Urban is mandal HQ (Mdl code-36) in Khammam Dt, AP. There are 17 villages in this mandal and the villages are
:1 Papadapalle, 2 Chimmapudi, 3 Manchugonda, 4 Erlapudi, 5 M.palle chinthagurthi, 6 Koyachalka, 7 Regula chalka, 8 Raghunadha palem, 9 Vepakuntla, 10 V.venkatayapalem, 11 Ballepalli, 12 Khanapuram (haveli), 13 Burahanpuram, 14 Khammam, 15 Pakabanda, 16 Velugumatla, 17 Dhamsalapuram.
Khammam Rural is another mandal HQ (Mdl code-37) in Khammam Dt, AP. There are 23 villages in this mandal and the villages are: 1 Kachirajugudem, 2 Gudurupadu, 3 Tanagampadu, 4 Thirthala, 5 Daredu, 6 Kamanchikal, 7 Mallemadugu, 8 Gollapadu, 9 Venkataya palem, 10 Arekodu, 11 Arempala, 12 Muthagudem, 13 Pallegudem, 14 Polepalli, 15 Danavaigudem, 16 Edulapuram, 17 Barugudem, 18 Kondapuram, 19 Tallampadu, 20 Maddulapalli, 21 Teldarupalli, 22 Gurralapadu, 23 Gudimalla.


The name of the town Khammam is derived from the name of a local hill called Stambhadri which has an ancient temple of Narasimha Swamy on its top. This temple is believed to have been existing since Treta Yuga. The name of the town, Stambhadri, later became Kambhadri, Kambham mettu, Khammam mettu and finally, Khammam when it became the district headquarters. The town is located on the banks of a river called Munneru which is a tributary of the Krishna River. 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 1 October 1953. Five taluks of the Warangal district viz., Khammam, Madhira, Yellandu, Burgampadu , Palonchaand(Kothagudem) were carved out and a new district Khammam with Khammam as District Headquarters. In 1959 Bhadrachalam Revenue Division consisting Bhadrachalam and Manuguru Venkatapuram Taluks of East Godavari district, which were on the other side of the river Godavari were merged into Khammam on grounds of geographical contiguity and administrative viability. Places worth visiting in Khammam district are :

There is a festival called Stambhadri sambaralu held in Khammam remembering the old name "Stambhadri".The present name of Khammam is said to have been derived from the name of the temple 'Narsimhadri', later 'Stamba Sikhari' and then it was termed as 'Stambadhri'.The vertical rock under the temple is known as 'KAMBA'. The name of the town Khammam seems to have been derived from the name of this hill of Kamba and the district is named as Khammam.

1.Bhadrachalam,piligrim center,
2 Kinnerasani dam
3.Papikondalu
4.coal mines in yellandu & Kothagudam
5.khammam Khilla
6.the excellent river of the india GODAVARI
7.paleru reservoir
8.BHAKTHA RAMADASU KALA KSHETHRAM
10.Narasimha swami temple&park
11.Samineni Upendraiahnagar
12.Wyra Reservoir
13.Nelakondapalli Boudha stupam
14.Kusumanchi Shivalayam
15.Pandavulagutta, Bayyarm( The 7 water falls)
16.Mothugudem
17.Parnasala
18.Singareni Head Office located in Kothagudem
19. Heavy Water Plant
20.KTPS
21.Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Temple, Garlavoddu
22.Surya Savarnika Manavu Ashramam, Garlavoddu

Geographical Status
Location on Globe :Between 16-45 and 18-35 North Latitude and 79-47 and 80 -47 East Latitude
Boundaries:
North - Warangal district
East - East and West Godavari districts
South - Krishna district
West - Nalgonda District

Area 16,029 Sq. KMs.

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