Awadam or Avadam is a village in Mancherial district of the

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n state of

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. It is located in

Nennal Nennal is a Mandal in Mancherial district in the state of Telangana in India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, a ...

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. It falls under

Bellampalli (Assembly constituency) Bellampalli is an Assembly Constituency of Telangana Legislative Assembly. It is one of 3 constituencies in Mancherial district. Bellampalli Comes under Peddapalli Lok Sabha Constituency. Durgam Chinnaiah of Telangana Rashtra Samithi is rep ...

and

Peddapalle (Lok Sabha constituency) Peddapalli Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 17 Lok Sabha (Lower House of the Parliament) constituencies in Telangana state in southern India. This constituency is reserved for the candidates belonging to the Scheduled castes Overview Sinc ...

Demographics

As of

2011 census of India The 2011 Census of India or the 15th Indian Census was conducted in two phases, house listing and population enumeration. The House listing phase began on 1 April 2010 and involved the collection of information about all buildings. Information ...

, Awadam has a population of 2,089. Males constitute 51% of the total population and females 49%. The majority of people practice

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, followed by

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. Languages spoken include

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, followed by

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and

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Transport

Road

Awadam is well connected by road to nearby towns like Mancherial, Mandamarri and

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. State run

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buses run from Mancherial via Mandamarri. NH 16 ( Nizamabad to

Jagdalpur Jagdalpur is a city in Bastar district in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh. Jagdalpur is the administrative headquarters of Bastar District and Bastar Division. It was earlier the capital of the former princely state of Bastar. It is the fo ...

) passes 16 km away from Awadam at Bheemaram.

Rajeev Rahadari Rajiv Highway(SH-1) రాజీవ్ రహదారి is a Four lane express Toll road in Northern Telangana, India. The highway is managed by Hyderabad - Karimnagar - Ramagundam (HKR) Roadways, Ltd. The Highway begins at Shamirpet ORR Entran ...

Hyderabad-Karimnagar-Ramagundam(Godavarikhani) road is 32 km away from Awadam, which is the shortest route to reach Hyderabad via

Godavarikhani Godavarikhani is a neighbourhood of Ramagundam city in the Indian state of Telangana. It is also called as the Coal City and City of Black Gold. The name of the city was coined by Geetla Janardhan Reddy as it is situated on the banks of the God ...

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, Siddipet. Mamidi gattu, chittapur, gangaram, kazipally are neighbouring villages of Awadam.

Rail

Nearby railway station is Mancherial, which is located on north–south railway route from

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. It comes under South Central Railways.

Air

The nearest international airport is

Rajiv Gandhi International Airport Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) is an international airport that serves Hyderabad, the capital of the Indian state of Telangana. It is located in Shamshabad, about south of Hyderabad and it was opened on 23 March 2008 to replace B ...

Hyderabad Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and the ''de jure'' capital of Andhra Pradesh. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River (India), Musi River, in the northern part ...

, located 270 km away.

Education

Zilla Parishad High School Zilla Parishad High School (ZPHS) is a type of state-run secondary school in India. These schools are established, supervised, and funded by the District Councils of India (locally known as ''Zilla Parishad'', district level local authorities ...

is secondary education school in Awadam. This school was established in 1986. It is a co-educational institute. It serves for the classes from 6th to 10th. The primary language of education is Telugu, but now newly English medium is also introduced according to the Government of Telangana plans to introduce English medium in Government schools of Telangana. This school is the main education source for surrounding villages like Gangaram, Mamidigattu, Chittapur, Jhandavenkatapur, Chinavenkatapur, Kottur, Pottiyal etc. This school also has a playground.

Politics

* Seerla Sathyamma –

Sarpanch A sarpanch ( IAST: ''Sarpañch'' Hindi: ''सरपंच'') or Gram Pradhan or Mukhiya is a decision-maker, elected by the village-level constitutional body of local self-government called the Gram Sabha (village government) in India. The Sarp ...

, Telangana Rashtra Samithi * Padma T – MPTC, Telangana Rashtra Samithi * Mondi Reddy-TRS leader * Kishan Reddy Seerla-Congress leader of Awadam

Awadam Song

* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Doh4u5FtsYE

References

{{Mancherial district Villages in Mancherial district