Bellampalli is a town in

Mancherial district Mancherial district is a district located in the northern region of the Indian state of Telangana. The district comprises 18 mandals and two revenue divisions – Mancherial and Bellampalli. The district headquarters is located at Mancherial t ...

of the

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. It is a municipality and mandal headquarters of Bellampalli

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of Bellampalli

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Spellings

Alternative spellings are Bellampalle and Bellampally.

History

Bellampalli is noted for its

coal mine Coal mining is the process of extracting coal from the ground. Coal is valued for its energy content and since the 1880s has been widely used to generate electricity. Steel and cement industries use coal as a fuel for extraction of iron from ...

s belonging to

Singareni Collieries Company The Singareni Collieries Company Limited or SCCL is a government-owned-coal mining corporation in India. It is under the ownership of Department of Energy, Government of Telangana. The Union Government's administration of the company is through ...

Limited. Bellampalli has the most

coal mines Coal mining is the process of extracting coal from the ground. Coal is valued for its energy content and since the 1880s has been widely used to generate electricity. Steel and cement industries use coal as a fuel for extraction of iron from ...

and opencast mines in the state of

. The first coal mine was established in 1936 by the British government. Later, the town developed very rapidly with the discovery and excavation of many more coal mines. The coal production from the SCCL is catering to the needs of the

National Thermal Power Corporation NTPC Limited, formerly known as National Thermal Power Corporation Limited, is an Indian central public sector undertaking under the ownership of the Ministry of Power, Government of India which is engaged in generation of electricity and ...

Ramagundam Ramagundam is a city and municipal corporation in Peddapalli district of the Indian state of Telangana. It is the most populous city in the district and falls under the Peddapalli revenue division. It is located on the banks of the Godavari R ...

and many surrounding industrial buildings such as cement plants in Devapur, steel factory in

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and power plants in

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Demographics

According to the 2001 India

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, Bellampalli had a population of 66,660. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Bellampalli has an literacy rate of 66%, higher than the national average of 60%, with 57% of the males and 43% of females literate. 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Government and politics

Civic administration

Bellampalle Municipality was constituted in 1987 and is classified as a ''second grade municipality'' with 23 election wards. The jurisdiction of the civic body is spread over an area of .

Politics

Bellampalli has been a traditional stronghold and birthplace of the CPI, also known as the Communist Party of India. CPI leader Gunda Mallesh won the MLA seat for Bellampally in the 2009 elections. Gunda Mallesh is a senior politician from Bellampally and the CPI. The former MLA's of this of constituency are Amurajula Sreedevi and Pati Subadra. Bellampalli assembly constituency comes under Peddapalli Lok Sabha constituency. Suman Balka is present MP and he is a student of osmania university, Youth Wing President is Sahith Sharma. ;MLA's of Bellampalli * Sridevi (TDP)-2004 * Gunda Mallesh (CPI) -2009 * Durgam Chinnaih (TRS) -2014

Administravtive Division

There are 13 Villages under Bellampalli.

Economy

Coal production has been very important to the economic history of Bellampalli and it is thus known as an industrial town. A chemicals and fertilizer factory also lies in the town. However, the average income of Rs. 5000/- per capita according to 1989 figures mean that the average person is living in poverty.

Transport

Bellampalli is well connected by road and train.

Bellampally railway station Bellampally, also spelled Bellampalli, (Code: BPA) is a railway station in Bellampalle, Telangana and falls under the Secunderabad railway division of the South Central Railway Zone of the Indian Railways Indian Railways (IR) is a statutor ...

is one of the most oldest railway stations in

region and it lies in Nagpur–Hyderabad line. Bellampalli comes under south central railway and its 273 km distance towards North (Delhi route) from Hyderabad (Capital of the state) Railway code: BPA Bellampally rly stn

References

{{Adilabad district Cities and towns in Mancherial district Mandal headquarters in Mancherial district