Dhone or Dronachalam is a town in

Nandyal district Nandyal district is a district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.Nandyal as its administrative headquarters, it was formed on 4 April 2022 to become one of the resultant twenty-six districts and one of the district in Rayalaseema region ...

of the Indian state of

Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh (, abbr. AP) is a state in the south-eastern coastal region of India. It is the seventh-largest state by area covering an area of and tenth-most populous state with 49,386,799 inhabitants. It is bordered by Telangana to the ...

. It is a

Municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

located in Dhone

mandal A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluka, or taluk) is a local unit of administrative division in some countries of South Asia. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administr ...

. And it is the head quarters of Dhone revenue division .

History

Dhone was formerly known as Dronachalam. Dhone is the second biggest municipality in Nandyal district after Nandyal Municipality. According to local tradition, the name of the village is derived from the name of the tutor Dronacharya, a character in Mahabharata, who meditated on the hill in village. There is now a Hanuman temple, Dargah and church on the hill. Dhone has large deposits of high quality limestone, and it was previously the site of an active quarry. The quarry is no longer in operation. The oldest temple in Dhone is Sri Vasavi Temple, which was constructed in 1916. The Vasavi Temple celebrated 100 at the year 2017.

Geography

Dhone is surrounded by hills on its south. Geographically it is located on Erramala hills.

Demographics

According to 2011 Census, the Dhone Town has population of 59,272 of which 29,470 are males while 29,802 are females as per report released by Census India 2011. Population of Children with age of 0-6 is 7118 which is 12.01% of total population of Dhone (Municipality). In Dhone Town, Female Sex Ratio is of 1011 against state average of 993. Moreover, Child Sex Ratio in Dhone is around 954 compared to Andhra Pradesh state average of 939. Literacy rate of Dhone city is 72.33% higher than state average of 67.02%. In Dhone, Male literacy is around 81.88% while female literacy rate is 62.96%.

Economy

Dhone has large deposits of high quality limestone. It also have good size of Granite and Polish slab Factories. Dhone is Industrially developing town.

Governance

Civic administration

Dhone is a Municipality in district of Nandyal, Andhra Pradesh. The Dhone city is divided into 32 wards for which elections are held every five years. The

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

was established in the year 2005 and has an extent of . During 2010–2011 period, total expenditure per annum was , while the total income generated per annum was . The municipality provided 798 public taps, 186 bore-wells, length of roads, 1551 street lights, a park, public market, elementary and secondary schools etc.

Revenue Division

Dhone Revenue Division have six mandals: # Dhone # Peapully # Bethamcherla # Banaganapalle # Owk # Koilakuntla.

Politics

Dhone is represented by Dhone (Assembly constituency) for Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly.

Buggana Rajendranath Reddy Buggana Rajendranath Reddy (born 27 September 1970) is an Indian politician Minister for Finance, Planning and Legislative Affairs in the government of Andhra Pradesh. He was elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly A member of the Leg ...

is the present MLA of the constituency representing YSRCP. Sri Kotla Vijaya Bhaskar Reddy (peddayana) elected as CM for Andhra Pradesh represent Dhone constituency.

Transport

Railways

Dhone Junction railway station Dhone Junction railway station (station code: DHNE) is the primary railway station serving Dhone in Andhra Pradesh, India. The station comes under the jurisdiction of Guntakal division of South Coast Railways. It is a biggest railway junctio ...

is located in Guntakal railway division of the South Central Railway zone. This junction is one of the oldest railway junctions in India. Vijayawada - Hubli line and Secunderabad - Bengaluru line meet in the Dhone Junction Railway station. Dhone railway station is the biggest railway station in Nandyal district. Dhone Railway Station 1A

Roadways

The

Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC) is the state-owned road transport corporation in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Its headquarters is located at NTR Administrative Block of RTC House in Pandit Nehru bus station of ...

operates bus services from Dhone bus station. Dhone has bus station situated near National Highway 44, which is called North - South corridor. Dhone Bus Stand 1A

Distance to major towns and cities

# Kurnool = # Nandyal = # Adoni = # Bethamcherla = # Banaganapalle = # Gooty = # Anantapuram = # Kadapa = # Tirupati = # Bellary = # Hyderabad = # Bengaluru = # Vijayawada = # Visakhapatnam =