Gurmitkal, or ''Gurumithakal'', is a

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in the northeast of

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in the

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. Administratively, it is under Yadgir Taluka.

About Gurumatkal

Gurumatkal was established as a Town Municipal Council (TMC) in the year 1957. and later was downgraded to a town panchayat in the year 1984. Gurumatkal town is situated forty-one kilometres from Yagir District Headquarters along the Bijapur-Hyderabad Highway. Gurumatkal is at a distance of about 650 km from the state capital city of

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and 110 km from the town of

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. The nearest airport is at Hyderabad which is 150 km from the town. The nearest railway station is Yadgir. The main source of transportation is by road. Gurumatkal is a tourist town, but the inhabitants mainly depend on agriculture. The water supply mainly depends on borewells.

Demographics

The area of the town is . As of the 2001 census there were four wards, but by the 2011 census there were 17 wards. As of 2001, the town panchayat had 46 km of roads of which 25 km were surfaced. India

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, Gurmitkal has a population of 20,631,Census 2011: Gurmitkal TP town code: 803218, Gurmitkal rural code: 621264 up from 16,927 in the 2001 census. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Gurmatkal has an average literacy rate of 50%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 60%, and female literacy is 40%. 15% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Visitor draws

Gurmitkal has an

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hospital, Sri Vaidya Bhujangrao Memorial Hospital, which specializes in curing paralysis patients and has been run by the same family for two generations. There are several spiritual places near Gurmitkal such as Yanagundi of 'Sri Sri Sri Mahayogini Manikeshwari Matha' and Mothakpalli which has a famous

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temple. There is also a waterfall called as 'Dhab dabi', located 5 km away from the town on the way to Nazrapur Village. And there is also a spiritual place and waterfall called 'Gvisiddalingeshwar', located in the village of Chinthanahalli. and there is also a hill station temple called Sri Laxmi timmappa temple located at the village borabanda tanda Here also have a good studies for children,s in C.B.S.E syllabus at SLT public school chandriki road gurmitkal, Aradhana public school kakalwar road Gurumatkal.

References

External links

* http://www.gurumitkaltown.mrc.gov.in {{Yadgir district Cities and towns in Yadgir district Taluks in Yadgiri district