Parkal is a town in

Hanumakonda district Hanumakonda district, (formerly Warangal Urban district) is a district located in the northern region of the Indian state of Telangana. The district headquarters are located at Hanumakonda. The district borders the districts of Jangaon, Karim ...

of the

Indian state India is a federal union comprising 28 states and 8 union territories, with a total of 36 entities. The states and union territories are further subdivided into districts and smaller administrative divisions. History Pre-indepen ...

Telangana Telangana (; , ) is a state in India situated on the south-central stretch of the Indian peninsula on the high Deccan Plateau. It is the eleventh-largest state and the twelfth-most populated state in India with a geographical area of and 3 ...

Government and politics

Parkal is a Assembly Constituency of

Telangana Legislative Assembly The Telangana Legislative Assembly or Telangana Śāsana Sabha is the lower house of the Telangana Legislature. The Legislative Assembly of Telangana currently consists of 119 elected members and 1 nominated member from the Anglo-Indian commu ...

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. It is one of 12 constituencies in

Warangal district Warangal district, formerly Warangal Rural district, is a district in the Indian state of Telangana. The district shares boundaries with Mahabubabad, Jangaon, Hanamkonda, Mulugu and Bhupalpally districts. As of June 2021, Hanamkonda tent ...

. It is part of

Warangal Lok Sabha constituency Warangal 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 Pasunoori Dayaka ...

. Parkal Assembly constituency is a constituency of

. It is one of 12 constituencies in

. It is part of

. Challa Dharma Reddy is representing the constituency. Parkal is a municipality, earlier it was Nagar Panchayat. Parkal

Nagar Panchayat A nagar panchayat (town panchayat; ) or Notified Area Council (NAC) in India is a settlement in transition from rural to urban and therefore a form of an urban political unit comparable to a municipality. An urban centre with more than 12,000 ...

was constituted in 2011 and has 20 election wards. The jurisdiction of the civic body is spread over an area of . It is also the place where Parkala Massacre of 1947 took place. Parkal is a hub for medical, business and agricultural activities. Place worth to visit in Parkal is Amaradhaamam, a monument build to commemorate martyr's of 1947 massacre.

Transport

Railway station is 20 Km away from Parkal, from this station so many passengers travels to their destinations. And It is (PRKL) well connected through road network. Telangana State Road Transport Corporation runs buses from Parkal to various destinations. National Highway 353 passes through parkal.

References

{{Authority control Mandals in Hanamkonda district