Thungapahad is a village in
Miryalaguda
Miryalaguda is a city in Nalgonda district of the Indian state of Telangana. In 2015, the Government of India placed Miryalaguda under the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation scheme.
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Nalgonda
Nalgonda is a city and municipality in the Indian state of Telangana. It is the headquarters of the Nalgonda district, as well as the headquarters of the Nalgonda mandal in the Nalgonda revenue division. It is located about from the state ca ...
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Telangana
Telangana (; , ) is a States and union territories of India, state in India situated on the south-central stretch of the Indian subcontinent, Indian peninsula on the high Deccan Plateau. It is the List of states and union territories of India b ...
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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, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
. It was established 500 years ago. The population is approximately 50,000. The village has two canals, three rice mills and one cotton factory, there is also a high school, several primary schools and a library.
One of the canals in Thungapahad is called Bondham, it flows 365 days a year and is a major resource for the paddy fields and the cotton industry although it is completely polluted with chemicals from that industry. Recently, a new bridge was constructed.
The main occupation for the village people is agriculture.
There are three temples in Thungapahad. Ramalayam is at the centre point of the village, Venugopala Swamy Temple, which was renovated four years ago, is at the starting point to the village and Kanaka Durga Temple is at the other end of the village. There are also four churches in Thungapahad.
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Villages in Nalgonda district