Chevella is a town,

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 suburb of

Hyderabad Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and the ''de jure'' capital of Andhra Pradesh. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River, in the northern part of Southern Indi ...

in Ranga Reddy district of the Indian state of

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 35 ...

. It is the headquarters of surrounding villages with many government establishments like Judicial court, Revenue Division Office, Acp office under

Cyberabad Metropolitan Police Cyberabad Metropolitan Police, popularly known as ''Cyberabad Police'', is the police commissionerate located in Gachibowli, Rangareddy district, Telangana, India. It was created in 2003 by bifurcating Rangareddy District Police. Current str ...

. It is also an educational hub with many schools, junior colleges, engineering colleges, business schools etc. There are many hospitals located along with a medical college, the Dr. Patnam Reddy Institute of Medical Sciences. It has become a part of Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority.

Location

Chevella is located in western part of newly carved Ranga Reddy district with co-ordinates . It is from

, from Vikarabad, and from Shadnagar.

Population

Chevella is a town in Chevella mandal of

Rangareddy Ranga Reddy district ( R. R. district) is a district in the Indian state of Telangana. The district headquarters is located at Lakdikapool, Hyderabad. The district was named after the former deputy chief minister of the United Andhra Pradesh, ...

district in

. Per the Census 2011, there are 1,559 families residing in the town. The population of is 7,031, of which 3,553 are males and 3,478 are females thus the average sex ratio of is 979. The population of children of under age 7 is 894, which is 13% of the total population. There are 463 male children and 431 female children under age 7, thus the child sex ratio is 931, which is less than average sex ratio (979). The literacy rate is 72.5%, thus Chevella has a higher literacy rate than the 66.8% of

district. The male literacy rate is 81.72% and the female literacy rate is 63.08%.

Politics

Chevella gram panchayat is the local self-government of the village. The panchayat is divided into wards and each ward is represented by an elected ward member. The ward members are headed by a

Sarpanch A sarpanch ( IAST: ''Sarpañch'' Hindi: ''सरपंच'') or Gram Pradhan or Mukhiya is a decision-maker, elected by the village-level constitutional body of local self-government called the Gram Sabha (village government) in India. The Sarp ...

. Chevella was in political limelight when it was represented by Late P.Indra Reddy and after his demise his wife

Sabitha Indra Reddy Patlolla Sabitha Indra Reddy (born 5 May 1963) is an Indian politician who has been the Minister for Education of Telangana state since 2019. Reddy started her political career with the Indian National Congress and in 2009 became the first wom ...

. Chevella (SC) (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 ...

. The present MLA representing the constituency is Kale Yadaiah of

Telangana Rashtra Samithi Bharat Rashtra Samithi ( ; BRS), formerly known as Telangana Rashtra Samithi ( TRS), is an Indian political party which is predominantly active in the state of Telangana. It was founded on 27 April 2001 as by K. Chandrashekar Rao, with a sing ...

Chevella (Lok Sabha constituency) Chelvella Lok Sabha constituency or Chelvella is one of the 17 Lok Sabha (Lower House of the Parliament) constituencies in Telangana state in southern India. Dr. G. Ranjith Reddy of Telangana Rashtra Samithi is currently representing the const ...

The present Member of parliament (India) representing the constituency is Ranjeet Reddy of

Chevella Revenue Division

Chevella revenue division is an

administrative division Administrative division, administrative unit,Article 3(1). country subdivision, administrative region, subnational entity, constituent state, as well as many similar terms, are generic names for geographical areas into which a particular, ind ...

in the

Rangareddy district Ranga Reddy district ( R. R. district) is a district in the Indian state of Telangana. The district headquarters is located at Lakdikapool, Hyderabad. The district was named after the former deputy chief minister of the United Andhra Pradesh, ...

of the

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n state of

. It is one of the 5 revenue divisions in the district with 4

mandals 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 ...

under its administration. Chevella serves as the headquarters of the division. The Revenue Division presently comprises the following Mandals

Transport

TSRTC Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (abbreviated as TSRTC) is a state-owned corporation that runs bus transport services to and from the Indian state of Telangana. It was formed in 2014 by splitting the Andhra Pradesh State Road Trans ...

runs buses from Hyderabad City, they are *Route No. : 288 & 593 Mehidipatnam to Moinabad-Chevella. The ''Hyderabad–Kodangal'' is the new

National highway National highway or National Highway may refer to: * National Highways (England) * National Highway (Australia) * List of National Roads in Belgium * Brunei National Roads System * National Highway System (Canada) * Trans ...

with a length of , passes through Chevella.

Rail

The nearest railway stations are Shankarpalli railway station which is about away,

Secunderabad Secunderabad, also spelled as Sikandarabad (, ), is a twin city of Hyderabad and one of the six zones of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) in the Indian state of Telangana. It is the headquarters of the South Central Railway ...

(about away) and Shadnagar Station, which is around away and Vikarabad Railway junction which is away.

Air

The nearest air transport facility is

Hyderabad International Airport Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) is an international airport that serves Hyderabad, the capital of the Indian state of Telangana. It is located in Shamshabad, about south of Hyderabad and it was opened on 23 March 2008 to replace B ...

, which is 28 km from Chevella.

Roads

The NH-44 link road passes through the town. About away from Chevella there is an outer

ring road A ring road (also known as circular road, beltline, beltway, circumferential (high)way, loop, bypass or orbital) is a road or a series of connected roads encircling a town, city, or country. The most common purpose of a ring road is to assist i ...

which connects to Shamshabad airport - Rajiv Gandhi International Airport,

, Gachibowli, and Medchal.

Education

Chevella Mandal falls under the jurisdiction of

Osmania University Osmania University is a collegiate public state university located in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. Mir Osman Ali Khan, the 7th Nizam of Hyderabad in 1918 , He released a farman to establish OSMANIA UNIVERSITY on the day of 28 August 1918. ...

. The Mandal has many government and private junior, undergraduate and graduate colleges, engineering colleges, and a private medical college. The primary and secondary school education is imparted by the government schools such as Mandal Parishad, Mandal Parishad upper primary and

Zilla Parishad High School Zilla Parishad High School (ZPHS) is a type of state-run secondary school in India. These schools are established, supervised, and funded by the District Councils of India (locally known as ''Zilla Parishad'', district level local authorities o ...

s and private high schools.

Important festivals

Bathukamma and Lashkar Bonalu are states official festivals besides these Dussehra,

Diwali Diwali (), Dewali, Divali, or Deepavali ( IAST: ''dīpāvalī''), also known as the Festival of Lights, related to Jain Diwali, Bandi Chhor Divas, Tihar, Swanti, Sohrai, and Bandna, is a religious celebration in Indian religions. It is ...

, Holi, Sri Ramanavami, Shivaratri, Ugadi, Ganesh Chaturthi, Bakrid, Ramzan are the major festivals celebrated in Chevella Mandal.

Crops

The place is suitable for harvesting

carrot The carrot ('' Daucus carota'' subsp. ''sativus'') is a root vegetable, typically orange in color, though purple, black, red, white, and yellow cultivars exist, all of which are domesticated forms of the wild carrot, ''Daucus carota'', na ...

s (10-15 truckloads of carrots are transported to Hyderabad every day). Since Chevella is close to the city, farmers grow vegetables and flowers. In the recent years, the town has been hub to a lot of houses where flowers are grown. In addition, farmers grow other crops including

tomato The tomato is the edible berry of the plant ''Solanum lycopersicum'', commonly known as the tomato plant. The species originated in western South America, Mexico, and Central America. The Mexican Nahuatl word gave rise to the Spanish word ...

flower A flower, sometimes known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in flowering plants (plants of the division Angiospermae). The biological function of a flower is to facilitate reproduction, usually by providing a mechanis ...

s and

vegetable Vegetables are parts of plants that are consumed by humans or other animals as food. The original meaning is still commonly used and is applied to plants collectively to refer to all edible plant matter, including the edible flower, flowers, ...

s, as well as

rice Rice is the seed of the grass species '' Oryza sativa'' (Asian rice) or less commonly ''Oryza glaberrima'' (African rice). The name wild rice is usually used for species of the genera '' Zizania'' and '' Porteresia'', both wild and domesticat ...

, ''jower'',

cotton Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective case, around the seeds of the cotton plants of the genus '' Gossypium'' in the mallow family Malvaceae. The fiber is almost pure cellulose, and can contain minor pe ...

, and

corn Maize ( ; ''Zea mays'' subsp. ''mays'', from es, maíz after tnq, mahiz), also known as corn (North American and Australian English), is a cereal grain first domesticated by indigenous peoples in southern Mexico about 10,000 years ago. The ...

References

{{reflist Cities and towns in Ranga Reddy district