Alair is a town in

Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district is a district in the Indian state of Telangana. The administrative headquarters is located at Bhuvanagiri which is also known as Bhongiri. The district shares boundaries with Suryapet, Nalgonda, Jangaon, Siddipe ...

of the

Indian state India is a federal union comprising 28 states and 8 union territories, for a total of 36 subnational entities. The states and union territories are further subdivided into 800 districts and smaller administrative divisions by the respe ...

Telangana Telangana is a States and union territories of India, state in India situated in the Southern India, south-central part of the Indian subcontinent on the high Deccan Plateau. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, ele ...

. It is a municipality and one of the constituencies in the

. It is located in Alair

mandal A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluk, or taluka () is a local unit of administrative division in India and Pakistan. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administrative c ...

Bhongir revenue division Bhongir revenue division (or Bhuvanagiri revenue division) is an administrative division in the Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district of the Indian state of Telangana Telangana is a States and union territories of India, state in India situated in ...

. Alair is known for its Kulpakji Jain temple, and also known as the birthplace of Renukacharya, (also known as Revaṇārādhya or Revaṇasiddha) one of the five acharyas who came in the Kali Yuga to teach and preach Vīraśaivism.

Geography

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/ref> It has an average elevation of 361 meters (1187 ft).

Government and politics

Alair municipality is the local self-government, constituted on 1 August 2018, by merging Alair and Bahadurpeta gram panchayats. Alair falls under Alair assembly constituency of

Telangana Legislative Assembly The Telangana Legislative Assembly (ISO: ''Telangāṇa Śāsana Sabha'') is the lower house of the Telangana Legislature. The Legislative Assembly of Telangana currently consists of 119 elected members. The members of the ''Vidhana Sabha'' ...

, which is one of the segments of Bhongir Lok Sabha constituency.

Transport

Aler is well connected by roadways which passes from Hyderabad to Warangal. The

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

public transport buses to major destinations from Aler. Aler Railway Station is Located in Telangana. It belongs to South Central Railway.

References

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