Khammam District
| Total Population : 2,578,927 |
| Total literate : 1,267,944 |
| Rural : 206,8066 |
Urban : 510,861 |
| Male : 1,305,543 |
Female : 1,273,384 |
| Area : 16,029 Sq. km. |
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Collector
Office
: (08742) 224641
MP : Loksabha
Khammam
MP
Renuka Chowdhury
CONSTITUENCY : Khammam (Andhra Pradesh )
PARTY : Indian National Congress (INC)
Minister of State (Independent Charge) : Women & Child
Development.
Present
Address
76, Lodhi Estate,
New Delhi - 110 003
Tels. (011) 24654849, 24656467, 9868180158 (M)
Permanent
Address
H.No. 8-2-680, Road No. 1,
Banjara Hills, Hyderabad-500 034
(Andhra Pradesh)
Tels. (040) 23396147, 23394724,
Fax. (040) 23323819
Bhadrachalam
MP
Mediyam, Dr. Babu Rao
CONSTITUENCY : Bhadrachalam (ST) (Andhra Pradesh )
PARTY : Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M))
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Present
Address
6, Dr. R.P. Road,
New Delhi - 110 001
Tels. (011) 23351619, 9868180502 (M)
Fax. (011) 23316120
Permanent
Address
H.No. 23.10.12 Municipal Colony,
Rajahmundry, East Godavari - 503 105 (Andhra Pradesh)
Tel. (0883) 2442804
Brief
about District
History
: The
present name of Khammam is said to have been derived
from the name of the temple 'Narsimhadri', later 'Stamba
Sikhari' and then it was termed as 'Stambadhri'.The
vertical rock under the temple is known as 'KAMBA'.
The name of the town Khammam seems to have been derived
from the name of this hill of Kamba and the district
is named as Khammam.
Khammam town which was the seat of Taluk Administration
was part of the larger Warangal District, till 1st
October, 1953. Five taluks of the Warangal district
viz., Khammam, Madhira, Yellandu, Burgampadu and Paloncha
(Now Kothagudem) were carved out and a new district
KHAMMAM with Khammam as District Headquarters. In
1959 Bhadrachalam Revenue Division consisting Bhadrachalam
and Nuguru Venkatapuram Taluks of East Godawari district,
which were on the other side of the river Godawari
were merged into Khammam on grounds of geographical
contiguity and administrative viability.
In
1973 a new taluk with Sathupalli as headquarters was
formed carving out from Madhira and Kothagudem taluks.
In the year 1976 four new taluks were formed viz.,
Tirumalayapalem, Sudimalla, Aswaraopeta and Manuguru
by bifurcating Khammam, Yellandu, Kothagudem and Burgampadu
taluks respectively. In the year 1985, following the
introduction of the Mandal system the district has
been divided into 46 mandals, in four Revenue Divisions
- Khammam, Kothagudem, Paloncha and Bhadrachalam.
Geographical
Status
Location on Globe Between 16-45 and
18-35 North Latitude and 79-47 and 80 -47 East Latitude
Boundaries North - Krishna district
East - East and West Godawari districts South - Krishna
district West - Nalgonda and Warangal Districts
Demographical
view
Profile
The traditions of people have in Khammam district
is a conglomeration of mosaic culture representing
hindus, muslims and Christians. There are sizable
number of scheduled tribes, who constitutes an integral
part of hindu community. Among tribes, koyas, lambadas
constitute sizable population. The tribal people are
still following their own traditions and customs in
their social life.
The
district, which had a population of 8,12,993 when
it was formed, has about 25,62,412 as per 2001 census.
The density has grown from 51 to 160 Sq.Km out of
the total population, of the district there are 12,99,245
males and 12,66,167 females. Among them there are
about 3,60,154 SCs 5,58,958 STs. About 80% of the
population is living in villages. The sex ratio is
974 females for every 1000 male population in villages
and about 977 females for 1000 males in the urban
areas. The child population of the district in the
age group of 0-6 years is 3,37,459. Sex ratio in the
child population in the age group 0-6, 968 female
in rural areas 971 female in urban areas.
The
Khammam district has ST population 5,58,958 which
is about 13.29% of the total tribal population of
the state. Out of the total (46) mandals about (29)
mandals are populated by tribals groups like, Koyas,
Lambadas and Kondareddis and about (2) mandals are
partially populated by tribes.
KOYAS
The meaning of Koya is “a good person living
on the hills”. In Dandakaranya forest about
6,00,000 tribes are living. Out of them Koyas constitute
about 80%. Koyas are innocent, short statured, lean
and rather diffident. They speak koya language. They
do not have any property and very little crime among
them. They are alcoholics, both men & women. They
brew a special flower called Ippa.
KONDA REDDIS
It
is a strange tribe. They live in thick forest and
high mountains. They speak an ancient Telugu, which
is full of proverbs. They speak very less and they
donot trust palins people. They are good craftsman,
who use Bamboo to make variety of baskets.
LAMBADAS
They
are called by different names like Lambadas, Sugalies,
Banjaras. They dress in colourful clothes, which are
studded with mirrors, beads and other decorative items.
Men wear head turbans and they sport thick moustache.
The men also tattoo their bodies, apart from wearing
a variety of bracelets.
Agriculture
During Kharif 2003 with wide spread rains from 2 nd
week of June, about 3,28,624 hect. area was covered
with Paddy, Maize, Redgram, Greengram, Sesamum, Cotton
and Chillies crops against the normal area of 3,25,152
hects. Total rainfall received up to February'04 is
1185.3. m.m. against the normal of 1030.9 m.m.
During Rabi
2003-04, 88,801 hectares was covered out of the normal
area of 70,282 hects. Horticulture
Khammam
District is endowed with Agro climatic and Soil conditions
in which a wide range of Horticulture crops like Mango,
Banana, Cashew, Coconut, Oilpalm, Cocoa, Pepper Areca
nut etc., can be grown.
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