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Jangaon (Janagama) | |
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  Jangaon (Janagama) Jangaon (Telangana) | |
| Coordinates:17°43′22″N79°09′06″E / 17.722700°N 79.151800°E /17.722700; 79.151800 | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Telangana |
| District | Jangaon district |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| • Body | Jangaon Municipality |
| • MLA | palla rajeshwar reddy |
| • Member of Parliament | chamala kiran kumar Reddy |
| • Municipal Chairman | Pokala Jamuna |
| Area | |
• Total | 17.49 km2 (6.75 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 403 m (1,322 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 52,394 |
| • Rank | 37th in Telangana |
| • Density | 2,996/km2 (7,759/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Telugu |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 506 167 |
| Telephone code | 91–8716 |
| Vehicle registration | TG-27 |
| Website | jangaon |
Jangaon (Janagama) is a Town and the district headquarters ofJangaon district in theIndian state ofTelangana.[2] It is also the mandal and divisional headquarters ofJangaon Mandal andJangaon revenue division respectively.[3] It is about 85 kilometres (53 miles) from the state capitalHyderabad.[4] It lies on theNational Highway 163.[5]
Jangaon is located on the easternDeccan Plateau and has an average elevation of 382 metres (1,253 ft).[6]
The name Jangaon evolved from "jain gaon", which means "village ofJains", a religion of India.[7]Kolanpak (kulpak) in theNalgonda district, which is about 20 kilometres (12 miles) from Jangaon, is a famous pilgrimage centre for Jain people and it has much historical background.[8]
Jain Thirthankara sculptures that were found in the excavations near the town revealed the existence ofJainism in theMegalithic age.[9]
Jangaon was the second capital region of theKalyani Chalukyas in the 11th century. One of the most acclaimed Telugu poets of all timeBammera Pothana was born in the village of Bammera in Jangoan in 1450 AD. After the demise of the Nayaks 50-years rule, this region came under theKakatiya dynasty from 1195 to 1323, before being annexed to theDelhi Sultanate under Tughlaq rule. The region was part of theBahmani Sultanate and then theSultanate of GolcondaQutb Shahi dynasty in 1512. TheMughal emperor Aurangzeb conqueredGolconda in 1687 and it remained part of the Mughal empire.Qamar-ud-din KhanAsaf Jah I declared sovereignty in 1724 and established theAsaf Jahi Dynasty.
In 1854 the Jangaon area was under the administrative region ofBhonagheer Circars.[10] Jangaon is mentioned as Zungaon in an 1854 map. In 1866 new districts were created; all Circars were delimited and merged. Bhonagheer, Davercondah and Nelgoondah Circars merged to form Nalgonda District but the Jangaon area was transferred from Bhongir Circar to Warangal District in 1866, Cherial was renamed Taluka by adding some parts of Wardannapet region, with its headquarters at Jangaon.[11]
In 1905 thePrincely state of Hyderabad was sub-divided into four divisions;Aurangabad Division,Gulbarga Division,Gulshanabad Division andWarangal Division.[12][11] Districts were delimited in 1905; Jangaon (Cherial), Taluka and Kodar (Kodad). Taluka was transferred to Nalgonda District from Warangal district. Hyderabad State was annexed to theDominion of India byoperation polo in 1948, and became an Indian state. In 1948 Jangaon taluka was part of Nalgonda district inGulshanabad Division ofHyderabad State.
In 1953, there was a shuffling of areas, shifting some villages from one taluka to the other. Subsequently, whenWarangal district was divided to facilitate administrative control and on 1 October 1953,Khammam district was formed.[12] Khammam, Yellandu, Madhira, Burugunpahad and Palavancha talukas have been made part of it. Warangal, Mulugu, Mahabubabad, Pakala (Narsampet) remained in Warangal district. But again Parkaala fromKarimnagar district and Jangaon taluka fromNalgonda district have become part of Warangal district living back Nalgonda, Miryalguda, Deverkonda, Bhongir, Ramannapet, Suryapet, and Huzurnagar to Nalgonda district. After these changes in 1953, few villages of Jangaon taluka went toMedak district and some remained in Nalgonda district.
During the reign ofMarri Chenna Reddy in 1979, Jangaon taluka was split intoCherial,Kodakandla and Jangaon talukas, at that time Jangaon taluk consist of 7 Circles namely Jangaon, Cherial, Rebarthi, Narmetta, Ippaguda, Chennur and Kodakondla Cirles. In 1985, whenN. T. Rama Rao introduced the mandal system, Jangaon taluka was further divided in toJangaon Mandal,Raghunathpalle,Lingalaghanpur andDevaruppulamandals.[13]
On 11 October 2016 Jangaon was made the district headquarters, along with 21 newly formed districts in Telangana. Warangal district was divided into five district:Warangal Urban district (now Hanamkonda district),Warangal Rural district (now Warangal district),Jangaon district,Jayashankar district andMahabubabad district. Jangaon district was formed mostly from the old Jangaon Revenue division, with the exception of Maddur, Cherial and Komuravelli mandals, which were transferred to newly formedSiddipet district, Ghanpur and Zaffergadh from Warangal Revenue division and Gundala ofNalgonda district were merged with Jangaon district.[14]
| Religion | Percent | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hindu | 86.06% | |||
| Muslim | 11.55% | |||
| Christians | 1.83% | |||
| Others† | 0.66% | |||
| †IncludesSikhs,Buddhist and 0.27% of population with no religion stated | ||||
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1901 | 1,696 | — |
| 1911 | 3,537 | +108.5% |
| 1921 | 4,158 | +17.6% |
| 1931 | 8,078 | +94.3% |
| 1941 | 7,036 | −12.9% |
| 1951 | 11,259 | +60.0% |
| 1961 | 11,927 | +5.9% |
| 1971 | 16,866 | +41.4% |
| 1981 | 25,112 | +48.9% |
| 1991 | 34,305 | +36.6% |
| 2001 | 43,996 | +28.2% |
| 2011 | 52,394 | +19.1% |
| Source:[17] | ||
The1951 Hydearabad State Census report shows Jangaon taluka was the most populated taluka of Nalgonda district with a total population of 2,91,165 with an area of 1,403.9 square kilometres (542.0 sq mi) with more than 200 inhabited towns and villages.Aler,Cheriyal, andKolanpak were under Jangaon taluka before they were transferred to other districts.
As of 2011[update], thecensus of India, the city had a population of 52,394 with 12,276 households. The total population consists of 26,764 males and 25,630 females—a sex ratio of 958 females per 1,000 males. 5,123 children are in the age group of 0–6 years, of which 7,347 are boys and 6,993 are girls—a ratio of 952 per 1,000. The average literacy rate was 82.39% with 38,948 literates.[1]
86.08% of the population wereHindu and (11.55%) wereMuslim. Other religious minorities includedChristians (1.83%),Sikhs (0.23%),Buddhists (0.02%) and those of no stated religion (0.27%).[15]
Speaker based on Mother Tongue in Jangaon Town are 86% Telugu, 11.5 Urdu, 0.3 Marathi, 0.2 Punjabi, 0.4 other Languages.[16]
Jangaon experiences atropical climate. According to the Geological survey, the area is drought-prone and experiences very hot summers, moderate winters and less than the average precipitation.[18]
The climate in Jangaon is referred to as a local steppe climate.[18]There is little annual rainfall; the climate here is classified as BSh by the Köppen-Geiger system. The average annual temperature is 27.3 °C (81.1 °F). The average annual rainfall is 788 millimetres (31.0 in).
The least amount of rainfall occurs in January; the average in this month is 1 millimetre (0.039 in). July is the wettest month with an average of 183 millimetres (7.2 in).The temperatures are highest on average in May at around 33.9 °C (93.0 °F).[18]In December, the average temperature is 22.0 °C (71.6 °F); the lowest monthly average temperature of the year. The variation in precipitation between the driest and wettest months is 182 millimetres (7.2 in). The average temperatures vary during the year by 11.9 °C (53.4 °F).[18]
| Climate data for Jangaon Town | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 29.7 (85.5) | 32.4 (90.3) | 36.0 (96.8) | 38.4 (101.1) | 40.4 (104.7) | 35.9 (96.6) | 31.1 (88.0) | 30.8 (87.4) | 31.0 (87.8) | 31.4 (88.5) | 29.6 (85.3) | 28.8 (83.8) | 33.0 (91.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 16.3 (61.3) | 18.6 (65.5) | 21.7 (71.1) | 25.0 (77.0) | 27.5 (81.5) | 25.8 (78.4) | 23.7 (74.7) | 23.6 (74.5) | 23.2 (73.8) | 21.4 (70.5) | 17.6 (63.7) | 15.2 (59.4) | 21.6 (71.0) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 1 (0.0) | 2 (0.1) | 5 (0.2) | 21 (0.8) | 17 (0.7) | 119 (4.7) | 183 (7.2) | 167 (6.6) | 168 (6.6) | 78 (3.1) | 21 (0.8) | 8 (0.3) | 790 (31.1) |
| Source:[18] | |||||||||||||
Jangaon Municipality is the civic body that oversees the civic needs of the town. It was constituted in 1953 as athird grade municipality. It was upgraded tosecond grade in the year 2010 with 28 municipal wards. The jurisdiction of the civic body is spread over 17.49 km2 (6.75 sq mi).[4][19]
The West ZoneDeputy Commissioner of PoliceWarangal is responsible for maintaining law and order in the town and district areas. Jangaon has Senior Civil Judge's Court, and Prl. Junior Civil Judge's Court for maintaining law and order.[citation needed]
The 100-bed Government Area Hospital Jangaon is the largest hospital in the town.[20] A new Medical college was sanctioned to the Jangaon District and will be upgrading the existing hospital in the district by the state government and admissions will be started from 2023.[21][22]
Kolanupaka temple, a religious destination for theJains.[9]
TheChampak Hills are located 6 km (3.7 mi) away from the town.[23]
Jeedikalllu Sri Ramachandra Swamy Devasthanam is a temple that predates Bhadrachalam temple.[24] Jeedikalllu village is located about 15 km southerly to the district centre, Jangaon.[25]
West (NH163)
South (NH365B)
East (NH163)
North (NH365B)
TheTSRTC has a bus depot in the town and provides public transport.[26]
Jangaon has road and rail connectivity.[27] The town has a total road length of 124.75 km (77.52 mi), of which 73.50 km (45.67 mi) is cement or concrete roads, 15.25 km (9.48 mi) isbitumen roads and 36.00 km (22.37 mi) is water-boundmacadam road.[28]National Highway 163, connecting Hyderabad andBhopalpatnam Road, passes through the town.[29] A new national highwayNH 365B connects Jangaon with different district headquarters of the stateSuryapet-Jangaon-Siddipet-Siricilla.[30]
Jangaon railway station provides rail connectivity to the town and is under the jurisdiction of theSecunderabad railway division ofSouth Central Railway zone.[31] It was constructed by Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway in 1879. This railway line connects Hyderabad with Warangal, and was later extended to Bezawada.[32]Falaknuma–Jangaon MEMU is a suburban train that connects the town with the state capital.[33]
The town has 38,948 literates; 21,722 males, 17,226 females and a literacy rate of 82.39%.[1] The primary and secondary school education is run by government and private schools under the School Education Department of the state, assisted by State Institute of Educational Technology.[34] The municipal limits of the town has a total of 14 government and 38 private schools.[28]
The Higher Education Department of the state oversees theundergraduate andpostgraduate education.[35] The town has four government and fifteen private run colleges.[28] This includes TSSW Boys Residential Junior College, a social welfare college; 5 private unaided colleges and a co-operative junior college.[36] There exists one residential college under TSRJC, ten privately aided colleges, and two co-operative colleges.[36] A.B.V.Government Degree College is an autonomous college that is affiliated withKakatiya University and approved under theUniversities Grant Commission scheme.[37]
A government medical college was established in the town in 2023.[38]