Siddipet
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Siddipet
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| Country | File:Flag of India.svg India |
| State | Telangana |
| District | Siddipet |
| Named after | Siddis |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| • Body | Siddipet Municipality |
| • Member of Legislative Assembly | T. Harish Rao, BRS |
| • Municipal Chairman | Manjula Rajnarsu |
| • Commissioner of Police | Dr. B. Anuradha, IPS [1] |
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| • Rank | 13th in Telangana |
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| Languages Telugu and Urdu | |
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| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 502103 |
| Telephone code | 08457 |
| Vehicle registration | TG-36 |
| Literacy | 90.73% |
| Website | siddipet |
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Siddipet, is a city in the Indian state of Telangana. It is a municipality and serves as the headquarters of the Siddipet district.[3][4] It is located about 100 kilometres (62 mi) north of the state capital, Hyderabad, and 92 kilometres (57 mi) from Warangal. The District Headquarters and Police Commissionerate is located at the Siddipet city.
Siddipet is a regional urban hub and educational centre.[5]
Demographics
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| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1931 | 11,260 | — |
| 1941 | 12,865 | +14.3% |
| 1951 | 18,109 | +40.8% |
| 1961 | 18,719 | +3.4% |
| 1971 | 26,296 | +40.5% |
| 1981 | 42,755 | +62.6% |
| 1991 | 54,091 | +26.5% |
| 2001 | 61,809 | +14.3% |
| 2011 | 111,358 | +80.2% |
| Source: [6] | ||
As of the 2011 Census of India, Siddipet had a population of 111,358.[2][a]
Governance
Siddipet municipality was formed in the year 1952. It is spread over an area of 36.03 km2 (13.91 sq mi) with 34 municipal wards.[2][3] Law enforcement is from Siddipet Police Commissionerate.
Politics
Members of Parliament
- 1952–1966: Constituency does not exist
| Lok Sabha | Duration | Name of M.P. | Party affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fourth | 1967–71 | Gaddam Venkatswamy | Indian National Congress |
| Fifth | 1971–77 | Gaddam Venkatswamy | Telangana Praja Samithi |
| Sixth | 1977–80 | Nandi Yellaiah | Indian National Congress |
| Seventh | 1980–84 | Nandi Yellaiah | Indian National Congress |
| Eighth | 1984–89 | G. Vijaya Rama Rao | Telugu Desam Party |
| Ninth | 1989–91 | Nandi Yellaiah | Indian National Congress |
| Tenth | 1991–96 | Nandi Yellaiah | Indian National Congress |
| Eleventh | 1996–98 | Nandi Yellaiah | Indian National Congress |
| Twelfth | 1998–99 | Malyala Rajaiah | Telugu Desam Party |
| Thirteenth | 1999-04 | Malyala Rajaiah | Telugu Desam Party |
| Fourteenth | 2004-09 | Sarvey Sathyanarayana | Indian National Congress |
- 2008 onwards: Constituency does not exist
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Siddipet falls under the Siddipet Assembly constituency and is, in turn, part of Medak (Lok Sabha constituency) of the Telangana Legislative Assembly. Harish Rao is the current Cabinet Minister for Finance, Medical and Health representing the Siddipet Assembly constituency.
Economy
Spread over 3 acres of land, a 4-story IT tower was inaugurated by Telangana IT Minister K.T. Rama Rao and finance minister T. Harish Rao on June 15, 2023. The IT Tower has four floors and has been allocated to 17 companies.[7]
As per IT Ministry the IT tower in siddipet will be expanded and a T-Hub centre will be established soon.
Education
Siddipet has a variety of higher education institutes. Since 2018, it has its own Government Medical College. In 2023, a 1,000 bed government hospital was inaugurated by the medical college.[8]
Transport
Road
Siddipet is well connected to nearby villages with State Highway 1. The Telangana State Road Transport Corporation public transport buses to major destinations from Siddipet. A new national highway numbered NH 365B connects Siddipet with different district headquarters of the state Suryapet-Jangaon-Siddipet-Siricilla.
TSRTC operates buses from Siddipet to Karimnagar, Hyderabad, Vemulawada, Tirupati, Mumbai, Shirdi, Godavarikhani, Kaleswaram, Ananthapur, Bangalore, and Srisailam.
Airports
Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad is the nearest airport at a distance of 147 km by road. The other two nearest airports to Siddipet are Ramagundam Airport and Warangal Airport. The government has plans to develop and run flights to this station under an initiative of the UDAN plan.
Railway
Siddipet railway station is part of the Manoharabad-Kothapalli rail line.
The Manoharabad - Siddipet portion of the line was inaugurated on 3 October 2023 with a regular Secunderabad-Siddipet DEMU train service.[9][10]
The full line was completed in 2025.[11] This will connect the city to Hyderabad, Secunderabad, Karimnagar, Peddapalli and Ramagundam etc.
Notable people
- K. Chandrashekar Rao
- T. Harish Rao
- Kapu Rajaiah
- Sampoornesh Babu
- [{Mareddy Ravinder Reddy]}
Notes
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References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."State Govt Transfers 23 IPS Officers". 4 January 2024.
- ^ a b c d Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Basic Information of Municipality". Official website of Siddipet Municipality. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."District Census Handbook – Medak" (PDF). Census of India. pp. 12–13. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Cities, Towns and Outgrowth Wards". Citypopulation.de. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Khader, Khatija Sana (1 October 2020). "Translocal notions of belonging and authenticity: understanding race amongst the Siddis of Gujarat and Hyderabad". South Asian History and Culture. 11 (4): 433–448. doi:10.1080/19472498.2020.1827598. ISSN 1947-2498. S2CID 225124900.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Census tables | Government of India". censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Siddipet, The new software hub of Telangana". 16 June 2023.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."1,000-bed hospital to open today in Siddipet - the New Indian Express". 9 October 2023.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Geetanath, V. (28 September 2023). "PM to commission two new railway lines in Telangana". The Hindu.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."PM Modi to inaugurate Siddipet-Secunderabad train service on October 3". 2 October 2023.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Age-old wait ends; Siddipet, Sircilla & Gajwel set for rail connectivity". 16 June 2022.
