Bellampalle

Bellampalli is a town in Mancherial district of the Indian state of Telangana. It is a municipality and mandal headquarters of Bellampalli mandal of Bellampalli revenue division.^[2]

Bellampalli
Town
Bellampalli Location in Telangana Show map of Telangana Bellampalli Bellampalli (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 19°4′32″N 79°29′17″E
Country	India
State	Telangana
District	Mancherial
Government
• Type	Municipality
Area [1]
• Total	35.06 km2 (13.54 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	66,789
• Rank	34th(Telangana)
• Density	1,900/km2 (4,900/sq mi)
Demonym	bellampallian
Time zone	UTC+5.30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	TG 19
Lok Sabha constituency	peddapalli
Assembly constituency	Bellampalli
Website	Bellampalli Municipality - Shri.R Bhujanga Rao, Municipal commissioner

Spellings

Alternative spellings are Bellampalle and Bellampally.

History

Bellampalli is noted for its coal mines belonging to Singareni Collieries Company Limited. Bellampalli has the most coal mines and opencast mines in the state of Telangana. The first coal mine was established in 1936 by the British government. Later, the town developed very rapidly with the discovery and excavation of many more coal mines. The coal production from the SCCL is catering to the needs of the National Thermal Power Corporation, Ramagundam and many surrounding industrial buildings such as cement plants in Devapur, steel factory in Visakhapatnam and power plants in Maharashtra^[3]

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1941	6,294	—
1951	15,874	+152.2%
1961	29,101	+83.3%
1971	30,290	+4.1%
1981	44,721	+47.6%
1991	66,780	+49.3%
2001	66,792	+0.0%
2011	55,841	−16.4%
Source: [4][5]

According to the 2001 India census,^[6] Bellampalli had a population of 66,660. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Bellampalli has a literacy rate of 66%, higher than the national average of 60%, with 57% of the males and 43% of females literate. 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Government and politics

Civic administration

Bellampalle Municipality was constituted in 1987 and is classified as a second grade municipality with 32 election wards. The jurisdiction of the civic body is spread over an area of 35.06 km² (13.54 sq mi).^[1]

Politics

See also: Bellampalli (Assembly constituency)

Bellampalli has been a traditional stronghold and birthplace of the CPI, also known as the Communist Party of India. CPI leader Gunda Mallesh won the MLA seat for Bellampally in the 2009 elections. Gunda Mallesh is a senior politician from Bellampally and the CPI. The former MLA's of this of constituency are Amurajula Sreedevi and Pati Subadra. Bellampalli assembly constituency comes under Peddapalli Lok Sabha constituency. Gaddam Vamshi krishna is present MP.

MLA's of Bellampalli

• Sridevi (TDP)-2004
• Gunda Mallesh (CPI) -2009
• Durgam Chinnaiah (TRS) -2014
• Durgam Chinnaiah (TRS) -2018
• Gaddam Vinod (Congress) - 2023

Administravtive Division

There are 13 Villages under Bellampalli.^[7]

Sl.No.	Name of the Mandal	Villages in the Mandal	Name of the Erstwhile Mandals from which the present Mandal is formed
1	Bellampalli	Bellampalle	Bellampalli
2		Ankusam
3		Kannal (R)
4		Chakepalle
5		Budha Khurd (R)
6		Budha Kalan (R)
7		Chandravelli
8		Rangapet
9		Dugnepalle
10		Gurjal (R) @ Talla Gurjal
11		Akenipalle
12		Batwanpalle
13		Perkapalle

Economy

Coal production has been very important to the economic history of Bellampalli and it is thus known as an industrial town.^{[citation needed]} However, the average income of Rs. 5000/- per capita according to 1989 figures mean that the average person is living in poverty.^[8]

Transport

Bellampalli is well connected by road and train.

NH 363 A new National Highway is being constructed from Mancherial to chandrapur passes through Bellampalli

Bellampally railway station is one of the most oldest railway stations in Telangana region and it lies in Nagpur–Hyderabad line.

Bellampalli comes under south central railway and its 273 km distance towards North (Delhi route) from Hyderabad (Capital of the state)

Railway code: BPA

Bellampally railway station