Nirmal

For other uses, see Nirmal (disambiguation).

Nirmal is a city and the district headquarters of Nirmal district in the Indian state of Telangana. It is famed for its toys made out of wood.

Nirmal
City
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Coordinates: 19.1°N 78.35°E / 19.1; 78.35
Country	India
State	Telangana
District	Nirmal
Founded by	Nimmanayudu
Named after	Nimmanayudu
Government
• Type	Municipal council
• Body	Nirmal Municipality
• MLA	Alleti Maheshwar Reddy
• SP	G. Janaki Sharmila, IPS [1]
Area [2] [3]
• City	32.06 km2 (12.38 sq mi)
Elevation	350 m (1,150 ft)
Population  (2011)[4][5]
• City	88,433
• Rank	16th in(Telangana)
• Density	2,800/km2 (7,100/sq mi)
• Urban	(NUDA)[6]
Demonym	Nirmalite
Language
• Official	Telugu, urdu
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	504106
Telephone code	08734
Vehicle registration	TG-18
Planning Agency	Nirmal Urban Development Authority(NUDA)[7]
Sex ratio	50:50 ♂/♀
Lok Sabha constituency	Adilabad
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Nirmal

The district headquarters is located in the city of Nirmal. It borders the Telangana districts of Adilabad, Nizamabad, Mancherial, Asifabad, Jagtial districts as well as Nanded district of the state Maharashtra.

Near by Towns Bhainsa, [Khanapur]

Geography

Nirmal is located at 19.10°N 78.35°E / 19.10; 78.35.^[8] It has an average elevation of 340 metres (1100 feet) on the foot hills of Nirmal range, which is located in the Deccan plateau.Nirmal has chain tanks built around it.

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1901	7,751	—
1911	9,588	+23.7%
1921	9,457	−1.4%
1931	12,585	+33.1%
1941	14,499	+15.2%
1951	17,947	+23.8%
1961	19,896	+10.9%
1971	28,529	+43.4%
1981	41,412	+45.2%
1991	57,761	+39.5%
2001	75,254	+30.3%
2011	88,433	+17.5%
Source: [9][10]

In the 2011 Indian census,^[11] the total population of Nirmal was 88,433. There are 44,053 males (49.82%) and 44,380 females (50.18%). 10,303 children are below 6 years of age. There 5,315 males and 4,988 females. . As per the house hold survey conducted by Telangana government in August 2014, the population of Nirmal is 116,800.

Major languages are Telugu, Urdu and English. Telugu has been the official language since 1956.

Government and politics

Civic administration

It is one of the oldest municipalities in Telangana. Nirmal Municipality was constituted in 1952 and is classified as a second grade municipality with 36 election wards. The jurisdiction of the civic body is spread over an area of 32.06 km² (12.38 sq mi).^[2] On June 28, 2019 Telangana Government has increased No. of Election Wards to 42 with the merging of surrounding two gram panchayats namely Manjulapur and Venkatapur in Nirmal Municipality.^[12]

Politics

See also: Nirmal (Assembly constituency)

Nirmal Assembly constituency is a constituency of Telangana Legislative Assembly, India.It comes under Adilabad (Lok Sabha constituency) along with six other Assembly constituencies. The first elections of nirmal constituency were held in 1957 with India's first national general election.