Siddipet

Siddipet, also natively spelt as Siddipeta, 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 Siddipeta
City
Municipal corporation of Siddipet
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Coordinates: 18°06′07″N 78°51′07″E
Country	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]
Area [2]
• Total	42.72 km2 (16.49 sq mi)
Elevation	506 m (1,660 ft)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	111,358
• Rank	13th in Telangana
• Density	2,600/km2 (6,800/sq mi)
Languages Telugu and Urdu
• Official	Telugu Urdu
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	502103
Telephone code	08457
Vehicle registration	TG-36
Literacy	90.73%
Website	siddipet.telangana.gov.in

Siddipet is a regional urban hub and educational centre.^[5]

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
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]

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

Election results

General Election, 2004: Siddipet^[7][8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Sarvey Sathyanarayana	593,879	53.03	+11.82
	TDP	Dr K Lingaiah	454,907	40.62	−15.33
	BSP	Paladugu Gouramma	31,949	2.85
	Independent	B O V Rao	25,069	2.24
	Independent	Y Samaiah	14,010	1.25	+1.08
Majority			138,978	12.41	+27.15
Turnout			1,119,814	64.84	−1.46
	INC hold		Swing	+11.82

Main article: Siddipet (Assembly constituency)

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.^[9]

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.^[10]

Transport

Siddipet railway station

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.^[11][12]

The full line was completed in 2025.^[13] 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

Notes

1. This figure includes the city limit expansions since 2011. The original 2011 census figure was 66,737.^[4]