Tandur
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| ?Tandur Andhra Pradesh • India |
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| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| Area • Elevation |
• 450 m (1,476 ft) |
| District(s) | Rangareddy |
| Population | 57,943 (2001) |
Coordinates: Tandur is a city, mandal and a municipality in Rangareddy district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.
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[edit] Geography
Tandur is located at [1]. It has an average elevation of 450 metres (1476 feet). Tandur town is 110 Kilo Metres far from Hyderabad which happens to be the capital city of Andhra Pradesh.
[edit] Demographics
As of 2001 India census[2], Tandur had a population of 57,943. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Tandur has an average literacy rate of 60%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 67%, and female literacy is 52%. In Tandur, 15% of the population is under 6 years of age.
[edit] Features
Tandur is famous for its blue and black stone and toor daal that is and it has many rice millsŤ and well-known for Jowar. Major industries include gemstone exports and cement manufacturing. Two major cement firms are headquartered in Tandur - CCI (Cement Corporation of India) and VCIL (Vishaka Cement Industry Ltd).
A Sri Rama Temple is located at Juntpally, which is a Historic Temple and have some Historic Resemblances in and around the Premisis of the Temple complex, this Historic Temple is 12 kilometres away from Tandur.
River Kagna which is a sub river to River Krishna supplies the driniking water for more than 45 villages including Tandur Town, this River is 4 kilometres away from Tandur on the way to Kodangal.
A Rasoolpoor Hanuman Temple, which is famous now a days for all, located at 2 kilometres from Tandur.
Tandur had a fame in the Period of Nizam's, The Nizam Rulers has to come up to Tandur in the Passion of hunting and use to stay up to a month or so (Sources-Archives-Hyd).
A Center for Entertainment with almost 7 major theaters and few bakers
[edit] Education
[edit] Schools
Tandur has good number of Schools imparting Primary and Secondary Education in both Telugu and English Medium. Some of them are :
- Government High School No.1, Tandur (Telugu & Urdu Medium) (6th to 10th )
- New Nalanda High School, formerly known as New Nalanda Public School(NNPS) teaches pupils from Lower Kinder Garten till the 10th Standard and English as the medium of instruction.
- Sri Saraswati Shishu Mandir - Telugu Medium - LKG to 10th Standard
- St. Marks High School - English Medium - LKG to 10th Standard
- Vijaya Vidyalaya High School(VVHS) - Telugu Medium
- Gangotri Vidyalaya - English Medium - LKG to 10th Standary
[edit] Colleges
- Govt.Jr College -- Both Media
- Vignan Junior College - Both Media
- Sree Chaitanya Junior College - Both Media
- Shalivahana Degree College - Both Media
- People's Degree College - Both Media
- Sai Degree College - Both media
- Ambedkar Centinury Junior College - Both Media
- Siddhartha Jr College--Both Media
- Sindhu Girls jr College--Both Media
[edit] References
- ^ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Tandur
- ^ Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns. (Provisional). Census Commission of India. Retrieved on 2007-09-03.
