Banswada

Infobox Indian Jurisdiction
native_name = Banswada
also_called = "MAHISAPURAM"
type = Town| latd = 18.3833| longd = 77.8833
state_name = Andhra Pradesh
subdivision=Banswad
division= Bodhan
subdistrict=Bodhan
district = Nizamabad
leader_title =MLA
leader_name = Bajireddy govardhan
altitude = 371
population_as_of =
population_total = 28,932| asembly_const = Banswada
parliament_const = Nizamabad
population_density =
area_magnitude=
area_total =
area_telephone = 08466
postal_code = 503187
vehicle_code_range =AP 25 | sex_ratio =
unlocode =
website =
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Banswada is a village and a Mandal in Nizamabad district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India. [cite web
url=http://www.nizamabad.nic.in/code/distmap.htm
title=Mandals in Nizamabad district
publisher=
accessdate=2007-02-23 ] The name has been derived from its ancient age name is Mahisawada("the ancient Indian epic, The Mahabarata. Part of the story takes place in Mahishapuram"). This town is the 5th big town in the district of Nizamabad. The Manjeera River flows in 3km west form Banswada.

Geography

Banswada is located at coord|18.3833|N|77.8833|E|. [ [http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/2/Banswada.html Falling Rain Genomics.Banswada] ] It has an average elevation of 371 meters (1220 feet). Banswada's population is 28,932 in 2001.

Transportation

The Banswada town is started in Hyderabad-Bodhan State Highway No. 6. The town is situated at a distance of 168 km east of Karimnagar, 50 km west of Degloor (Maharastra), 68 km north of Basara (The Famous Saraswathi Devi Temple in South India), 50 km north of Nizamabad, 150 km south of Hyderabad, state capital of Andhra Pradesh.

Bus Services:

Direct bus services of APSRTC are available from Hyderabad, Secunderabad,Karimnagar, Warangal, Hanumakonda, Adilabad, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birkur Birkur] , Nizamabad, Bodhan, Degloor (Maharastra), Aurad, and Hanegon (Karnataka). Banswada has APSRTC depot also; it started on March 6, 1993. Bus services to Kakinada, Sangareddy, Zehirabad, Narayanakhed, Udgir (Maharastra), Bidhar (Karnataka) runs via Banswada which are organized by Bodhan, Nizamabad,Sangareddy, Zehirabad, Udgir (Maharastra), Bidar (Karnataka) depots. APSRTC. Banswada depot is making profits in the district.

Air Services

The nearest airport is Hyderabad which is about 150 km.

Neary Mandals

Banswada, Birkur, Nizam Sagar, Bichkunda, Jukkal and Varni.

Colleges

* Sri Ram Narayan Kedia Govt Degree College
* Govt junior college
* Govt Womens Juniour College(New)
* Telugu pandit training college
* Hindi pandit training college
* Srinivas Reddy Engineering college
* Sri somalingeshwara degree college
* Shashank degree college
* Bharatha ratna junior college
* Sai kirthi junior college
* Shashank junior college
* Seeds polytechnice college(Rudrur)
* Govt polytechnice college(Kotagiri)

Assembly Constituency

Banswad is an assembly constituency in Andhra Pradesh.

Temples

* Sri Somalingeshwara swami temple Someshwar (The famous shiva's temple) 3 km from Banswada.
* Sri Adi Basaweshwara temple Borlam (nandishwara temple) 3 km from Banswada.
* Baba Shadulla's temple Badapahad. Varni mandal (famous Hindus and Muslims Holistice place) 27 km from Banswada.
* Sri Vishweshwara swami temple (Bichkunda) 25 km from Banswada.
* Sri Rama Lingeshwara temple (Siddapur) 12 km from Banswada.
*Sri Saraswathi devi temple.
*Sri Rama temple.
*Sri Sangameshwara temple.
*Sri Ayyappa temple.
*Sri SaiBaba tample.
*Sri VenkateshWara swami temple -Kotagally
*Sri Hanuman Temple
*Sri Markandeya Temple
*Sri Gangadevi Temple

Dams

*Nizamsagar Project is built in Manjeera river, located 25 km. from Banswada.
*koulasanala project is 40 km from Banswada.
*Pocharam project is 45 km from Banswada.
*Kalyani project is 36 km from Banswada.
*singitham project is 13 km from Banswada.

Communication Network

*It has Airtel, Idea, Reliance, Vodafone, Tata Indicom and BSNL networks even though it is a small town.

Health Services

There are one area hospital under Andhra Pradesh Vaidya Vidhana Parishad in Nizamabad district. [ [http://health.ap.nic.in/apvvp/apvvp_hospitals.html APVVP.Hospitals] ] The area hospital around the Banswada, Varni, Bichkunda, Madnoor, Birkoor, Gandhari, Pitlam, Nizamsagar mandals in Nizamabad district.

Fire Services, Emergency and Police

There is one fire station in Banswada town. The emergency 108 service (Rajiv arogya sri) is around in Banswada. The police service is very good in Banswada police station.

Media

The main Telugu newspapers like the Eenadu, Vaartha, Andhra Prabha, Sakshi,Poddu, Surya and Andhra Jyothi are zone center of daily news. Telugu cable TV channels include ETV, Maa TV, Gemini TV, Teja TVetc. and the local city cable.

The local city cable like "Kranthi" Cable Channel in Banswada. Recently with the effect of DTH,Tata Sky, DishTV,Sun DTH are also available in the town.

Business

City is Main Business Hub for surrounding villages. Fertilizers/Pesticides : Around (7) Kirana Stores : Around (30) Books &General Stores : Around (28) Medicals : Around (15) Movie Theaters : Around (4) Rice Mills : Around (4)

Banks

State Bank of Hyderabad –With ATM Facility Syndicate Bank Andhra Bank

Celebrated Festivals

Ganesh Navaratri Durga Navaratri (Dasara) Diwali Holi (A color Festival) Ramzan Christmas

Lakes

Saibaba Lake Yellaiah Lake

References

బాన్సువాడ-बासंवाडा-ಬಾನ್ಸುವಾಡ-BANSWADA.

.//*RAJADHANI*//