Medchal

Medchal
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Medchal Location of Medchal in Andhra Pradesh and India
Coordinates	17°37′47″N 78°28′53″E / 17.6297°N 78.4814°E / 17.6297; 78.4814Coordinates: 17°37′47″N 78°28′53″E / 17.6297°N 78.4814°E / 17.6297; 78.4814
Country	India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District(s)	Rangareddy
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)
Area • Elevation	• 577 metres (1,893 ft)

Medchal is part of GHMC( Greater Hyderabad Municipal Community ), Andhra Pradesh, India.^[1] It used be a suburban village and one of the largest mandals in Rangareddy district of Andhra Pradesh, India.

Geography

Medchal is located at 17°37′47″N 78°28′53″E / 17.6297°N 78.4814°E / 17.6297; 78.4814. It has an average elevation of 577 meters (1896 feet). Medchal (Town of Glory), formerly called as Medi(Fig) Chelama (spring), but later came to known as Medchal, This place once resort for Nizams who constructed beautiful mansion here, there is famous Ramalingeshwara temple at height of 61 metres on hillock, this temple believed to be constructed by Kakatiyas, and mosque built in the village during Aurangajeeb time. Medchal is on National Highway 7 (India), 30 km from Hyderabad.

Recently govt of ap is planning to make the medchal as municipality

Commercial area

MediCiti Institute of Medical Sciences is located at Ghanpur village in Medchal mandal. Mediciti Hospital is attached to this institution.^[2] Shantha Biotechnics (P) Ltd., is located at Atevelle village in Medchal mandal.^[3] Ultra Tile (P) Limited., is located in Kistapur, Medchal mandal.^[4]

Public transport

There is a railway station in Medchal under South Central Railway, Indian Railways.

Until 1990s, Medchal was a small village, people use to go Dasara March towards Bus station. There were 2 lakes, peddacheruv near chekpost, chinnacheruvu on the way to Railwaystation, now chinna cheruvu has been converted to colony. Modern medchal is developed from Bus stand side, old medchal you can see near to panchayat office and railway station road, in 1980s Medchal was a cool village famous for Grapes gardens, every year in February month Pallaki sevas of adobe Sri Ramalingeswara Temple come to the village, Medchal now has country club branch, residential schools, hostels, industries, farms.

Panchayats

There are 18 village panchayats in Medchal mandal.^[5]

• Atevelle (village and panchayat)
• Bandamadharam (village and panchayat)
• Dabilpur (village and panchayat)
• Girmapur (village and panchayat)
• Goudavelly (village and panchayat)
• Gundlapochampalle (village and panchayat)
• Kandlakoya (village and panchayat)
• Medchal (village, panchayat and mandal headquarters)
• Muneerabad (village and panchayat)
• Nuthankal (village and panchayat)
• Pudoor (village and panchayat)
• Raja Bollaram (village and panchayat)
• Ravalkole (village and panchayat)
• Rayalapur (village and panchayat)
• Somaram (village and panchayat)
• Sreerangavaram (village and panchayat)
• Yadaram (village and panchayat)
• Yellampet (village and panchayat)

References

1. ^ http://www.exclventures.com/HMDA-Areas.asp
2. ^ Share.MIMS
3. ^ Shantha Biotech
4. ^ ultra tile
5. ^ Details of Andhra Pradesh till Village Panchayat Tier