- Chegunta
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Chegunta — hq — Coordinates 17°58′17″N 78°27′42″E / 17.971337°N 78.4618°ECoordinates: 17°58′17″N 78°27′42″E / 17.971337°N 78.4618°E Country India State Andhra Pradesh District(s) Medak Parliamentary constituency Medak Assembly constituency Dubbaka Population 12,000 Literacy 76.5% Time zone IST (UTC+05:30) Chegunta (Telugu: చేగుంట) is the Mandal Headquarters by its own in name in Medak district of Andhra Pradesh. It is located on the NH7 about 62km from state capital Hyderabad. Its also the train line between Secunderabad-Nizamabad-Mumbai with Famous station named "Wadiaram".
It is famous for Sri Venkateshwara Temple, Sri kanyaka Parmeshwari Temple. It is also near to the famous Chandampet village known for pearl works in Andhra Pradesh.Here many industrial companies are established at Wadiaram and Reddypally.Chegunta means six ponds in its local language, Telugu. However, we can not see those ponds today. A famous shopping complex - "Narasimha Complex" is located in the heart of the town, Gandhi Statue Chowrasta. "Theegala" family (Famous among goud community)belong to this village, they have been heads of this village for the past 80 years. They have donated many properties to the needed poor people in chegunta. The backward classes were given large area of property as donation by Theegala Yella Goud (unanimous sarpanch for 25 years). The famous temple of "Hanuman" was re-constructed by the theegala family (Theegala Bhoomalingam Goud (Asst. Commissioner, Sugarcane industries, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh) & Theegala Raghupathy Goud (D.S.P. Anti Corruption Bureau, Andhra Pradesh.). Theegala Ramulu Goud heads the family of the present generation. Theegala Venkat goud Ex. MPTC, Chegunta, is famous for his political approach and dynamic personality among the poor to the rich. It is near district headquarters, 24km from Medak.
Deepthi Vidaylayam used to be famous in half of medak dist. Previous students from this school started an NGO called Sankalp( TOGETHER WE CAN - for better society) FaceBook Community .
It is famous for sports (Yoga, Fencing, Volleyball, beltwresling, karate).
Chegunta has two transport modes, road and rail.
Village Panchayats of CHEGUNTA Mandal
Ananthasagar, Bonala, Bonala Kondapur, Chandaipet, Chegunta, Chetla Thimmaipalli, Chinna Shivnoor, Chittojipalle, Gollapalle, Govindapur, Ibrahimpur, Karnalpally, Kasanpalle, Kondapur[Bonal], Makkarajpet, Maldarajpally, Narsampalle, Narsingi, Peddashivnoor, Polampalle, Pothanpalle, Pulamamidi, Rampur, Reddipalle, Rukmapur, Ulli Thimmaipalle, Upperpalle, Valloor, Wadiaram
Education Institutes
- ZPHS - Makkaraj Pet
- ZPHS - Orkut Community
- Deepthi Vidyalayam - Orkut Community FaceBook
- Gouthami Vidyalayam
- Prathibha Vidyalayam
- ZPHS wadiaram
- Cw posnett school & Jr college Wadiaram
- Govt Jr college Wadiaram
- Govt Hostel for girls Wadiaram
- sri krishnaveni talent school
Temples
- yellamma temple Karnal pally
- sai baba temple Karnal pally
- Venkateshwara Temple
- Hanuman Temple in Chegunta
- Hanuman Temple in wadiaram
- Shivalayam
- Kanyaka Parameshwari Temple
- Mahankali Temple
- Pochamma Temple
Categories:- Cities and towns in Medak district
- Mandals in Medak district
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