Metpally

Metpally
Metpally
	Town
	Metpally Location in Telangana, India Metpally Metpally (India)
	Coordinates: 18.8492°N 78.6261°E
Country	India
State	Telangana
District	Jagtial
Region	Deccan
Area [1]
• Total	48.05 km2 (18.55 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]	50,902
• Rank	2nd
• Density	1,100/km2 (2,700/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Telugu, Urdu
Time zone	UTC+5:30
PIN	505325
Vehicle registration	TS–21
Website	telangana.gov.in

Metpally is a town and Revenue Division in Jagtial district of the Indian state of Telangana. It is a part of the Koratla constituency.[2] It is located 222 km away from state capital Hyderabad, 67km from Nizamabad, 80km from Karimnagar and 33km far away from District Headquarter Jagtial.

Government and politics

Metpally is in the Jagtial district. Metpally Municipality was constituted in 2005 and is classified as a third grade municipality with 24 election wards.Metpally was once a thaluk and constituency for several years.

Economy

The main occupation of the people surrounding this town is agriculture. A variety of crops are grown, including corn, turmeric, cotton, sunflower, gingelly, castor, moong dal and groundnuts.[3]

Metpally's khadi gramodyog prathistan was established in the year 1967. This society is famous for producing khadi shirtings, suitings, lungies, towels, handkerchiefs, sarees, dhotis, carpets etc products. It used to employ several hundred people in 1970s and 1980s.

Gold work is more in this city.you can observe that by roaming on the roads of the city.

Temples

There are several historictemples in Metpally.

Kashibag Temple complex including the Hanuman, Shiva and Dattatreya Swamy temples.
Chenna Keshavaswamy temple dating back to the 13th century.
Omkareshwara temple
Narasimha Swami temple
Ramalayam in SRSP camp
Vasavi kanyaka parameshwari temple
Abhayahastham temple-Vellulla road
Ayyappa swamy temple
Markandeya Temple
Krishna Mandiram
Sai Baba Temple-Near Railway Station
Venkateshwara Temple-near Old Bustand
Veera bhramhamgari temple Dubbawada
Gol Hanuman temple, Dubbawada

Entertainment

Movie theaters are there

Asian Sai krishna
Laxmi Theater

References

"District Census Handbook – Karimnagar" (PDF). Census of India. pp. 12, 50. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
"District Administration – Formation/Reorganization of District, Revenue Divisions and Mandals in Jagitial District – Final Notification - Orders – Issued" (PDF). Jagtial District. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
T.JESHURAN VENKATESH, JOY SAMEUL. "A report of "Madipally village Knowledge" Thorrur Mandal, Warangal District, Andhra Pradesh". Palle Srujana. Missing or empty |url= (help)

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[census-1] "District Census Handbook – Karimnagar" (PDF). Census of India. pp. 12, 50. Retrieved 9 June 2016.

[2] "District Administration – Formation/Reorganization of District, Revenue Divisions and Mandals in Jagitial District – Final Notification - Orders – Issued" (PDF). Jagtial District. Retrieved 25 July 2017.

[report-3] T.JESHURAN VENKATESH, JOY SAMEUL. "A report of "Madipally village Knowledge" Thorrur Mandal, Warangal District, Andhra Pradesh". Palle Srujana. Missing or empty |url= (help)