Mothkur
Mothkur is a Town and also a mandal headquarter situated in Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district in the Indian state of Telangana.It is a municipality and also a taluk in olden times. Mothkur is located 100 kilometers away from the Telangana's capital city, Hyderabad.
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| Coordinates: 17.4500°N 79.2667°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Telangana |
| District | Yadadri Bhuvanagiri |
| Area | |
| • Total | 34.18 km2 (13.20 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 292 m (958 ft) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
| • Total | 12,616 |
| • Density | 370/km2 (960/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Telugu |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 508277 |
| Telephone code | 91 8694 |
| Vehicle registration | TS 05 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Bhuvanagiri |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Tungathurthy |
| Website | telangana |
For help and Emergency Contact : Mothkur police - Dial 100 or Twitter @MothkurPS
Geography
Mothkur is located at 17.4500°N 79.2667°E.[2] It has an average elevation of 292 metres (961 ft).
Etymology
The name Mothkur evolved from Modhuga-luru.the village was rich in modhuga plants at olden times.
Demographics
Mothkur town Total population is 12616 and number of houses are 3202. Female Population is 49.3%. town literacy rate is 64.2% and the Female Literacy rate is 27.5%.
The population of Mothkur Mandal as per 2001 census is 55638 and 2011 census is 55699 with a very less growth % of 0.11.the nearby mandals are Addagudur, which was exerpted from mothkur as a new mandal.
Politics
Mothkur is situated in the assembly constituency of Tungathurty, and a revenue division of Bhuvanagiri. It is a mandal headquarters and a former taluk. The present Thungathurty MLA Gadari Kishore Kumar TRS and this was under Ramannapet constituency earlier. The famous MLAs were Vuppunuthala Purushottam Reddy(1999-2009) he was telangana planning and development board chairman and ex minister. Gurram Yadagiri Reddy(1985-1999), freedom fightor and three times MLA from communist party of india.
The Prominent "Kalvala (Bobbili warrior class)" family members have been living in Mothkur and abroad for about 6 generations. Late Shri Kalvala Narahari Rao (1891–1942) was Vathandar (Mali Patel) in Nizam government, great Philanthropist, and a landed gentry. Developed community common water wells, community marriage system, temples, various charities. At times risked his personal welfare and went against Nizam Revenue officer and allowed to develop wet lands by conserving water bodies . Very instrumental in organizing and celebrating major festivals like Ugadhi, Dasara, Bonalu for the harmony of the village in all levels.Still people are fallowing tradition established by late Sri Kalvala Nrahari Rao.
Late Shri Kalvala Prabhakar Rao, Ex-Member of Parliament Rajya Sabha(1986–1992). in his tenure built a road bridge between Mothkur and Gundala mandal and Water resource to Agriculture. Late M.Ranga Reddy worked as Secretary Hyderabad Cricket Association and Vice President of BCCI and some other personalities serving in different fields.
About Town
Gundala, Mothkur and Atmakur were popularly known as TriSisters.(three sisters). It is a regional trade centre for the three mandals of Mothkur, Atmakur and Gundala. It is located on the banks of Bikkeru a tributary of Musi River which itself is a tributary of river Krishna. Roads are the only mode of transport to this town. There are many kinds of shops and grocery stores that cater the needs of the people who live in villages surrounding Mothkur.
The town consists of Old Busstand, New Busstand and Pothaigadda. Old Mothkur is also called as the Old bus stand area. New Mothkur is well planned and has many residential colonies like the Drivers Colony, Padmashaali Colony, Teachers Colony, Lourdu Nagar, Venkateswara Colony and Sundarayya Colony. New busstand consists of RTC Busstand, police station and Zilla Parishad High School. The town has a lake on which there is a road towards Tirumalagiri. which was called Cheruvu Katta. Mothkur Cheruvu was developed as Mini Tankbund by Govt. of telangana. Most of the government offices are situated after the crossing with the lake. That area was known as DaBunglow Area. Mothkur now became municipality under new municipal Act, added some more places in it which added great beauty to Mothkur. The new places were kondagadapa, Rajanna gudem, Dharmapuram, Bujilapuram, Jamachetlabavi, Kondapuram.
Though the majority of the people are Hindus, the town has substantial presence of Muslims, and a little Christian community. The town has the Ramalingeshwara temple belonging to medieval India (probably Kakatiyas) Every year at Ramalingeshwara swamy temple a local festival called "Agni Gundalu (అగ్ని గుండాలు )" is conducted after the famous Hindu festival Holi. Peddamma Temple at new busstand. Muthyalamma Gudi at Cheruvukatta, famous for Bonalu. SaiBaba temple at Pothaigadda, Sainagar and some mosques and some churches.
Education
Sacred Heart High School, a christian missionary school, reputed all over the state, for producing talented students every year who were at high positions in various sectors and there are many other schools in mothkur, including Zillaparishad High School , Govt.primary school.
Government junior college was present at aregudem road of mothkur.
there are some private junior and degree colleges in mothkur.
LifeStyle and Culture
The Every year at Ramalingeshwara swamy temple a local festival called "Agni Gundalu (అగ్ని గుండాలు )" is conducted after the famous Hindu festival Holi.
Bathukamma and Dussera were celebrated with atmost joy and pleasure and every family was filled with happiness at these times.
Ugadhi was most joyful and traditional festival celebrated in mothkur, famously known as Non veg Ugadhi. Many people attend for this local festival from nearby villages.
It is an agricultural town with a small sized food processing industry, mainly rice mills, and vegetable oil mills. Wet paddy is the major crop, other crops include red chili peppers, cotton, green gram, castor and other vegetables and pulses. It is a developing town. Marketing of natural goods is the major source. There are many Banks, petrol pumps, Function halls and schools.
Paddy and cotton marketing is the major resource.
Weekend Market (అంగడి ): Every Sunday there will be a local weekend Market (called "అంగడి" in Local Language Telugu) is conducted. This market is famous for sale of Animals used for agriculture, vegetables, clothes and common groceries. This is one of the biggest local market in the 3 mandals of Mothur, Gundala and Athmakur. This town has one cinema theatre – Venkateshwara Theatre.
Mandal Details
The Mothkur was divided into two mandals Mothkur and Addagudur. The present mothkur mandal consists of 18 villages. they were
- Anajipuram, Azimpet,
- Bujilapuram, Boddugudem
- Dacharam, Dattappagudem
- GattuSingaram, Govindapuram
- Kondagadapa, LaxmideviKalva
- Manyakunta, Musipatla, MOTHKUR
- Paladugu, Panakabanda, Podichedu, Patimatla
- Sadharshapur
References
- "District Census Handbook – Nalgonda" (PDF). Census of India. p. 13,218. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
- Motkur at Fallingrain.com
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