Achampet, Mahbubnagar district

Achampet is a census town in Nagarkurnool district of Telangana, India. The town is a revenue division headquarters. Achampet is a town which is located on foothills of Nallamala Forest, and has population of more than 20,721.HistoryThis area for many years was under the rule of Pokala's Puragiri Kshatriyas for so many years. They ruled near by villages like devadarikunta, lingotam,telkapalli, chepur, etc around achampet.Then Nizam and after independence the area remained undeveloped for few years...and developed since 2005.Encryption say that in past, once there lived a lady ruler Achammamba from Kollapur Village came to deep forest there she fought against Mailk kaffur, General of Aurangazeb in a Tribal war and on the village was named after her as AchammaGadda..then started saying Achammapeta and now present naming as Achampet..It is near to srisailam and 10 minutes journey from Uma maheshwaram a beautiful water fall hilly village tourism place. Recently Achampet has become the Revenue Division of Nagarkarnool Distric.