Mancherial City

Mancherial (Telugu: మంచిర్యాల్, Hindi: मंचेरियल) is located on the banks of Godavari River, is a major Municipality in Adilabad district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located 253 kilometres (157 mi) north east of state capital, Hyderabad, India. There is a popular demand to form separate Mancherial district, as it is far away from the district headquarter Adilabad which is 160 km and has all the necessary features that a district headquarter should have. It has a population of nearly 2,87,853 including Naspur and Srirampur (2011), neighboring localities.
District(s) Adilabad
As of 2011 census of India, Mancherial has a population of 1,63,875. Males constitute 51% of the total population and females 49%. Mancherial has an average literacy rate of 75.71%, higher than the national average : male literacy is 83.16%, and female literacy is 67.92%. In Mancherial, 8% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Mancherial was previously called Garmilla.
Mancherial is the major town in Adilabad district
Mancherial is also regarded as the East-District of Adilabad.
Mancherial is a commercial hub of the coal belt area of Singareni Collieries.
A Cement company earlier called ACC Ltd., now changed to MCC (Mancherial Cement Company) is located here.
It is located on the north bank of the Godavari river.
Hospitals and Nursing homes in the town, in both the private and Government sector serve a wide area and range of population, including miners, tribals and farmers from the surrounding areas. Visiting specialists from Hyderabad and Warangal serve the area as well.
It has a thriving market for agricultural produce.
It is on the main north-south railway route from Delhi to Chennai. The major junctions up north are Ballarshah in Maharashtra and Kazipet in Warangal District to the south.
Its proximity to the rich cement minerals and the coal mines fuels the economy.
It has a Government run high school and a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh-run Saraswathi Shishu Mandir, Mancherial public School which was established in 1982.

Singareni Collieries are the largest employers in town, followed by MCC cement factory, Orient Cement(devapur)factory and Sirpur Paper Mills. It has branches of all the major banks like, State Bank of India, State Bank of Hyderabad, Andhra Bank, Union Bank of India, Oriental Bank of Commerce, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, ING Vysya Bank, Axis Bank and Indian Bank. Colonies in and around 5 kilometer radius of Mancherial include CCC Quarters(A,B,C and D Types), Krishna colony, Naspur colony, Shirkey Colony, Nagarjuna, New Nagarjuna, srirampur colony, RK-8 colony, old srirampur. Srirampur colony located at a distance of 6 km from Mancherial where General Manager office of the coal mines is located. Quarters at Srirampur are provided by the government to accommodate Singareni employees. Two good and neatly maintained parks are surrounded by these colonies. A swimming pool, Church and Geeta Dhyana Mandiram are located in C.C.C area. There has been a demand to make Mancherial as a separate district from the political leaders as Mancherial had all the features that a district might have.

Languages
Majority people speaks Telugu, followed by Hindi and English.

Religions
Majority people practice Hinduism, followed by Islam and Christianity.

Education

Bhashyam Global High School
Krishi(Chaitanya) Junior College
Krishi(Chaitanya) Degree College
Aurbindo Techno School (School Management - Director of Group of Chaitanya Colleges)
Aizza College of Engineering & Technology
Alphores junior College
Carmel Convent High School
Trinity High School
Martin's Grammar High School
MIMS Degree & PG College
Zill Parishad Secondary School
Sri Saraswathi Shishu Mandir
MVN School, Junior,Degree & P.G College
Prerana Junior & Degree College
Oxford Creativity School
Gouthama Buddha Vidyanikethan
DR.S.Radhakrishna High School
Sri Krishnaveni Talent School
Radiant High School, CCC Naspur
Chanakya Degree & P.G College
Seven Hills High School
Sai Krishnaveni Talent School
IIT Chukka Ramaiah Concept School
Shantinikethan Degree College
Gauthami Junior College
Viswashanti high school, srirampur
Chaitanya Junior College of Science
C.V.Raman Degree & P.G College
Vidyanikethan Degree College
Government Junior, Degree & P.G College
Gautham Model School
Hyderabad krishnaveni Talent School


Transport
Road transport

Mancherial is well connected by road from major parts of India. State run APSRTC buses runs to various towns/cities like, Adilabad, Karimnagar, Jagtial, Warangal, Nizamabad, Hyderabad, Guntur, Vijayawada, Nagpur, Shirdi, Mumbai, Nanded, Aurangabad[disambiguation needed] and Chandrapur. NH 16 (Nizamabad to Jagdalpur) passes through Mancherial. Rajeev Rahadari Hyderabad-Karimnagar-Asifabad road passes through Mancherial, which is the shortest route to reach Hyderabad via Godavarikhani, Karimnagar, Siddipet.
Rail transport

Mancherial is located on the longest railway line, which is called the Grand Trunk line (New Delhi-Chennai). It is well connected by rail from various towns/cities in India. It comes under South Central Railways. It is a good potential station to have stoppage due it's urban population as well as proximity to other major towns like Mandamarri(14km), Bellampally(21km), Ramagundam(Godavarikhani)(20km), Luxettipet(26km), Ramkrishnapur(8km), Chennur(40km). The following trains have stoppages in Mancherial:

Andhra Pradesh Express
Grand Trunk Express
Andhra Pradesh Sampark Kranti Express
Navjivan Express
Patna-Secunderabad Express (Manikarnika Express)
Raptisagar Express
Telangana Express, Train No.17035/17036
Bhagyanagar Express, Train No.17233/17234
Bellampalli-Hyderabad Intercity Express, Train No.17011/17012
Dakshin Express
Jaipur-Chennai Express
Chennai-Lucknow Express
Andaman Express
Korba-Trivandrum Express
Gorakhpur-Secunderabad/Bangalore Express
Darbhanga-Hyderabad Express
Ahilyanagari Express
Jaipur-Mysore Express
Jaipur-Coimbatore Express
Patna-Ernakulam Express
Okha-Puri Express

Air transport

Nearest Airport to the Mancherial is Hyderabad Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (260 km by road/rail).
Attractions

Visiting places in and around Mancherial:

Sai Baba temple
Govinda kshetram(Sri Venkateswara Swamy Temple) at Gudipet
Yellampalli Reservoir constructed on river Godavari (6 KM from Mancherial)
Godavari River
Kuntala Waterfall
ACC Mahankaali Jathara
Gudem (Satyanarayana Swamy, Ayyappa temples)
Kadem Project
Swarna Project, Nirmal
Gaandhari Khilla, ACC
Pranahita Wild Life Sanctuary
Singareni Collieries Company
Dharmapuri
Velala Shiva Ratri Jatara
Ramagiri Khilla
Kavval wild life Sanctuary
ACC Quarry

Politics

Aravind Reddy - MLA, Telangana Rashtra Samithi
G. Vivek - MP, Indian National Congress
M. Kodandaram - Educationist and Chairman of All-Party Telangana Political Joint Action Committee (JAC).