Tandur

Tandur is a town in Vikarabad District in the Indian State of Telangana. It is a Municipality as well as Headquarters of Tandur Mandal in Tandur Revenue Division. It is known for Stone Industries, Cement Industries and Redgram (Pigeon pea) production. Drinking water is sourced from the River Kagna, tributary to Bhima River, which is 4 km from the town.GeographyTandur is located at. It has an average elevation of 450 m. The municipal town is spread over an area of 6 sq. km. There is a proposal of extending the municipal limits of tandur from 6sq.kms to 29sq.kms. The major railway station is located on Secunderabad-Wadi section of Mumbai route. It is well connected with other neighboring towns like Zaheerabad (60 km), Sangareddy (95 km), Mahabubnagar (80 km) and Vikarabad (40 km). through Roads And Railways.HistoryTandur had great history during Pre-Nizams. It has been said that the Nizams of Hyderabad used to visit Tandur for Hunting. There was a Business giant Yusuf Seth who used to arrange the grand welcome to the Nizam of Hyderabad.The rich vegetation and varied wildlife of those days was the prime reason. But now deforestation on high scale has denuded the area of wildlife. They used to travel from Golconda to Tandur via Vikarabad which tooks 15 days of Journey. Stone slabs were produced in those days even & majority of the stones slabs were exported to other parts of India.The Unique old houses are the living proof of peoples creativity.The old houses of Tandur city were built of Mud walls and Stones slabs on wooden supports.The history of the Tandur town was flourishing & prospering. Like in any developing town, the old and new areas are clearly discernible. The old houses area is called old Tandur and new localities form part of new Tandur. The railway track divides old and new Tandur. There are still some remnants of the fortification of Tandur during the Period of Nizam of Hyderabad known as GADI situated in the Old Tandur.