Adilabad Pincodes

In the Indian state of Telangana, the city of Adilabad acts as the administrative center of the Adilabad district. The languages that are most often spoken in Adilabad include Lambadi, Gondi, Urdu, Telugu, and Marathi. Adilabad is well-known for its abundant cotton farming. As a result, Adilabad is also called “White Gold City”. It is situated roughly 150 kilometers (93 mi) from Nizamabad, 196 kilometers (122 mi) from Nagpur, and 304 kilometers (189 mi) north of Hyderabad, the state capital.

History

During Qutub Shahis’ reign, Adilabad was known by the former name Edlabad. Muhammad Yusuf Adil Shah, the former monarch of Bijapur, is the source of Adilabad’s name. For a long time, the unit wasn’t homogeneous. Numerous dynasties, including the Kakatiya, Maurya, Satavahana, Chalukya, Qutub Shahi, Asaf Jahis, and Gond Rajas of the former sub-districts of Sirpur and Chanda, controlled Adilabad. The king established it in 1872, and it was proclaimed an independent district with a notable headquarters in 1905. Subsequently, numerous areas were divided and merged. It was split up into the districts of Adilabad, Nirmal, Asifabad, and Mancherial in 2016.

Languages

In Adilabad, Telugu is the most widely spoken language (65% of the native tongue). Owing to its close closeness to Maharashtra, 10.5% of people speak and understand Marathi as their first language. Adilabad is also home to speakers of Hindi, Urdu, and Lambadi, Gondi.

Geography

The average elevation in Adilabad is 264 meters. The district is bordered to the south by the Nirmal districts of Telangana, to the east by Komaram Bheem district, to the west by Nanded, and to the north by the districts of Yavatmal and Chandrapur in Maharashtra. The district is traversed by rivers like as the Godavari, Painganga, and Kuntala Waterfall. The Nizam era saw the construction of Mavala Lake, which is located 6 km south of Adilabad. Adjacent to the lake is a park. Other Adilabad waterfalls are the Pochara waterfalls and the Gayatri waterfall, where year-round rope games are held.

Demography

Adilabad’s population was 117,167 in 2011. Of the total population, 59,448 are men and 57,719 are women. 12,993 people in the population are between the ages of 0 and 6. The average literacy rate in the city is 43.45%. There are 139,383 people living in the city’s urban agglomeration. It contains the 22,216 people of Dasnapur, the census town that makes up the entity.