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Khammam
Coordinates: 17°15′N 80°09′E / 17.25, 80.15
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Area • Elevation	• 107 m (351 ft)
District(s)	Khammam
Population	318,022 (2006)

Coordinates: 17°15′N 80°09′E / 17.25, 80.15 Khammam is a town in the Khammam District of India's Andhra Pradesh state. , Andhra Pradesh (Telugu: , Urdu: ; pronunciation: ), the Rice Bowl of India, is a state in southern India. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Image File history File links India_Andhra_Pradesh_locator_map. ... Image File history File links Locator_Dot. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ... A time zone is a region of the Earth that has adopted the same standard time, usually referred to as the local time. ... Location of Mirzapur and the 82. ... The geography of India is extremely diverse, with landscape ranging from snow-capped mountain ranges to deserts, plains, rainforests, hills and plateaus. ... Basic Definition In geography, the elevation of a geographic location is its height above mean sea level (or some other fixed point). ... The divisions of a district. ... Khammanm is a district in Andhra Pradesh, India. ... 2006 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ... Khammanm is a district in Andhra Pradesh, India. ... , Andhra Pradesh (Telugu: , Urdu: ; pronunciation: ), the Rice Bowl of India, is a state in southern India. ...

History

The name of the town Khammam derives from the name of the hill of stambhadri(name of an old temple called Narasimha Swamy Temple on a small hill top in Khammam town believed to have existed since Treta Yuga)later it became stambadri,kambadri,kamba,khammam mettu,at last when it became the district headquarters,it is known to be khammam.Khammam district has a lot of historical importance in Andhra Pradesh. The Treta Yuga is the second out of four yugas, or ages of man, in the religion of Hinduism, following the Satya Yuga of perfect morality and preceding the Dvapara Yuga. ...

Khammam town which was the seat of Taluk Administration was part of the larger Warangal District, till 1 October, 1953. Five taluks of the Warangal district viz., Khammam, Madhira, Yellandu, Burgampadu and Paloncha (Now Kothagudem) were carved out and a new district Khammam with Khammam as District Headquarters. In 1959 Bhadrachalam Revenue Division consisting Bhadrachalam and Nuguru Venkatapuram Taluks of East Godavari district, which were on the other side of the river Godavari were merged into Khammam on grounds of geographical contiguity and administrative viability. For the district of the same name, see Warangal district. ... For the district of the same name, see Warangal district. ... Madhira is a town in Khammam district of Andhra Pradesh, India, formerly part of the Kakatiya dynasty. ... Yellandu is a town and a nagar panchayat in Khammam district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. ... Kothagudem is a small cosmopolitan town in the Khammam district of Andhra Pradesh, about 280 km from Hyderabad. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... The Godavari River, adjacent to the town of Kovvur This article is about Godavari River in India. ...

There is a festival held in khammam remembering the old name "Stambhadri".

Electoral representation

The Khammam is the 40th Loksabha constituency in Andhra Pradesh. It contitutes the following assembly constituencies:

• Khammam - Tamminani Veerabhadram
• Kothagudem - vanama venkateswar rao* Badrachalam -
• Madhira - Katta Narasaya
• Palair - Sambhani chandrasekhar
• Sathupalli - jalagam venkatrao
• Sujatha Nagar - Rami Reddy Venkata Reddy
• Yellandu - gummadi Narasaiah

The current MP is Smt. Renuka Choudary (Congress-(I). Sathupalli is a assembly constituency in Khammam, India. ...

Sri. Tammineni Veerabadram (CPM) is the MLA of Khammam.

Getting There

RAIL:It is well connected by rail, nearest rail junction is Kazipet and Vijayawada.

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ROAD:It is well connected by road ways.

Geography

Khammam is located at 17.25° N 80.15° E.^[1] It has an average elevation of 107 metres (351 feet). It is bounded by Chhattisgarh state to the north, Orissa state to the northeast, East and West Godavari districts to the east, Krishna District to the south, Nalgonda District to the southwest, and Warangal District to the west. It has an area of 16,029 km². The metre or meter is a measure of length. ... A foot (plural: feet or foot;[1] symbol or abbreviation: ft or, sometimes, ′ – a prime) is a unit of length, in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... Chhattisgarh (Chhattisgarhi/Hindi: छत्तीसगढ़, IPA: )  , a state in central India, formed when the sixteen Chhattisgarhi-speaking southeastern districts of Madhya Pradesh gained statehood on November 1, 2000. ... , Orissa   (Oriya: ଓଡ଼ିଶା), is a state situated on the east coast of India. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Map showing West Godavari district West Godavari (పశ్చిమ గోదావరి) is a district in Andhra Pradesh in India. ... , Krishna District is a district of Indias Andhra Pradesh state. ... , Nalgonda   is a town and a municipality in Nalgonda district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. ... For the district of the same name, see Warangal district. ...

Demographics

As of 2001 India census,^GRIndia Khammam had a population of 158,022. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Khammam has an average literacy rate of 72%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 78%, and female literacy is 66%. In Khammam, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age. 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and also: The International Year of the Volunteer The United Nations Year of Dialogue Among Civilizations Events January January 1 - A black monolith measuring approximately nine feet tall appears in Seattles Magnuson Park, placed by an anonymous... 1870 US Census for New York City A census is the process of obtaining information about every member of a population (not necessarily a human population). ...

Tourist Destinations

• Bhadrachalam
• Khammam Fort
• Parnasala
• Nelakondapalli
• Kinnerasani
• Papi Hills
• Neeladri

This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Construction of the Khammam Fort (India) was initiated around 950 when the Telugu area (now Andhra Pradesh) was ruled by the Kakatiya dynasty (10th - 13th century). ... Is situated in India. ... Papi Hills (in Andhra Pradesh, India) is a lovely place whose scenery resembles the scenery of Kashmir (North India). ...

External links

• Official website of Khammam District.
• Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Khammam

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