Bellampalle

Bellampalle బెల్లంపల్లి
Town
Bellampalle Location in Telangana
Coordinates:
Country	India
State	Telangana
District	Adilabad
Government
• Type	Gram Panchayat
Area
• Total	16.70 km2 (6.45 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	23,059
• Density	1,400/km2 (3,600/sq mi)
Time zone	IST (UTC+5.30)

Bellampalli is a town in Adilabad district of the Indian state of Telangana. It is the mandal headquarters of Bellampalle mandal of Mancherial revenue division.

History

Bellampalli is noted for its coal mines belonging to Singareni Collieries Company Limited.In entire Telangana Bellampalli has the maximum nuumber of coal mines and opencast mines.The first coal mine was established in 1936 by the British government. Later the town developed very rapidly with the discovery and excavation of many coal mines.The coal production from the SCCL is catering to the needs of the National Thermal Power Corporation, Ramagundam and many surrounding industrial buildings such as cement plants in Devapur,Steel factory in Visakhapatnam and power plants in Maharashtra

Demographics

As of 2011 India census, Bellampalli had a population of 55,745. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Bellampalli has an average literacy rate of 65.65%, higher than the national average of 59.5%, with 57% of the males and 43% of females literate. 11% of the population is under 6 years of age. Bellampalle is proposed as a new district and its centre of Adilabad if it splits into two districts . Komaram Bheem district HQ is Bellampalle .

Politics

See also: Bellampalli (Assembly constituency)

Bellampalli has been a traditional stronghold and birthplace of the CPI, also known as the Communist Party of India. CPI leader Gunda Mallesh won the MLA seat for Bellampally in 2009 elections.Gunda Mallesh is senior politician from Bellampally and CPI Party.He elected four times from this constituency. The ex MLA's of this of constituency are Amurajula Sreedevi and Pati Subadra.Bellampalli assembly constituency comes under Peddapalli Lok Sabha constituency.suman balka is present MP and he is a student of osmania university, Youth Wing President Is Sahith Sharma.

MLA's of Bellampalli

• Sridevi (TDP)-2004
• Gunda Mallesh (CPI) -2009
• Durgam Chinnaih (TRS) -2014

Economy

Coal production has been very important to the economic history of Bellampalli and it is thus known as an industrial town. A chemicals and fertilizer factory also lies in the town. However, the average income of Rs. 5000/- per capita according to 1989 figures mean that the average person is living in poverty.

Transport

Bellampalli is well connected by road and train.

Bellampally railway station

Bellampalli is one of the important railway stations in Telangana region and it lies in Nagpur–Hyderabad line.