Siddipet

Siddipet
City
Municipal corporation of Siddipet
Municipal corporation of Siddipet
Siddipet is located in Telangana
Siddipet
Siddipet
Siddipet is located in India
Siddipet
Siddipet
Coordinates: 18°06′07″N 78°51′07″E / 18.10194°N 78.85194°E / 18.10194; 78.85194
Country India
StateTelangana
DistrictSiddipet
Named forSiddis
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • BodySiddipet Municipality
 • Member of Legislative AssemblyT. Harish Rao, BRS
 • Municipal ChairmanManjula Rajnarsu
 • Commissioner of PoliceDr. B. Anuradha, IPS [1]
Area
[2]
 • Total
42.72 km2 (16.49 sq mi)
Elevation
506 m (1,660 ft)
Population
 (2018)[2]
 • Total
172,878
 • Rank12th in Telangana
 • Density4,000/km2 (10,000/sq mi)
Languages Telugu and Urdu
 • Official
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
502103
Telephone code08457
Vehicle registrationTG-36
Literacy90.73%
Websitesiddipet.telangana.gov.in

Siddipet is a city in the Indian state of Telangana. It is a municipality and serves as the headquarters of the Siddipet district.[3][4] It is located about 100 kilometres (62 mi) north of the state capital, Hyderabad, and 92 kilometres (57 mi) from Warangal. The District Headquarters and Police Commissionerate is located at the Siddipet city.

Siddipet is a regional urban hub and educational centre. The city is named after the African Siddi people of India; Siddi + pet (market), who had a historical presence in the Hyderabad state.[5]

Demographics

Historical population
YearPop.±%
193111,260—    
1941 12,865+14.3%
195118,109+40.8%
196118,719+3.4%
197126,296+40.5%
1981 42,755+62.6%
199154,091+26.5%
200161,809+14.3%
2011111,358+80.2%
Source: [6]

As of the 2011 Census of India, Siddipet had a population of 111,358.[2][a]

Governance

Siddipet municipality was formed in the year 1952. It is spread over an area of 36.03 km2 (13.91 sq mi) with 34 municipal wards.[2][3]

Politics

Members of Parliament

  • 1952–1966: Constituency does not exist
Lok Sabha Duration Name of M.P. Party Affiliation
Fourth 1967–71 Gaddam Venkatswamy Indian National Congress
Fifth 1971–77 Gaddam Venkatswamy Telangana Praja Samithi
Sixth 1977–80 Nandi Yellaiah Indian National Congress
Seventh 1980–84 Nandi Yellaiah Indian National Congress
Eighth 1984–89 G. Vijaya Rama Rao Telugu Desam Party
Ninth 1989–91 Nandi Yellaiah Indian National Congress
Tenth 1991–96 Nandi Yellaiah Indian National Congress
Eleventh 1996–98 Nandi Yellaiah Indian National Congress
Twelfth 1998–99 Malyala Rajaiah Telugu Desam Party
Thirteenth 1999-04 Malyala Rajaiah Telugu Desam Party
Fourteenth 2004-09 Sarvey Sathyanarayana Indian National Congress
  • 2008 onwards: Constituency does not exist

Election results

General Election, 2004: Siddipet[7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Sarvey Sathyanarayana 593,879 53.03 +11.82
TDP Dr K Lingaiah 454,907 40.62 −15.33
BSP Paladugu Gouramma 31,949 2.85
Independent B O V Rao 25,069 2.24
Independent Y Samaiah 14,010 1.25 +1.08
Majority 138,978 12.41 +27.15
Turnout 1,119,814 64.84 −1.46
INC hold Swing +11.82
Main article: Siddipet (Assembly constituency)

Siddipet falls under the Siddipet Assembly constituency and is, in turn, part of Medak (Lok Sabha constituency) of the Telangana Legislative Assembly. Harish Rao is the current Cabinet Minister for Finance, Medical and Health representing the Siddipet Assembly constituency.

Economy

Siddipet has an active economy in many industries.

Tourism

Siddipet is being developed with tourism in mind. On December 1, 2019, the suspension bridge on the Komati Cheruvu was inaugurated.[9]

Information Technology Sector

Spread over 3 acres of land, a 4-story IT tower was inaugurated by Telangana IT Minister KT Rama Rao and finance minister T Harish Rao on June 15, 2023. The IT Tower has four floors and have been allocated to 17 companies.[10]

As per IT Ministry the IT tower in siddipet will be expanded and a T-Hub centre will be established soon.

Education

Siddipet has a variety of higher education institutes. Since 2018, it has its own Government Medical College. In 2023, a 1,000 bed government hospital was inaugurated by the medical college.[11]

Transport

Siddipet railway station

Road

Siddipet is well connected to nearby villages with State Highway 1. The Telangana State Road Transport Corporation public transport buses to major destinations from Siddipet. A new national highway numbered NH 365B connects Siddipet with different district headquarters of the state Suryapet-Jangaon-Siddipet-Siricilla.

TSRTC operates buses from Siddipet to Karimnagar, Hyderabad, Vemulawada, Tirupati, Mumbai, Shirdi, Godavarikhani, Kaleswaram, Ananthapur, Bangalore, Srisailam etc.,

Airports

Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad is the nearest airport at a distance of 147 km by road. The other two nearest airports to Siddipet are Ramagundam Airport and Warangal Airport. Central government has plans to develop and run flights to this station under initiative of UDAN plan.

Railway

Siddipet railway station is part of the Manoharabad-Kothapalli rail line which is also known as Secunderabad to Karimnagar railway line in the South Central Railways zone.

The Manoharabad - Siddipet portion of the line was inaugurated on 3 October 2023 with a regular Secunderabad-Siddipet DEMU train service.[12][13]

The full line is scheduled to be completed by 2025.[14] This will connect the city to Hyderabad, Secunderabad, Karimnagar, Peddapalli and Ramagundam etc.

Notable people

Notes

  1. ^ This figure includes the city limit expansions since 2011. The original 2011 census figure was 66,737.[4]

References

  1. ^ "State Govt Transfers 23 IPS Officers". 4 January 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d "Basic Information of Municipality". Official website of Siddipet Municipality. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  3. ^ a b "District Census Handbook – Medak" (PDF). Census of India. pp. 12–13. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
  4. ^ a b "Cities, Towns and Outgrowth Wards". Citypopulation.de. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  5. ^ Khader, Khatija Sana (1 October 2020). "Translocal notions of belonging and authenticity: understanding race amongst the Siddis of Gujarat and Hyderabad". South Asian History and Culture. 11 (4): 433–448. doi:10.1080/19472498.2020.1827598. ISSN 1947-2498. S2CID 225124900.
  6. ^ "Census tables | Government of India". censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
  7. ^ "Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha: Volume II" (PDF). Election Commissioner of India. p. 38. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  8. ^ "Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha: Volume III" (PDF). Election Commissioner of India. pp. 66–67. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  9. ^ "New attraction: Komati Cheruvu suspension bridge opened to public". 2 December 2019.
  10. ^ "Siddipet, The new software hub of Telangana". 16 June 2023.
  11. ^ "1,000-bed hospital to open today in Siddipet - the New Indian Express". 9 October 2023.
  12. ^ Geetanath, V. (28 September 2023). "PM to commission two new railway lines in Telangana". The Hindu.
  13. ^ "PM Modi to inaugurate Siddipet-Secunderabad train service on October 3". 2 October 2023.
  14. ^ "Age-old wait ends; Siddipet, Sircilla & Gajwel set for rail connectivity". 16 June 2022.