Boath
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| Coordinates | 19°12′N 78°11′E / 19.20°N 78.19°ECoordinates: 19°12′N 78°11′E / 19.20°N 78.19°E |
| Country | India |
| State | Andhra Pradesh |
| District(s) | Adilabad |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+05:30) |
| Area |
• 453 metres (1,486 ft) |
Boath or Both (Telugu: బోథ్) is a town and a Mandal in Adilabad district in Telangana Region of India.[1]
Nearest railway station to Boath is Boath Road station located in Maharashtra.
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[edit] Geography
Both or Boath is located at 19°20′00″N 78°20′00″E / 19.3333°N 78.3333°E.[2] It has an average elevation of 418 meters (1374 feet).
[edit] Demographics
According to Indian census, 2001, the demographic details of Boath mandal is as follows:[3]
- Total Population: 42,766 in 8,898 Households.
- Male Population: 21,359 and Female Population: 21,407
- Children Under 6-years of age: 6,534 (Boys - 3,297 and Girls - 3,237)
- Total Literates: 19,673
Boath village has population of 10,737 in 2001.[4]
[edit] Features
Boath village is just 10 km away from National Highway -7, connecting from Varanasi to Kaniyakumari. Boath is well connected by bus route from Nirmal, Adilabad in telangana and Kinwat in Maharashtra. The nearest railway station is Bodidi station (old Boath Road station) on the Adilabad - Mudkhed railway line. Boath has an old Vithaleshwar temple. The primary revenue sources of the Taluq is agriculture, with Cotton being the main cash crop. Boath has around 5 cotton ginning mills. The chief irrigation method is borewell irrigation with some acreage under the new boath irrigation project which was built recently. Deep forest is in the vicinity of Boath.
[edit] Assembly Constituency
Boath is an assembly constituency in Andhra Pradesh formed in 1962 with C Madhav Reddy of INC as the first MLA. The constituency became a reserved for Scheduled Tribes from 1967. There are 1,28,101 registered voters in Boath constituency in 1999 elections.
List of Elected Members:[5]
- 1962 - C. Madhav Reddy - INC
- 1967 - S. A. Dev Shah - INC
- 1972 - S. A. Dev Shah - INC
- 1978 - T. Amar Singh - INC
- 1983 - Marsakota Kasiram - INC
- 1985 - Ghodam Rama Rao - TDP
- 1989 - Ghodam Rama Rao - TDP
- 1994 - Godem Nagesh - TDP
- 1999 - Godem Nagesh - TDP
- 2004 - Soyam Bapu Rao - TRS
- 2009 - Godem Nagesh - TDP
[edit] Villages
The villages in Boath mandal includes: Anduru, Babera, Boath, Chintalbori, Dhannur, Ghanpur, Kangutta, Karathwada, Kowtha, Kuchalapur, Marlapalle, Nigini, Pardi, Patnapur, Pochera, Sakhera, Sonala and Wajar
[edit] References
- ^ "Mandals in Adilabad district". Panchayat Informatics Division. Archived from the original on 2007-03-27. http://web.archive.org/web/20070327185343/http://panchayat.gov.in/adminreps/viewpansumr.asp?selstate=0219000000&pno=1&ptype=B. Retrieved 2007-02-28.
- ^ Falling Rain Genomics.Both
- ^ Boath mandal at Our Village India.org
- ^ Boath (Buzurg) village at Our Village India.org
- ^ Election Commission of India.APAssembly results.1978-2004
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