Narayanpet
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| City of Silk Sarees | |
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| Country |  India |
| State | Andhra Pradesh |
| District(s) | Mahbubnagar |
| MLA | Yella Reddy |
| Population | 37,529 (2001[update]) |
| Language(s) | Hindi, Telugu, Urdu |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| Area • Elevation |
• 431 m (1,414 ft) |
| Climate Temperature • Summer • Winter |
• 35.0 °C (95 °F) • 42.0 °C (108 °F) • 25.0 °C (77 °F) |
| Website | www.narayanpet.com |
Coordinates: 16°44′N 77°30′E / 16.73°N 77.5°E
Narayanpet is a town, assembly constituency and a Municipality of 23 Ward members council in Mahbubnagar district in Andhra Pradesh, India. The town specializes in Handloom Saree manufacturing, which is famous in India. In Narayanpet, Narayanpet is now independent constituency. Narayanpet will have its own MLA for development of town.
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[edit] Geography
Narayanpet is located at 16°44′N 77°30′E / 16.73°N 77.5°E[1]. It has an average elevation of 431 metres (1414 feet).
[edit] Demographics
As of 2001[update] India census[2], Narayanpet had a population of 37,529. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Narayanpet has an average literacy rate of 58%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 67%, and female literacy is 49%. In Narayanpet, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.
[edit] Languages
Telugu,Kannada and Urdu are primary languages for communication. In older days Narayanpet had schools teaching "Marathi" and "Kannada". Now trend has changed medium of communication in schools is now "Telugu","Urdu" and "English",
[edit] Industry
Primary source of income for people is through weaving sarees. Because of scarcity of water ( no river near by ) and bad transportation ( no railway station ) there is no major industry here. Young generation is leaving the town in search of better opportunities in cities like Hyderabad
[edit] Local Business
In this town local business is good.Specially Narayanpet gold is famous(99.9% pure) in the state and also sarees.Local commission agent (Gunj) business is good(Nehru Ganj).Depending all the remaining all business looking good.Even though it is Small town but the happening business is high.There are many villages which are depending on Narayanpet(mostly villages in karnatak ).
[edit] Entertainment
- Baba 70MM A/C
- Baba 35MM A/C
- Manohar 70MM A/C
- Maheshwari 35MM A/c
[edit] Religious Places
Following are few more religious places you can visit
- Sri Neelakanteshwara temple
- Sri Satyanarayana Temple
- Sri Balaji Temple
- Moonappa Gutta
- Sri Sadguru Avadhuth Narasimha Swami Math [3]
- Avadhumbar Lord Shiva Temple
- Sri Lokapally Laxmamma Temple
- Thimmappa Gutta (Sri Venkateshwara Temple)
- Sri Sai Baba Temple
- Sri Mankeshwari Mata Ashram - About 30 Km North from Narayanpet
[edit] Colleges
- Surya Laxmi Degree College of Arts & Science
- Surya Laxmi Junior college
- Govt Junior College Telugu Urdu and Medium
- Pragathi Junior College
- Sai Junior College
- Prathibha Junior College
- Spurthi Degree College
- B.Ed Colleges
- Sarvepally Radhakrishna B.ed College
- Sai B.ed College
- Adarsha B.ed College
- Sri Datta B.ed College
[edit] Leaders of Narayanpet
- Yelkoti Yella Reddy Present M.L.A.
- Nagu Rao Namaji
- Saraf Nagaraj
- Dr.P.Narsimha Reddy
[edit] References
- ^ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Narayanpet
- ^ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. http://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999. Retrieved on 2008-11-01.
- ^ www.srisadguru.com
[edit] External links
- Narayanpet
- Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Narayanpet
- Sri Sri Sri Sadguru Avadhuth Narasimha Swami's Web site
- Current Temperature/Weather Forecast - Narayanpet
