Mancherial - Features

Features

• Mancherial was previously called Garmilla.
• Mancherial is the major town in Adilabad district
• Mancherial is also regarded as the East-District of Adilabad.
• Mancherial has an old city attached to it just like many major cities and is named Old Mancherial.
• Mancherial is a commercial hub of the coal belt area of Singareni Collieries.
• A Cement company earlier called ACC Ltd., now changed to MCC (Mancherial Cement Company) is located here.
• It is located on the north bank of the Godavari river.
• Hospitals and Nursing homes in the town, in both the private and Government sector serve a wide area and range of population, including miners, tribals and farmers from the surrounding areas. Visiting specialists from Hyderabad and Warangal serve the area as well.
• It has a thriving market for agricultural produce.
• It is on the main north-south railway route from Delhi to Chennai. The major junctions up north are Ballarshah in Maharashtra and Kazipet in Warangal District to the south.
• Its proximity to the rich cement minerals and the coal mines fuels the economy.
• It has a Government run high school and a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh-run Saraswathi Shishu Mandir, Mancherial public School which was established in 1982.

Singareni Collieries are the largest employers in town, followed by MCC cement factory, Orient Cement(devapur)factory and Sirpur Paper Mills. It has branches of all the major banks like, State Bank of India, State Bank of Hyderabad, Andhra Bank, Union Bank of India, Oriental Bank of Commerce, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, ING Vysya Bank, Indian Bank, karur vysya bank, Bank of Baroda and Indian Overseas Bank. Colonies in and around 5 kilometer radius of Mancherial include CCC Quarters(A,B,C and D Types), Krishna colony, Naspur colony, Shirkey Colony, Nagarjuna, New Nagarjuna, srirampur colony, RK-8 colony, old srirampur. Srirampur colony located at a distance of 6 km from Mancherial where General Manager office of the coal mines is located. Quarters at Srirampur are provided by the government to accommodate Singareni employees. Two good and neatly maintained parks are surrounded by these colonies. A swimming pool, Church and Geeta Dhyana Mandiram are located in C.C.C area. There has been a demand to make Mancherial as a separate district from the political leaders as Mancherial had all the features that a district might have.