Adilabad
Adilabad
Edlawada Eddulapuram | |
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City | |
Gateway to
Adilabad | |
Adilabad Location in Telangana Adilabad Adilabad (Telangana) | |
| Coordinates: 19°40′12″N 78°31′48″E / 19.67000°N 78.53000°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Telangana |
| District | Adilabad |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal Council |
| • Body | Adilabad Municipal Council |
| • MLA | Payal Shanker |
| • SP | Akhil mahajan, IPS |
| Area | |
• City | 35.5 km2 (13.7 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 264 m (866 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
• City | 117,388 |
| • Rank | 10th (in state) |
| • Density | 3,310/km2 (8,560/sq mi) |
| • Urban | AUDA |
| Demonym | Adilabadi |
| Language | |
| • Official | Telugu, Urdu |
| • Other | Marathi, Gondi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | |
| Vehicle registration | TG-01/AP 01(Old) |
| Planning Agency | Adilabad Urban Development Authority (AUDA) |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Adilabad |
| Assembly constituency | Adilabad |
| Website | Adilabad Municipality |
Adilabad (formally known as Edlawada and Eddulapuram) is a city and the district headquarters of Adilabad district, in the Indian state of Telangana. The official languages of Adilabad are Telugu and Urdu. Marathi, Lambadi, and Gondi are additionally spoken by sections of the population. Adilabad is known for its extensive cultivation of cotton, a major agricultural crop in the region and is often referred to as the "White Gold City" due to the economic importance of cotton production and Bela Town just located 30 km (19 mi) from Adilabad famous for cotton cultivation and many cotton ginning mills and textiles industries established in Bela Town.Bela cotton clothes very popular in Telangana and Maharashtra It is located approximately 304 kilometres (189 mi) north of the state capital, Hyderabad, 30 kilometres (19 mi) from Bela, Adilabad district 150 kilometres (93 mi) from Nizamabad, and 196 kilometres (122 mi) from Nagpur.