Siddipet

Siddipet
Siddipet
City
	Municipal corporation of Siddipet
	Siddipet Siddipet
	Coordinates: 18°06′07″N 78°51′07″E / 18.10194°N 78.85194°E
Country	India
State	Telangana
District	Siddipet
Named for	Siddis
Government
• Type	Municipal council
• Body	Siddipet Municipality
• Member of Legislative Assembly	T. Harish Rao, BRS
• Municipal Chairman	Manjula Rajnarsu
• Commissioner of Police	Dr. B. Anuradha, IPS
Area
• Total	42.72 km2 (16.49 sq mi)
Elevation	506 m (1,660 ft)
Population (2011)
• Total	111,358
• Rank	13th in Telangana
• Density	2,600/km2 (6,800/sq mi)
Languages Telugu and Urdu
• Official	Telugu; Urdu;
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	502103
Telephone code	08457
Vehicle registration	TG-36
Literacy	90.73%
Website	siddipet.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
Year	Pop.	±%
1931	11,260	—
1941	12,865	+14.3%
1951	18,109	+40.8%
1961	18,719	+3.4%
1971	26,296	+40.5%
1981	42,755	+62.6%
1991	54,091	+26.5%
2001	61,809	+14.3%
2011	111,358	+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

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

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

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

References

^ "State Govt Transfers 23 IPS Officers". 4 January 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Basic Information of Municipality". Official website of Siddipet Municipality. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
^ ^a ^b "District Census Handbook – Medak" (PDF). Census of India. pp. 12–13. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Cities, Towns and Outgrowth Wards". Citypopulation.de. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
^ 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.
^ "Census tables | Government of India". censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
^ "Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha: Volume II" (PDF). Election Commissioner of India. p. 38. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
^ "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.
^ "New attraction: Komati Cheruvu suspension bridge opened to public". 2 December 2019.
^ "Siddipet, The new software hub of Telangana". 16 June 2023.
^ "1,000-bed hospital to open today in Siddipet - the New Indian Express". 9 October 2023.
^ Geetanath, V. (28 September 2023). "PM to commission two new railway lines in Telangana". The Hindu.
^ "PM Modi to inaugurate Siddipet-Secunderabad train service on October 3". 2 October 2023.
^ "Age-old wait ends; Siddipet, Sircilla & Gajwel set for rail connectivity". 16 June 2022.

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

[1] "State Govt Transfers 23 IPS Officers". 4 January 2024.

[profile-2] "Basic Information of Municipality". Official website of Siddipet Municipality. Retrieved 9 March 2021.

[census-3] "District Census Handbook – Medak" (PDF). Census of India. pp. 12–13. Retrieved 24 December 2015.

[citypop-4] "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.

[8] "Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha: Volume II" (PDF). Election Commissioner of India. p. 38. Retrieved 13 February 2017.

[9] "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.

[10] "New attraction: Komati Cheruvu suspension bridge opened to public". 2 December 2019.

[11] "Siddipet, The new software hub of Telangana". 16 June 2023.

[12] "1,000-bed hospital to open today in Siddipet - the New Indian Express". 9 October 2023.

[13] Geetanath, V. (28 September 2023). "PM to commission two new railway lines in Telangana". The Hindu.

[14] "PM Modi to inaugurate Siddipet-Secunderabad train service on October 3". 2 October 2023.

[15] "Age-old wait ends; Siddipet, Sircilla & Gajwel set for rail connectivity". 16 June 2022.

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