Banswada

Division in Telangana, India

18°23′00″N 77°53′00″E / 18.3833°N 77.8833°E / 18.3833; 77.8833CountryIndiaStateTelanganaDistrictKamareddyGovernment

• TypeMunicipality • BodyMunicipal council • MLAPocharam Srinivas ReddyArea

^[2]

• Total15.96 km² (6.16 sq mi)Elevation

371 m (1,217 ft)Population

(2011)^[2]

• Total28,384^[1]Languages

• OfficialTelugu, UrduTime zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)PIN

503187,503190,503194

Telephone code08466Vehicle registrationTS 17Lok Sabha constituencyZahirabadVidhan Sabha constituencyBanswadaWebsitetelangana.gov.in

Banswada is a Town and Revenue division in Kamareddy district of the Indian state of Telangana.^[2]

Geography

Banswada is located at 18°23′00″N 77°53′00″E / 18.3833°N 77.8833°E / 18.3833; 77.8833. It has an average elevation of 371 meters (1220 feet).^[3]

Politics

Earlier, Banswada was a major Grama Panchayat with 20 election wards. Then, after 11 January 2018, Banswada was upgraded to municipality grade 3 .MCB (Purapalaka Sangam Banswada). It was also the filming location for the film Fidaa. In July 2019 Banswada municipality is divided in to 19 election wards, Banswada municipality electors are above 20000, total municipality population above 34000.

Transport

Banswada is situated on Hyderabad-Medak-Bodhan- Bhainsa National Highway No. 765D. The nearest railway stations are at Nizamabad, Bodhan and Kamareddy. The Telangana State Road Transport Corporation operates bus services from Banswada to many cities and towns.^[4] Banswada (BSWD) has a TSRTC depot, which opened on 6 March 1993. Many buses from Banswada to Warangal (via Nizamabad), Adilabad, Bidar, Aurad, Hanegaon, Malegaon-Chandegaon, Hyderabad, JBS, Pitlam-JBS, Bichkunda-JBS, Bodhan-Hyderabad, Nizamabad-Hyderabad, Kamareddy-JBS, Medak-Hyderabad, Medak-Jbs, Deglore, Udgir, Kangti, Zehirabad, Sangareddy, Patancher, and Degulwadi.

Assembly constituency

Banswada is an assembly constituency in Telangana. Pocharam Srinivas Reddy from the Telangana Rashtra Samithi was elected in the 2018 Assembly Elections as a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA), earlier he resigned for the cause of Separate State of Telangana and joined the Bharat Rashtra Samithi party on 25 March 2011. The Election Commission has re-conducted bypoll elections. This time Pocharam Srinivas Reddy has won the elections from the Bharat Rashtra Samithi party with a huge majority of nearly 50,000 votes on 17 October 2011.

Health services

There is one area hospital under Telangana Vaidya Vidhana Parishad in Kamareddy district.^[5]

Anvita Hospital
Babu Shinde Hospital
Jivan Reddy Hospital
Balaji Hospital
Global dental Hospital
Bindu shree Hospital
Jagruti Hospital
Manjeera Multi Speciality Hospital
7 Hills Hospital
Samskar Naturecure Manthena Ashram.

In popular culture

Some parts of the movie Fidaa was shot in Banswada, which made the place a tourist spot for sometime. ^[6]

References

^ "Banswada Population Census 2011". Census 2011. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c "District Census Handbook – Karimnagar" (PDF). Census of India. pp. 11, 36. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
^ "Maps, Weather, and Airports for Banswada, India".
^ "On-line fare details". Telangana State Road Transport Corporation. Archived from the original on 12 December 2010. Retrieved 9 February 2011.
^ APVVP.Hospitals Archived 8 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine
^ Movies, iQlik. ""Fidaa" House In Banswada Becomes Tourist Spot". iQlikmovies. Retrieved 3 December 2023.