Bellampalli

Overview of Bellampalli

Bellampalli is an industrial town and municipality located in the Mancherial district of the Indian state of Telangana. Serving as a mandal headquarters within the Bellampalli revenue division, the settlement is positioned at geographic coordinates 19.05577 latitude and 79.493 longitude under the Asia/Kolkata timezone.

Coal production defines the present-day economic foundation of Bellampalli, earning the locality its status as an industrial town. The area is historically noted for coal mines belonging to the Singareni Collieries Company Limited, encompassing both underground and opencast operations. The British government established the first coal mine here in 1936, which catalyzed rapid development across the town as numerous additional coal deposits were discovered and excavated. Goleti is designated as the Bellampalli area within this mining framework.

Output from the Singareni Collieries Company Limited supports various regional and national entities. Coal from Bellampalli caters directly to the requirements of the National Thermal Power Corporation in Ramagundam, surrounding cement plants located in Devapur, steel manufacturing operations in Visakhapatnam, and power plants situated in Maharashtra. Historically, economic data from 1989 recorded an average per capita income of Rs. 5000/-, reflecting conditions of poverty for the average resident.

Transportation infrastructure supports the economic and industrial activities of the town through both road and rail networks. The Bellampalli railway station, operating under the station code BPA with the South Central Railway, represents an early-established rail facility in the Telangana region positioned along the Nagpur–Hyderabad line at a distance of 273 km north of Hyderabad toward Delhi. Additionally, the new National Highway 363, constructed between Mancherial and Chandrapur, routes directly through the municipality.

Demographic assessments from the 2001 India census recorded the total population of Bellampalli at 66,660 people, consisting of 51 percent males and 49 percent females, with 11 percent of the inhabitants under six years of age. The overall literacy rate reached 66 percent, surpassing the national average of 60 percent, with literate males comprising 57 percent and literate females comprising 43 percent of the literate population. Administrative governance of the town falls under the Bellampalle Municipality, constituted in 1987 as a second-grade municipality encompassing 32 election wards across a jurisdictional area of 35.06 square kilometers.