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Coordinates: 17.25° N 80.15° E

Khammam
Khammam
State  - District(s)	Andhra Pradesh  - Khammam
Coordinates	17.25° N 80.15° E
Area  - Elevation	- 107 m
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Population (2006)  - Density	318,022  -

Khammam is a town in the Khammam District of India's Andhra Pradesh state.

Contents 1 History 2 Electoral representation 3 Geography 4 Demographics 5 Administratively Khammam 6 Tourist Destinations 7 External links

The name of the town Khammam derives from the name of the hill of stambhadri(name of an old temple called Narasimha Swamy Temple on a small hill top in Khammam town believed to have existed since Treta Yuga)later it became stambadri,kambadri,kamba,khammam mettu,at last when it became the district headquarters,it is known to be khammam.Khammam district has a lot of historical importance in Andhra Pradesh.

Khammam town which was the seat of Taluk Administration was part of the larger Warangal District, till 1 October, 1953. Five taluks of the Warangal district viz., Khammam, Madhira, Yellandu, Burgampadu and Paloncha (Now Kothagudem) were carved out and a new district Khammam with Khammam as District Headquarters. In 1959 Bhadrachalam Revenue Division consisting Bhadrachalam and Nuguru Venkatapuram Taluks of East Godawari district, which were on the other side of the river Godawari were merged into Khammam on grounds of geographical contiguity and administrative viability. khammam,its a cool n lovely place.

There is a festival held in khammam remembering the old name "Stambhadri".

Dr.Suresh Vankayalapati MD

The Khammam is the 40th Loksabha constituency in Andhra Pradesh. It contitutes the following assembly constituencies:

• Khammam - tamminani
• Kothagudem - vanama venkateswar rao* Badrachalam -
• Madhira - Kondabala Koteswara Rao
• Palair - Sandra Venkata Veeraiah
• Sathupalli - jalagam venkatrao
• Sujatha Nagar - Potla Madhavi
• Yellandu - gummadi--125.17.84.202 13:52, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

The current MP is Smt. Renuka Choudary (Congress-(I).

Sri. Tammineni Veerabadram (CPM) is the MLA of Khammam(280).

Getting There

chilukuri swarna kumari advocte, AICC (Member)

RAIL:it is well connected by rail,nearest rail jn are kazipetJN vijayawadaJN

AIR: Nearst air port is VijayawadaGannavaram. and Hyderabad

ROAD:It is well connected by road ways.iTS ABOUT 200 KILOMETERS FROM HYDERABAD.

Khammam is located at 17.25° N 80.15° E.^[1] It has an average elevation of 107 metres (351 feet). It is bounded by Chhattisgarh state to the north, Orissa state to the northeast, East and West Godavari districts to the east, Krishna District to the south, Nalgonda District to the southwest, and Warangal District to the west. It has an area of 16,029 km².

As of 2001 India census,^GRIndia Khammam had a population of 158,022. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Khammam has an average literacy rate of 72%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 78%, and female literacy is 66%. In Khammam, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Administratively Khammam is divided into 4 Revenue Divissions 46 Mandals.

Aswapuram Aswaraopeta Bayyaram Bhadrachalam Bonakal Burgampadu Chandrugonda Chintakani Chintoor Cherla Dammapeta Dummugudem Enkoor Julurpadu Garla Gundala Kalluru Karepalli Khammam (Urban) Khammam (Rural) Kusumanchi Konijerla Kothagudem Kukkunoor Kunavaram Madhira Manuguru Mudigonda Mulakalapalli Nelakondapalli Paloncha Penuballi Pinapaka Sathupalli Singareni Tallada Tekulapalli Tirumalayapalem V.R.Puram Velerupadu Vemsoor Venkatapuram Wazedu Wyra Yellandu Yerrupalem

• Bhadrachalam
• Khammam Fort
• Parnasala
• Nelakondapalli
• Kinnerasani
• Papi Hills

• Official website of Khammam District.
• Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Khammam

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Capital	Hyderabad
Districts	Adilabad • Anantapur • Chittoor • East Godavari • Guntur • Hyderabad • Kadapa • Karimnagar • Khammam • Krishna • Kurnool • Mahbubnagar • Medak • Nalgonda • Nellore • Nizamabad • Prakasam • Rangareddi • Srikakulam • Visakhapatnam • Vizianagaram • Warangal • West Godavari
Major cities	Anantapur • Adoni • Chittoor • Kadapa • Eluru • Guntur • Kakinada • Karimnagar • Khammam • Kurnool • Machilipatnam • Nandyal • Nalgonda • Nellore • Nizamabad • Ongole • Proddatur • Ramagundam • Rajahmundry • Sangareddi • Secunderabad • Srikakulam • Tirupati • Vijayawada • Vizianagaram • Visakhapatnam • Warangal

Coordinates: 17°15′N 80°09′E